- Are you a "supporter/fan" of Joomla?
- Would you like a simple and easy way to show your support?
- How about joining a "Joomla Supporters Club"?
The Joomla Supporters Club.
The Supporters Club conveys no rights or privileges and is merely a way for individuals, web sites and companies to support joomla and to receive acknowledgment for their support.
I propose three types of Supporters. These are not hierarchical levels they are just different types, no type is better than the other etc.
Individual Supporter/Fan
- Who is it for? Private individuals
- What do you get? Listing in the Supporters Club and the right to add the words "Joomla Supporter No. 123456" in a forum signature. (Or it might be even easier to link the forum user number with the Supporters club number)
- How much does it cost? $10 per annum
Web Site Supporter/Fan
- Who is it for? An individual web site e.g. www.example.com
- What do you get? Listing in the Supporters Club and the right to add a banner with a logo and the words "Joomla Web Site Supporter No. 123456" on a single web site
- How much does it cost? $50 per annum
Group Web Site Supporter/Fan
- Who is it for? A group of up to 5 web sites operated by the same person/company e.g. http://www.example.com and http://www.example2.com
- What do you get? Listing in the Supporters Club and the right to add a banner with a logo and the words "Joomla Group Web Site Supporter No. 123456" on up to 5 designated web sites
- How much does it cost? $200 per annum
For the Supporters Club concept to work I believe that it would require several things
- A public listing of all Supporters e.g. http://supporters.joomla.org (SJO)
- The banner for each Supporter links back to the SJO site for verification. An example of this process can be seen in operation at http://100.newzealand.co.nz/
- A public and transparent reporting of the revenue received from the Supporters Club and the "planned" expenditure for this income.
By calling it a Supporters Club and not a membership I do not believe that there would be any implied rights or privileges.
The $ amounts above are just suggestions and are priced at a level to take into account the different earning levels across the globe.
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