[kaffe-siteadmin] Re: Sponsorship

[Dalibor Topic]

Hi Jim, hi ,

Jim Pick wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'll forward this on to the kaffe-siteadmin at kaffe.org mailing list, as
> I'm not the only guy who has to make the decision.
> 
> Personally, my preference is to keep the sponsorship program simple and
> low-key - we don't have a lot of costs, and I don't want to commercially
> taint the project anymore than is necessary.

I think Jim has a good point. Kaffe.org is not a commercial web site, 
and it would be pointless to attempt to become one, as we don't sell 
anything, really ;)

The sponsorhip program is meant as a way to give a little back to the 
California comuinty Colo Project, who generously provide our bandwith 
and hosting (Jim generously provides the server ;). Of course, by 
linking to our sponsor prominently on the main page, we provide a kind 
of advertising for the sponsor for a month. But it's not meant to be a 
real revenue stream. ;) So I wouldn't like to have real advertisments on 
the site, or permanent links to sponsors unless the circumstances demand it.

The rotation is meant to avoid being too affiliated with a single 
sponsor. Diversity is healthy, and we want to have many friends ;)

Regarding JumpOnDeals.com, I'd say that they look good to me. Their 
privacy policy is good: "We do not sell or share any personal 
information you provide us to anybody, period.". All in all, it looks 
like a website I wouldn't mind having kaffe.org sponsored by to me.

cheers,
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