On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 07:50 +0200, Ira Abramov wrote:
> 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.
Oh, we forgot our roots. It was great that you (Ira) reminded us of the
roots of Hamakor.
> 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?
Seems that the problem is that the words "amuta", "friend", "yadid", and
the other terms used in the world of amutot have quasi-religious
connotations. They incite emotions and memories from "real" amutot and
arguments and bog people down in procedural discussions.
For example, the big argument about members vs. yadidim was an exercise
in silliness by itself. I am happy that it was mostly settled by the
failure to have quorum in a General Assembly until a yadid (who was
already qualified to be member) agreed to change status into voting
member.
It seems to me that the Big and Dirty Religious War today is about
whether Hamakor should take active role (and which) in community
activities, besides those of providing money and PR contact person.
I wonder whether the following would help (together with stern reminders
to people to browse it before continuing to argue about Hamakor's role
in the Big Scheme of Things):
A Web page which is HOWTO guide for project leaders. If you want to
lead a project (like August Penguin or the Hatzor project), how would
you accomplish this task, and which help would you get from Hamakor and
how to enlist it; as well as other advice about matters like motivating
additional volunteers, drawing budget, recruiting resources from outside
the Hamakor, etc.
Can the successful project leaders please summarize your hard-gained
wisdom and have such a Web page created (if you send me in private
E-mail your stuff, I'll volunteer to put together the Web page).
--- Omer
(also project leader of the miniscule accessibility project)
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