[kaffe-siteadmin] CVS website (jim): Remove sponsorship program from website.

Mon May 31 22:43:01 PDT 2004

PatchSet 192 
Date: 2004/06/01 05:42:35
Author: jim
Branch: HEAD
Tag: (none) 
Log:
Remove sponsorship program from website.

It was a bit too much hassle to maintain - I'll
just cover the hosting expenses myself (it's a
pretty cheap hobby).

Members: 
	index.shtml:1.37->1.38 
	sponsors.shtml:1.15->1.16(DEAD) 
	top_and_menu.html:1.7->1.8 

Index: website/index.shtml
diff -u website/index.shtml:1.37 website/index.shtml:1.38

--- website/index.shtml:1.37	Sun May  9 00:24:08 2004
+++ website/index.shtml	Tue Jun  1 05:42:35 2004
@@ -3,15 +3,6 @@
 <title>Kaffe.org</title>
 <!--#include virtual="top_and_menu.html"-->
 
-<p><font size="2"><p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.jumpondeals.com/">JumpOnDeals.com</a> for sponsoring Kaffe.org for the month of May!</font>
-</p>
-
-<!--
-&nbsp; &nbsp; <font
-size="2"><i>(learn <a href="sponsors.shtml">how to sponsor</a> Kaffe.org)</i></font>
-</font></p>
--->
-
 <table><tr><td width=50% valign=top>
 
