Today, the D Language Foundation has launched a page at Open Collective:

https://opencollective.com/dlang.

This brings some transparency to the process and opens new opportunities for how the Foundation handles donations.

The blog post:
https://dlang.org/blog/2018/03/12/the-d-foundation-at-open-collective/

Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/83vbz6/the_d_foundation_at_open_collective/

Can you guys add another donation package, which is basically pay what you want towards a more long term issue? To incentivize fixing.

Monetary wise I shouldn't donate but I do care about shared library support enough that I will talk with some cash.

On Monday, 12 March 2018 at 14:37:40 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> Can you guys add another donation package, which is basically pay what you want towards a more long term issue? To incentivize fixing.
>
> Monetary wise I shouldn't donate but I do care about shared library support enough that I will talk with some cash.

At some point, we will have targeted goals that people can throw cash at. But not just yet.

On Monday, 12 March 2018 at 14:37:40 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> Can you guys add another donation package, which is basically pay what you want towards a more long term issue? To incentivize fixing.
>
> Monetary wise I shouldn't donate but I do care about shared library support enough that I will talk with some cash.

I liked the way pypy did it. They had public calls for donations that were prominent on their website and were very specific about everything.

E.g.:
https://pypy.org/numpydonate.html
https://pypy.org/py3donate.html

On Monday, 12 March 2018 at 14:37:40 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> Can you guys add another donation package, which is basically pay what you want towards a more long term issue? To incentivize fixing.
>
> Monetary wise I shouldn't donate but I do care about shared library support enough that I will talk with some cash.

The idea is to create dedicated kickstarter campaigns for the most pressing issue of the community.
Once the State of D survey has been concluded and analyzed, we will most likely kickoff the first campaign. Stay tuned!

On Monday, 12 March 2018 at 14:32:34 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> Today, the D Language Foundation has launched a page at Open Collective:
>
> https://opencollective.com/dlang.
>
> This brings some transparency to the process and opens new opportunities for how the Foundation handles donations.
>
> The blog post:
> https://dlang.org/blog/2018/03/12/the-d-foundation-at-open-collective/
>
> Reddit:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/83vbz6/the_d_foundation_at_open_collective/

Good start, happy to see this evolve!

I wood love to have the possibility to get a mug or a D book, both signed by the D Foundation core members.

On Monday, 12 March 2018 at 14:37:40 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> Can you guys add another donation package, which is basically pay what you want towards a more long term issue? To incentivize fixing.
>
> Monetary wise I shouldn't donate but I do care about shared library support enough that I will talk with some cash.

One can freely choose the amount (s)he pays, when selecting "one-time contribution" donation.

On 13/03/2018 10:39 PM, M.M. wrote:
> On Monday, 12 March 2018 at 14:37:40 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
>> Can you guys add another donation package, which is basically pay what you want towards a more long term issue? To incentivize fixing.
>>
>> Monetary wise I shouldn't donate but I do care about shared library support enough that I will talk with some cash.
> 
> One can freely choose the amount (s)he pays, when selecting "one-time contribution" donation.

You missed what I was asking about.
In the higher tier packages you can select specific bugs to have worked on.

But it does not matter, funding options for these bigger long term issues is in the works.

On Tuesday, 13 March 2018 at 09:48:10 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> On 13/03/2018 10:39 PM, M.M. wrote:
>> On Monday, 12 March 2018 at 14:37:40 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
>>> Can you guys add another donation package, which is basically pay what you want towards a more long term issue? To incentivize fixing.
>>>
>>> Monetary wise I shouldn't donate but I do care about shared library support enough that I will talk with some cash.
>> 
>> One can freely choose the amount (s)he pays, when selecting "one-time contribution" donation.
>
> You missed what I was asking about.
> In the higher tier packages you can select specific bugs to have worked on.
>
> But it does not matter, funding options for these bigger long term issues is in the works.

Indeed, I missed the point. Sorry for rushing my answer. I thought I would help other potential donors.

On Monday, 12 March 2018 at 14:32:34 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> Today, the D Language Foundation has launched a page at Open Collective:
>
> https://opencollective.com/dlang.
>
> This brings some transparency to the process and opens new opportunities for how the Foundation handles donations.
>
> The blog post:
> https://dlang.org/blog/2018/03/12/the-d-foundation-at-open-collective/
>
> Reddit:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/83vbz6/the_d_foundation_at_open_collective/

The Website needs the link, too!: https://dlang.org/foundation/donate.html