[09:35] Just having one of my entrepreneurial ideas. [09:36] At the meeting on Friday we talked about paid developer positions, and I got to putting my thinking cap on [09:39] How about creating a membership club, where members contribute a monthly amount. I'm not thinking Patreon, but something more like nationbuilder.com - This provides for a central Kubuntu group, along with chapters ( or sub groups ) [09:40] Really it's designed for political parties, but there is so much overlap, we could use a toll like that for community growth, which is pretty much what a political party does. [09:41] The funds raised from the members gets used to develop our core, providing funding for growth and development. [09:42] Just a crazy idea at this point, but if the KC thinks it worth pursuing I can look into it in more detail. [17:05] @Sick_Rimmit, I disagree with not using Patreon — it's a platform that many people recognize and are already on (including myself) and has shown great success for flavors like Ubuntu MATE, who get upwards of $1700 a month. [17:44] Screws over people outside the US though [17:44] Oh? [17:44] Ubuntu MATE is a British project :P [17:47] Depends what you do with the money [17:48] Its fine for people in the US [18:09] It's worth looking at the nation holder link, it's much more than Paterson, it's about community development [18:40] the EU see it as exporting a service so 20% VAT is payable [18:41] 5% Transaction fee, 5% Patreon fee [18:42] and then transfering $ to £ [18:42] But the UK isn't part of the EU :P [18:42] *runs* [18:43] unfortunately it is [18:45] if you do decide to go patreon, be better to setup a US part [20:24] I'm still behind Patreon [20:24] Same [20:24] We actually agree on something :P [20:26] if you do, let me recommend you :P [21:00] The US think might be a issue but we can use a US bank and transfer. I know the convert rate will be a but off but it's possible [21:03] the tools all suck, for sure