Thanks for the "heads up!" I just changed my Amazon Smile charity from the Nature Conservancy to SCaLE. It doesn't show up until you Google it and the name used is, as Lei Zhang mentioned: Linux Expo of Southern California.
Caryl
________________________________ From: Scale-planning scale-planning-bounces@lists.linuxfests.org on behalf of Lan Dang ldangmlist@gmail.com Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 11:45:26 PM To: SCALE Planning List Subject: [Scale-planning] Amazon Smile and how to give
I appreciate the recent discussion about SCaLE's mission as a nonprofit.
Ever since I found out a couple of years ago that the Southern California Linux Expo is part of Amazon Smile, I've had it set as my charitable organization of choice. I'm curious how much SCaLE gets from that program.
Since it's painless and doesn't cost anything personally, I think it's worth promoting to people who aren't aware of it, or who don't already have a charitable organization they're championing. Even if it's not SCaLE, there may be some other FOSS organization who could benefit from awareness of the Amazon Smile program.
I was reading Kids on Computers' website and appreciated how clear they are about their donations and how they are used. http://www.kidsoncomputers.org/get-involved/donate
Since Ron is working on the new website, a suggestion I would have is to have a similar donations page like this to show how individuals can passively or actively donate to SCaLE beyond our volunteer labor.
Lan