Hi Greg, I do agree with your view, and I do know that I won't achieve anything alone or even with a small group of interested people...
So, ok, let's discuss it... To active contributors in LG projects : - Do you find this LGA project useful, and why ? - How would it be useful for you on a daily basis ? - Said simply : Do you need a LGA, or is it a waste of time and energy in your point of view ? I'm convinced for myself (IMO, it's useful in a range of situations), but as Greg said, we don't want to find ourselves int he desert with an empty tank... Please go on and comment ! -- yagraph 2010/6/5 Gregory Pittman <[email protected]> > On 06/05/2010 04:19 AM, Camille Bissuel wrote: > >> So everyone agree with all this goals ? >> I don't believe it ! >> >> There's another point to discuss too : when to start each goals ? >> Louis have suggested to start a network and to wait to be ready to set up >> any founding, which sound wise. >> > I don't have any objections to these various proposals, but as we say in > the US, it's hard to be against something that sounds like "Mom and apple > pie." > > Having been involved with a local group that began a nonprofit organization > (this one for increasing awareness of stroke), we rather painstaking went > through such a process of creating a charter, filing the appropriate papers, > and eventually cranking it through the governmental approval process, and > then found ourselves with a real organization having some really good ideas > about what we wanted to do in the form of where we saw ourselves in the > future, recognized as a source for various information, awash with the money > that would surely come flowing in, which we would carefully dole out for a > variety of worthy reasons. > > But then real reality hits, when you realize that all of this discussion, > planning, and final agreements about the charter and so forth are the > easiest part. > > As I mentioned in the BOF, we should also begin thinking about how it is > that LGA justifies its existence. First and foremost, do we know that the > major and minor projects think LGA is good for them? How? What would they > see an LGA accomplishing that they can't do themselves? How are they willing > to support LGA? Would LGA perhaps be some kind of threat to them? It's > problematic if they might only see LGA as a source of money, but otherwise > want to be left alone. > > And what would users appreciate about LGA? Especially considering that > users are a large silent unseen body of people out there, this could be > difficult to ascertain. > > Finally, what about donors? Donors who are constantly approached for > donations, who must choose where to spread out those donations that they do > make. There will be a certain amount of no-brainer donating that will come > from many sources in small amounts, but clearly we have to seek out and > satisfy the potential large donors, not just because of the amount of money > they might donate, but more importantly the magnifying effect this would > have. There is a reputation and attention that comes from getting a major > donation from a Google, or who knows, maybe even an Oracle or Adobe. Smaller > donors use these as cues that someone with the resources has vetted this > organization and found it worthy. Likewise, getting smaller donations from > well-respected open source foundations can be very valuable. > > You may think that this is too early to think about these issues, but if > you don't you may find yourselves out in the desert with an empty tank > before you realize it. > > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create >
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