[Foundation-l] Accepting airline miles as donations

[Casey Brown]

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Screamer <scream at datascreamer.com> wrote:
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> James Hare wrote:
>  > Greetings.
>  > I have renewed my subscription to the Foundation-L mailing list to make the
>  > following proposal.
>  >
>  > As you may be aware of, commercial airlines give out "miles" as thank-you
>  > gifts for patrons who fly on a particular airline. Considering the amount of
>  > money spent by the Foundation on air travel, it would be convenient for both
>  > potential donors and the Foundation to accept airline miles as a donation.
>  > Donors may find airline miles, which are gifts, easier to donate than their
>  > own money, which they had to work for. Likewise, the Foundation could use
>  > cash funds that would have been used on airfare for other matters, such as
>  > server upgrades and staffers.
>  >
>  > For the purpose of disclosure, I would like to state that I stole this idea
>  > from the Make a Wish Foundation, which accepts airline miles as donations,
>  > presumably for the sake of fulfilling the travel fantasies of ill children.
>  >
>  > Of the times I asked others, I have seen very positive responses, so I bring
>  > it now to the mailing list for wider attention.
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>  Yes, I absolutely support this idea.  It seems like a restricted
>  donation, or "donation in kind" which is always acceptable, and in this
>  case, beneficial.
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>  ./scream
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It doesn't "seem like" one, it is one, a textbook example. :-P

(For those not aware of what we are talking about, see the Gift
Policies <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Gift_Policies>.)

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Casey Brown
Cbrown1023

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