On Sat, 2 Jul 2005, Dean Arnold wrote: > > > > Relax. I'm just suggesting that Tim not talk about a fund drive that > > more-or-less failed when trying to drum up volunteers for the new > > project. It will be obvious to everyone who reads this that $500 > > isn't enough to help in a significant way. That may serve to subtract > > from the otherwise positive tone of his plea. > > These forums are intended to ask for, and provide assistance to, > users and developers of the Perl DBI. One way (a very > important way) to provide that assistance is for those who > profit the most from the Perl DBI, > to provide funding and/or other resources. If it's unseemly > for Mssr. Bunce to ask for community assistance here (esp. when > so many ask for assistance from *him*), then where should he ask ? > If the issue is the perceived "shaming", I can only posit that > asking nicely obviously didn't work.
I didn't mean to imply that asking for money was a bad idea. I think it's a fine idea. I just didn't think that was the main point of the email. Here's the message I got from that email: There's a new project starting that needs help. I tried to fund it but we only got $500, and I'm not sure how to spend it. The project will produce a new version of DBI for Perl 6. Send in your suggestions and join the project! I think it would be a stronger message, in a marketing sense, like this: There's a new project starting that needs help. The project will produce a new version of DBI for Perl 6. Send in your suggestions and join the project! That's it. -sam
