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Help others take back control of their data.
Families, freelancers, community groups: many would like to leave the big suites but don’t know where to start. Your gifts fund their migration, frugal hosting in Québec, and the open-source tools that make it possible.
Why a regular gift helps so much
Servers and GPUs are booked months ahead. A gift that comes back tells us how many waitlist places we can open without having to close them again. Even $15 a quarter hosts mail for five people for a whole year.
Why quarterly? Stripe keeps 2.9% + $0.30 per payment: on $5 a month that’s 9% of your gift; on $15 a quarter, 5%. For small amounts, quarterly leaves more for the project.
Stage 1 · First migrations (3 months)
Budget: $6,370No verified gifts yet: the needs start from zero.
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10 people on low incomes: hosted mail for 1 year, migration included $190Still to fund
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Base hosting in Québec · 3 months (servers, backups) $280Still to fund
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3 community groups migrated (5 mailboxes, 3 h of help) $580Still to fund
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Translation and accessibility (FR/EN, screen readers) $630Still to fund
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GPU for the open models · business hours · 3 months $950Still to fund
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Jazzons: Telegram and Slack bridges $1,250Still to fund
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Migration agent: Google, Microsoft, Apple connectors $2,490Still to fund
Smaller needs fill first, so every gift completes something concrete.
Stage 2 · Opening to the public (12 months) — full budget
- Base hosting in Québec · 12 months, double capacity$2,220
- GPU · business hours · 12 months$3,780
- 50 people on low incomes: hosted mail for 1 year, migration included$910
- 15 community groups migrated$2,870
- Finance and relationship (CRM) connectors$3,730
- Jazzons: WhatsApp and Messenger (with a warning)$2,490
- Independent security audit$5,180
- Full stage 2 budget (replaces stage 1, not added to it) $21,180