<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Here in Windy, we believe, that people should have access to the best weather information available. It can save their life.</p>
<p dir="auto">And yes, we do so.</p>
<p dir="auto">We operate <a href="http://Windy.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Windy.com</a> that is accurate, fast, free, and has been running since 2014 without any restrictions or advertising. We also pay for the most expensive forecast data available, just to give them away for free. We do all this because we believe that it's a good thing. Our spirit is fuelled only by dozens of emails such as “Windy saved my life” that we receive from time to time.</p>
<p dir="auto">And yes, we do so.</p>
<p dir="auto">We save human lives.</p>
<p dir="auto">What began as a small hobby project for my kiting friends, has grown into a service that helps millions of users all over the world. However, it has also become a small company that has its employees, offices, and needs to pay bills.</p>
<p dir="auto">And yes, we do so.</p>
<p dir="auto">And our spirit is fuelled by the fact that people really appreciate how Windy is fast, accurate and without advertisements. Because we believe that this is a good thing.</p>
<p dir="auto">But in order to continue our mission, we need your help.</p>
<p dir="auto">Please imagine yourself, how many times you have used Windy. How many times Windy has helped you. Imagine how many decisions you have made based on forecasts from Windy.</p>
<p dir="auto">In order to preserve Windy as it is now, and to make it even better, we need your donation.</p>
<p dir="auto">Donation is available in our iOS or Android apps as appInPurchase or on your desktop, where you can use PayPal, credit card or Amazon Pay. Please consider monthly based donation, that can help us better to plan our cash flow.</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1544785014191-donate-resized.jpg" alt="_center_shadow" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/topic/7359/ivo-s-letter-please-donate-to-keep-us-going</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:26:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://community.windy.com/topic/7359.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:53:00 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Thu, 26 Dec 2019 23:03:04 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Just donated and created an account. My partner and I both suffer from pressure headaches. Since discovering your site about a month ago I have checked it every day to see how the pressure is changing so i have an idea of what to expect. Keep up the good work!</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/36236</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/36236</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Neuswanger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2019 23:03:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Fri, 20 Dec 2019 07:08:23 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/pan0001" aria-label="Profile: pan0001">@<bdi>pan0001</bdi></a>, yes it is possible. I will write you a PM. Thank you.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/35899</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/35899</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simona Polackova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2019 07:08:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Thu, 19 Dec 2019 21:57:08 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/simona-polackova" aria-label="Profile: Simona-Polackova">@<bdi>Simona-Polackova</bdi></a> - i just saw your message to Dkat about you sending him an email regarding donations different amounts..</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/35890</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/35890</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[pan0001]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2019 21:57:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Thu, 19 Dec 2019 21:52:37 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi,</p>
<p dir="auto">How would I go about making a donation greater than $50 USD? It appears that's the maximum I can select from the donate tab.</p>
<p dir="auto">In addition, my company mostly deals with invoices. Is it possible to receive an invoice from you for the specific donation amount I'm willing to donate?</p>
<p dir="auto">Thanks,<br />
Petar</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/35889</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/35889</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[pan0001]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2019 21:52:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Sun, 01 Dec 2019 14:37:19 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/simona-polackova" aria-label="Profile: Simona-Polackova">@<bdi>Simona-Polackova</bdi></a>, thanks for the reply, but I'm still unclear about the taxes.  The tax rate for online sales in South Carolina is 6.00% but the rate on the donation is 7.50%.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/34512</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/34512</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Norm_Shea]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 14:37:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:35:02 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/dkat" aria-label="Profile: Dkat">@<bdi>Dkat</bdi></a>, I wrote you an email.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/33750</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/33750</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simona Polackova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:35:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:29:14 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/norm_shea" aria-label="Profile: Norm_Shea">@<bdi>Norm_Shea</bdi></a>, the donation is not considered as a gift but as a regular product, since we are a for-profit company. Therefore taxes need to be applied.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/33749</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/33749</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simona Polackova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:29:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:19:03 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/jeffreyclear" aria-label="Profile: JeffreyClear">@<bdi>JeffreyClear</bdi></a>, you can donate via <a href="http://www.windy.com/donate" rel="nofollow ugc">www.windy.com/donate</a> where the currency is EUR.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/33747</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/33747</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simona Polackova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:19:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:09:36 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/afurley" aria-label="Profile: afurley">@<bdi>afurley</bdi></a>, thank you for your offer, however we are a for-profit company. Therefore donations are not considered as a "gift" but as a regular "product" which is taxed.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/33746</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/33746</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simona Polackova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:09:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Sat, 16 Nov 2019 16:01:06 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/clearphish" aria-label="Profile: Clearphish">@<bdi>Clearphish</bdi></a>, yes, I too had a question about taxes.  I'm in the United States and haven't had taxes added to a donation before.  I'm thinking that this is not like a local, sales tax.  Where does the collected tax money go?</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/33642</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/33642</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Norm_Shea]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2019 16:01:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Mon, 04 Nov 2019 14:57:19 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi great weather very accurate: Now I can only donate a certain amount there is no option to do so or am I missing something ? I would like to donate a different amount is there a way to do that?<br />
