From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 20 02:24:35 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3264E16A419 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:24:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deb@freebsd.org) Received: from ns1.scsiguy.com (www.scsiguy.com [70.89.174.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA28713C43E for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:24:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deb@freebsd.org) Received: from [192.168.16.101] (c-24-8-202-36.hsd1.co.comcast.net [24.8.202.36]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns1.scsiguy.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lAK1l2V3064758 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:47:03 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from deb@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <47423C9E.3090804@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:47:10 -0700 From: Deb Goodkin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Murray Stokely References: <20071119222308.GB99904@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <474078f80711191545s24e37234j930387517a986d52@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <474078f80711191545s24e37234j930387517a986d52@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: board@freebsdfoundation.org, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: front page idea X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:24:35 -0000 Hi Murray, Here's some history for the request. We have a marketing team helping us, from a company who has benefited from using FreeBSD. They have offered their services to help us better market ourselves for fundraising purposes. They looked at the project's website and said it was confusing on how to donate. They also said there was no correlation between donating and clicking on the foundation button. A person looking to donate might not know what the foundation link means. They had suggested to either add a "Donate to the Foundation" or "Keep FreeBSD Free" button in a prominent spot on each page of the project. That would also create a connection between the two entities. Especially, since our whole mission is to support the project. We are going to add a section on our website that answers the questions: Why is FreeBSD free? or Why do we want to keep FreeBSD free? Why is this so important? What happens if FreeBSD isn't free? What happens if it goes away? This will then tie into why donate to the foundation. We would love to have both, the donate button and the foundation link. But, if we had a choice of only one, I'd choose a donate button that linked to our donate page. Thank You, Deb Goodkin The FreeBSD Foundation Murray Stokely wrote: > On 11/19/07, Michael W. Lucas wrote: >> What would you think of putting a "Donate to the FreeBSD Foundation" >> or "Keep freeBSD Free" button on the front page? > > We could add newsflash entries once or twice a year for funding drives > to provide a second link to the foundation. The current link on the > main page just says "Foundation". We could change that wording to > "Donate" but I'd rather just have one permanent link on the page to > the FreeBSD Foundation rather than two to keep it from getting > cluttered. > > Murray >