Is the Postgres Association part of smile.amazon.com?

> On 04/08/2017 07:45 AM, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> Greetings, Eric,
>>
>> * Eric Ridge ([hidden email]) wrote:
>>> They indicate that one reason could be that while Amazon knows about the
>>> charity, the charity isn't actually registered.
>>
>> I'll take a look into this (I'm one of the board members of PgUS).
>>
>>> If this is case, y'all might consider working out how to do that via
>>> https://org.amazon.com/.  I don't know how painless the charity
>>> registration process is, but it's pretty painless for an Amazon shopper
>>> (like myself) to transparently donate via smile.amazon.com.  Maybe y'all
>>> have already decided this isn't a thing you want to be involved in?
>>
>> This seems like a pretty good idea to me, so I'll see what can be done.
>>
>>> Anyways, I wanted to ask.  Amazon has donated something like $46M to
>>> charities since February this year, and it'd be cool if some of that went
>>> to Postgres.
>>
>> Definitely!
>>
>>> Thanks for your time and consideration!
>>
>> Thanks for bringing it up!
>
> I had no idea Amazon Smile could send money to PG.US -- definitely worth
> pursuing!

> On 04/12/2017 11:24 AM, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> We've now registered on smile and we got the following link for anyone
>> else who is interested:
>>
>> https://smile.amazon.com/ch/26-2194507
>>
>> Hopefully all will go well and you'll see that we are receiving the
>> contributions in the future (it takes a while for Amazon to dispurse the
>> funds, so please be patient!).
>>
>> Thanks again for bringing it up!
>
> Is this something we can send to pgsql-announce or does it violate some
> rule or another?

> Joe,
>
> * Joe Conway ([hidden email]) wrote:
>> Is this something we can send to pgsql-announce or does it violate some
>> rule or another?
>
> The policy for announce is here:
>
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/NewsEventsApproval
>
> Doesn't really seem like this kind of announcement really fits within
> the charter of -announce, but maybe it could be included in some kind of
> broader announcement about PgUS?

> Joe,
> * Joe Conway ([hidden email]) wrote:
>> Is this something we can send to pgsql-announce or does it violate some
>> rule or another?
>
> The policy for announce is here:
>
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/NewsEventsApproval
>
> Doesn't really seem like this kind of announcement really fits within
> the charter of -announce, but maybe it could be included in some kind of
> broader announcement about PgUS?

> On 12 Apr 2017, at 19:33, Stephen Frost <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Joe,
> > * Joe Conway ([hidden email]) wrote:
> >> Is this something we can send to pgsql-announce or does it violate some
> >> rule or another?
> >
> > The policy for announce is here:
> >
> > https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/NewsEventsApproval
> >
> > Doesn't really seem like this kind of announcement really fits within
> > the charter of -announce, but maybe it could be included in some kind of
> > broader announcement about PgUS?
>
> Aren't they're general guidelines?
>
> Being able to donate to PG via Amazon Smile is likely of use and interest
> to much of the PG ecosystem.

> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 08:08:58PM +0100, Justin Clift wrote:
>> On 12 Apr 2017, at 19:33, Stephen Frost <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> Joe,
>>> * Joe Conway ([hidden email]) wrote:
>>>> Is this something we can send to pgsql-announce or does it violate some
>>>> rule or another?
>>>
>>> The policy for announce is here:
>>>
>>> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/NewsEventsApproval
>>>
>>> Doesn't really seem like this kind of announcement really fits within
>>> the charter of -announce, but maybe it could be included in some kind of
>>> broader announcement about PgUS?
>>
>> Aren't they're general guidelines?
>>
>> Being able to donate to PG via Amazon Smile is likely of use and interest
>> to much of the PG ecosystem.
>
> Just to clarify, it is the _US_-based Postgres Association that will
> receive the funds.

> * Bruce Momjian ([hidden email]) wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 08:08:58PM +0100, Justin Clift wrote:
>>> On 12 Apr 2017, at 19:33, Stephen Frost <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>> Joe,
>>>> * Joe Conway ([hidden email]) wrote:
>>>>> Is this something we can send to pgsql-announce or does it violate some
>>>>> rule or another?
>>>>
>>>> The policy for announce is here:
>>>>
>>>> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/NewsEventsApproval
>>>>
>>>> Doesn't really seem like this kind of announcement really fits within
>>>> the charter of -announce, but maybe it could be included in some kind of
>>>> broader announcement about PgUS?
>>>
>>> Aren't they're general guidelines?
>>>
>>> Being able to donate to PG via Amazon Smile is likely of use and interest
>>> to much of the PG ecosystem.
>>
>> Just to clarify, it is the _US_-based Postgres Association that will
>> receive the funds.
>
> Right, this would be just for 'The United States PostgreSQL
> Association', aka PgUS (https://postgresql.us).  There's other
> non-profits in other places, of course (eg: PostgreSQL Europe,
> https://www.postgresql.eu/).  Perhaps that comes up as an organization
> for Amazon or Paypal for folks in Europe..?