A few years ago, a few fellers (myself among them) sat around to decide once and for all if we should start an NPO to give FOSS activism a legal financial face.
A legal purse if you wish. The idea was simple, we could then open a bank account, get donations, and anyone with a good FOSS project and lack of cash to fund it, could apply to get some of that money. Nobody would get any personal favours out of it, the community trusts each-other, the Amuta would be just a few guys keeping the money safe till it's needed while activism goes on outside uninterrupted. Oh yeah, there was one small thing added to the mix - we could also use this Amuta as the official PR face for the community. Zoom forward three years later. We had 3 successful fund raiser parties with little public visibility outside the community. We had no active visibility in the press which led to very few reporters turning to the amuta for comments. I _personally_ think that PR-wise, the Amuta did not do too well. On the other front - Money was given to good causes and used well, the efficiency was commendable. But in between, so much energy put into nonsense. Silly fights, accusations, rule changes, nitpicking... what the hell is all this about? Egos? it's certainly not over money, and there's not much fame to share... What am I missing? Where's the beef? One day it's a troll driving Alon away, the next it's Alon's pot calling Orna's kettle black. What gives? Please stop the fighting and beaurocratic arguments, the Amuta is not managing the community and there's no prestige here to fight over, only a small bank account to protect. Some proportions please. (only my personal views, etc. etc., putting on my asbestos underwear) -- Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/
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