I'd like to contribute to the funding but I'm one of those guys who neither have nor want any paypal account or other "modern" means of transfer.

I agree that $500 or $1000 per month sounds quite a lot. Can we have a detailed list please of where all that money is going? That would certainly increase my motivation to donate (and maybe that of others too) and would increase the chances to find cheaper alternatives.

As I already pointed out in another thread I like the way debianforum.de handles this. They have a list in their wiki for where the money is going to [1] and one for where it's coming from [2].

[1] http://wiki.debianforum.de/Debianforum.de/Ausgaben
[2] http://wiki.debianforum.de/Debianforum.de/Spenden