     <h2>Kaffe.org News</h2>
===================================================================
Checking out website/sponsors.shtml
RCS:  /home/cvs/kaffe/website/Attic/sponsors.shtml,v
VERS: 1.15
***************
--- website/sponsors.shtml	Tue Jun  1 05:42:38 2004
+++ /dev/null	Sun Aug  4 19:57:58 2002
@@ -1,169 +0,0 @@
-<html>
-<head>
-<title>Kaffe.org - Ports</title>
-<!--#include virtual="top_and_menu.html"-->
-
-
-    <h2>Sponsors</h2>
-
-    <p><b>Note: The monthly sponsorship program is currently on hold for a while.</b></p>
-<p>
-	Kaffe.org is a non-profit community of developers on the Internet who collaborate to create a free software virtual machine.
-	There is no formal organization for Kaffe.org beyond the domain name and server.  All of our hardware and bandwidth is donated.
-</p>
-<p>
-	Currently, our server is colocated with the <a href="http://www.communitycolo.net/">California Community Colocation Project</a>, a non-profit ISP (bandwidth co-op) that provides hosting and colocation services to many non-profit organizations.
-</p>
-<p>
-It costs the CCCP approximately $50 per month to host the Kaffe.org server, and they are dependent on donations to offset the cost.
-</p>
-<p>
-<b>Please help out Kaffe.org and the CCCP by sponsoring our bandwidth for a month!</b>
-</p>
-
-<h2>Important Notice</h2>
-
-<p>
-The Kaffe.org project does not endorse or condone the actions of companies and people that we have accepted sponsorships from.  Also, this sponsorship program is intended to be a low-key, informal, non-commercial way of letting our users help us to keep the server running, enabling the project to be independent.  It is not an advertising program.
-</p>
- 
-<h2>How to sponsor Kaffe.org for a month</h2>
-<ol>
-<li><p>Pledge to sponsor Kaffe.org for a month</p>
-<p>If you'd like to sponsor the site for a month, send an email to our site admins on the <a href="mailto:kaffe-siteadmin at kaffe.org">kaffe-siteadmin at kaffe.org</a> mailing list.  Note: it's a public mailing list.  Mention that you'd like to sponsor Kaffe.org for a month, and if we agree, we'll reserve a month for you.  We reserve the right to not accept a sponsorship -- there are only a limited number of spots available.  We'll try to rotate months between available sponsors, so that everybody has a chance to contribute.  A list of months that have been sponsored will be kept here:
-<p>
-<blockquote>
-	<a href="http://www.kaffe.org/sponsors.shtml">http://www.kaffe.org/sponsors.shtml</a>
-</blockquote>
-</p>
-<li><p>
-Wait for your sponsorship offer to be accepted
-</p>
-<p>
-The site admins and developers on the kaffe-siteadmin at kaffe.org mailing list will discuss your offer, and make a decision as to whether or not we will accept it, and add it to the schedule.  
-</p>
-<p>
-There are only a limited number of slots available, and it is likely that there will be more people that would like to donate than there are months to sponsor.  In that event, we will not be able to accept all sponsorship offers.</p>
-<p>
-As the project is informal and volunteer driven, we really wouldn't know what to do with donations beyond helping to cover the costs of running the server.  But we do know that there are lots of other worthy free software projects out there that could use your donations, and are set up to accept them.
-</p>
-<li><p>
-Donate $50 (or more) to the California Community Colocation Project
-</p>
-<p>
-The CCCP is a part of the <a href="http://www.onlinepolicy.org/">Online Policy Group</a>, a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity, all donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent provided by law.  Instructions on <a href="http://www.communitycolo.net/donate.php">how to donate</a> are on their website.  They can accept checks (in US funds), PayPal, and other forms of donations.  Please consider donating more than $50, as they also provide ISP services to a wide range of other worthy non-profit clients.
-</p>
-<p>
-Note: We recommend not donating the money until after your sponsorship offer has been discussed and accepted by the site admins on the kaffe-siteadmin at kaffe.org mailing list, as there is no guarantee that we will accept your offer of sponsorship.  As the donations are being sent to the CCCP, and not us, it is difficult for us to arrange for a refund if we choose not to accept the sponsorship offer.
-</p>
-<p>
-<li><p>Tell us when you've paid up!</p>
-<p>
-Since you will be donating directly to the CCCP, we won't know whether or not you've paid unless you tell us.  If you are unable to make a payment, please tell us, and we'll try to get somebody else to sponsor the particular month in question.  If we don't get a donation lined up for a particular month, it hurts the CCCP and the other non-profit clients in the bandwidth co-op.
-</p>
-<li><p>Let us thank you!</p>
-<p>
-In return for your sponsorship, we'll thank you at the top of the Kaffe.org webpage.  If you supply us with an URL, we can put in a hyperlink!
-</p>
-<p>
-Note: Typically, the message will say something like "Thanks to &lt;your name&gt; for sponsoring Kaffe.org for the month of ....!".  We will not put advertising slogans in the space, as it is a sponsorship program, not an advertising program.
-</p>
-</ol>
-
-<h2>Sponsors</h2>
-
-<blockquote>
-<table border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5">
-<tr>
-<td bgcolor="#e0e0e0">August 2003</td>
-<td><a href="http://www.berkeleysignal.com/">Berkeley Signal, Inc.</a> (Pledged)
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td bgcolor="#e0e0e0">September 2003</td>
-<td><a href="http://www.berkeleysignal.com/">Berkeley Signal, Inc.</a> (Pledged)
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td bgcolor="#e0e0e0">October 2003</td>
-<td><a href="http://www.berkeleysignal.com/">Berkeley Signal, Inc.</a> (Pledged)
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td bgcolor="#e0e0e0">November 2003</td>
-<td><a href="http://www.berkeleysignal.com/">Berkeley Signal, Inc.</a> (Pledged)
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td bgcolor="#e0e0e0">December 2003</td>
-<td><a href="http://www.nihonsoft.jp/">nihonsoft llc</a> (Paid)<br/>
-Thank you!<br/>
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td bgcolor="#e0e0e0">January 2004</td>
-<td>Diana Eichert (for the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a> project) (Paid)<br/>
-Thank you!<br/>
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td bgcolor="#e0e0e0">February 2004</td>
-<td><a href="http://www.jumpondeals.com/">JumpOnDeals.com</a> (Paid)<br/>
-Thank you!<br/>
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td bgcolor="#e0e0e0">March 2004</td>
-<td><a href="http://www.123compareprices.com">123 Compare Prices</a> (Paid)<br/>
-Thank you!<br/>
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td bgcolor="#e0e0e0">April 2004</td>
-<td><a href="http://www.jumpondeals.com/">JumpOnDeals.com</a> (Paid)<br/>
-Thank you!<br/>
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td bgcolor="#e0e0e0">May 2004</td>
-<td><a href="http://www.jumpondeals.com/">JumpOnDeals.com</a> (Paid)<br/>
-Thank you!<br/>
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<!--
-<tr>
-<td bgcolor="#e0e0e0">June 2004</td>
-<td>Sponsor needed!<br/>
-<font size="2">Please spend an email to the <a href="mailto:kaffe-siteadmin at kaffe.org">kaffe-siteadmin at kaffe.org</a> mailing list if you'd like to sponsor this month.</font>
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td bgcolor="#e0e0e0">July 2004</td>
-<td>Sponsor needed!<br/>
-<font size="2">Please spend an email to the <a href="mailto:kaffe-siteadmin at kaffe.org">kaffe-siteadmin at kaffe.org</a> mailing list if you'd like to sponsor this month.</font>
-</td>
-</tr>
--->
-
-</table>
-</blockquote> 
-
-
-<div class="updated">
-<hr>
-<a href="mailto:jim at kaffe.org">Jim Pick</a><br>
-</div>
-<!--#include virtual="bottom.html"-->
-</html>
-
Index: website/top_and_menu.html
diff -u website/top_and_menu.html:1.7 website/top_and_menu.html:1.8
--- website/top_and_menu.html:1.7	Mon Aug 18 00:40:23 2003
+++ website/top_and_menu.html	Tue Jun  1 05:42:35 2004
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 <p><a href="/hallofshame.shtml">Hall of Shame</a></p>
 <p><a href="/links.shtml">Links</a></p>
 <p><a href="/credits.shtml">Credits</a></p>
-<p><a href="/sponsors.shtml">Sponsors</a></p>
 </div>
 </tr></td></table>
 <!-- end menu (top) -->