Dave K.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/32701</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/32701</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dkat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2019 14:57:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Fri, 01 Nov 2019 09:34:40 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Please tell me how to donate, as I am very bad at data, computers &amp; etc. generally. Also, what monetary unit is the Kc which you name on your donation example?  I live in Norway, and must pay with Norwegian Kroner.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/32485</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/32485</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JeffreyClear]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 09:34:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Sun, 06 Oct 2019 06:45:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/clearphish" aria-label="Profile: Clearphish">@<bdi>Clearphish</bdi></a> In the UK we have what is called Gift Aid. If you are donating to an organisation with Charitable Status, you can claim Gift Aid (you have to declare your residency address) and the charity then gets the tax back (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/donating-to-charity/gift-aid" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.gov.uk/donating-to-charity/gift-aid</a>). I don't know if Windy is operating as a charity (see other post from this morning about Just Giving) but if they were this might apply.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/30823</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/30823</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[afurley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 06:45:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Sun, 06 Oct 2019 06:41:26 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">If you have what in UK is called 'charitable status' you could set up a Just Giving  (<a href="https://www.justgiving.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.justgiving.com/</a>) facility so that people can raise money for you by sponsorship (it is fun and makes the sponsoring idea very much easier, even though they do take a cut). I am about to do this for the RNLI in the UK. I would do it for you if you had this facility.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/30822</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/30822</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[afurley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 06:41:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Mon, 30 Sep 2019 09:00:08 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sailclassic" aria-label="Profile: sailclassic">@<bdi>sailclassic</bdi></a>, the monthly subscriptions are not available anymore. If you would like to donate, we will appreciate your one-time donation. Next to credit card you can use PayPal or a wire transfer.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/30446</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/30446</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simona Polackova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 09:00:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Sun, 29 Sep 2019 16:34:44 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Moin Ivo, I would like to give a monthly donation to support your Windy-Development, but I don´t use creditcards. How can I donate? Kind Regards Chrischan</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/30408</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/30408</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sailclassic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2019 16:34:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Wed, 25 Sep 2019 06:35:25 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/rossigee" aria-label="Profile: rossigee">@<bdi>rossigee</bdi></a>, we don't support crypto at this moment. If you like to donate, please choose paypal, credit card or wire transfer.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/30149</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/30149</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simona Polackova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 06:35:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:54:13 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I would also like to make a donation with Bitcoin or other crypto, but I can't see any BTC, BCH or other addresses at the end of the page linked to above.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/30096</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/30096</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[rossigee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:54:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Fri, 20 Sep 2019 20:03:50 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I love your site, but the donation procedure doesn't seem to work on a pc, does it? Very complicated and puzzling, I gave up. Sorry.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/29894</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/29894</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[RedKhandro]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 20:03:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:38:15 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/ivo" aria-label="Profile: ivo">@<bdi>ivo</bdi></a> As blue water sailors we use this app almost daily. There is nothing better, neither from official services nor private. That's why we are happy to make a donation. Best regards SV Rodspaetten. And I asked the editorial staff of "Zeilen" and the magazine "die Yacht" to also publish an appeal for donations in their magazines. The same applies to the blog of <a href="http://Windpilot.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Windpilot.com</a>, where such a call will be published soon. Windy is the most popular app among the blue water sailors and is appreciated as the best app. <a href="mailto:Thomas@ms-escape.ch" rel="nofollow ugc">Thomas@ms-escape.ch</a> or <a href="http://www.ms-escape.ch" rel="nofollow ugc">www.ms-escape.ch</a></p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/29193</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/29193</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas_Escape]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:38:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Ivo&#x27;s letter: Please donate to keep us going on Sun, 01 Sep 2019 07:01:00 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/anitorja" aria-label="Profile: anitorja">@<bdi>anitorja</bdi></a> maybe search for a reason instead to be in the sulks?</p>
<p dir="auto"><a href="https://community.windy.com/topic/9376/windyty-ap-not-working">https://community.windy.com/topic/9376/windyty-ap-not-working</a></p>
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