Invitation emails

[andrew]

For projects that don't have an approved funding link, we send them an invitation asking what they would like to do, content something like this:

Subject: Thank you for your work maintaining <Package>

Hi

<funders> would like pay you <amount> for supporting one of the most used packages in the <ecosystem> ecosystem. If you’d like to accept this invitation read on… 

What’s this all about?

Open Source Collective is a non-profit organisation committed to supporting those who create and use open-source software. Using billions of data-points we’ve created a way to fund the most critical open source projects within their respective ecosystems, including <package>.

How did you get this address?


We track millions of packages and their corresponding source repositories in order to get financial support to maintainers. This address is publicly available, usually on the package manager or repository’s web page(s). 

Accepting this invitation personally

If you complete the enclosed invitation we will pay you <amount> directly within the next two weeks for your work maintaining <package>:

<invite url>

Accepting as part of a community 

If you or your community already accept financial support for <package> you can add information to your funding.yaml file in your repository. We will detect the update and redirect this payout to one of those accounts. For more information on formats see [GitHub’s documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/displaying-a-sponsor-button-in-your-repository) — note that your repository does not have to be on GitHub.   

Not thought about funding yet?

Many open source communities accept donations and sponsorships to support their work. Whether it’s paying for hosting, tools, hardware, travel, or paying contributors for their time, money is an essential resource for modern open source projects. 

Open Source Collective supports thousands of open source projects, providing a legal and financial home for communities under an arrangement called fiscal hosting. Others are a member of a foundation, and some like to use a platform like GItHub Sponsors, Kofi, Patreon, or GoFundMe to collect donations. 

Importantly we support communities to make their own choice, by following the instructions they provide in their repositories, using a funding.yaml file. For more information on formats see [GitHub’s documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/displaying-a-sponsor-button-in-your-repository) — note that your repository does not have to be on GitHub.


Declining this invitation (and future participation)

This invitation will remain open for the next two weeks, if you wish to decline this invitation, and future invitations, please indicate so using the invitation itself: 


<invite url>

If you decline this invitation we will not contact you again concerning <package>.

Find out more

If you’d like to know more about Open Source Collective, Ecossyte.ms, and this project check out https://funds.ecosyste.ms/about 

Thanks

Need to:

• implement the mailer,
• set up sendgrid or similar
• link to accept invite
• link to decline invite
• about page
• track bounces or failed sends so we can try a different email address instead