On 2019-04-03 05:47, Klaatu wrote: > So after this fake message and the community show, I can't tell: has > Dave really stepped away from the show, or is that part of the joke?
TL;DR It was a Joke. Apologies to lostnbronx. > > On 1 April 2019 5:25:07 PM NZDT, Ken Fallon <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > As you know HPR has a long history of providing quality technical > content. Over the years our growth has been organic supported by the > generous donations from the community. This is very true. The biggest brunt of this is in the form of hosting, which is kindly provided by Josh from AnHonestHost.com and Archive.org. We would appreciate it if you could donate to help reduce his costs in funding the hosting. He is also accepting bitcoins to 1KsxJr9HtsdaUeU7yaV9bk9bQi21UPBtUq. Please also consider supporting the https://archive.org/donate/ who are now hosting our media files. > Now that podcasting has hit the > mainstream we are been contacted daily by corporations wishing to > sponsor our shows. There has never been a better time to grow the > network and expand into new untapped markets. Yes podcasting is in at the moment. But HPR was here before this wave, and I suspect it will be here well after it. Chugging along releasing shows every weekday Monday through Friday. > To that end I am thrilled to announce the first of our initiatives to > take HPR into the big leagues. As of today we will be partnering with > Audible to bring the best they have to offer to our network. You > couldn't ask for a sponsor that's more aligned with our mission and the > interests of our listeners. Audible is the leading provider of digital > audio books. With over 180,000 audio books and more to choose from, > you're sure to find one that relates to our listeners. > http://www.audibletrial.com/Information.aspx While we do thank our sponsors, we do not have advertising. The topic has been discussed many times over the years. It would be incompatible for the shows released as CC-BY-SA-NC. Why I don't particularly like it is that once money is involved in a project, we would need to have accounts, and auditing and the entire direction could be driven by advertisers. More hassle than it's worth. > > This is an important moment for HPR as this represents the first step in > monetizing the potential of the platform while still remaining true to > our core values. To ensure the highest standards of corporate > governance, we have instigated "Hacker Public Radio LLC". This body will > oversee the assets and intellectual property of the network going > forward as we transition from the creative commons to the HPR Assignment > License. "HPR is entirely community driven. Policy decisions are proposed and discussed on the Mailing list, which is open to anyone to join. Mailing list discussions are brought to the attention of the listening community on the first Monday of the month in the HPR Community News show." Also whatever HPR LLC is they also would be missing most of the domains because of http://hackerpublicradio.org/pipermail/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org/2018-November/014337.html The others are (I think) owned by Stank Dawg, so good luck with that. > > Initial projections show an almost linear relationship between listeners > and income. To give an example with 2,500 listeners, pre, mid and post > roll add we could earn an additional $15,112 - $29,737 / year. To this > end we will be incentivizing more popular topics as bringing in new > listeners will increase growth and drive revenue increasing our value to > the share holders. There is nothing stopping someone releasing the non CC-BY-SA-NC shows on their own feed with advertising. If anyone wants to do this, we can assist by providing a new filtered feed. Remember "Hacker Public Radio is dedicated to sharing knowledge." > > Which is why I am also thrilled to announce that we will be starting a > revenue sharing scheme for any host where their partnership consistently > exceeds expectations. More information on this can be found here: > http://hackerpublicradio.org/series.php?id=83 The link to the April Fools Series :) > > As you will hear on today's show, Dave has decided to step away from HPR > to spend more time with his family. We wish him every success in his > future endeavors. I was planning on doing this on the Community News and having Dave storm off, but as it happens he was not able to make the show. Were Dave ever to leave we would have some serious problems. Indeed after the DDOS attack some time ago, we have been looking into decentralized setup. This has stalled largely due to personal issues on my side, but I hope to be able to do some work on it soon. We have always done something for April Fools, this was the first time we hit the mailing list. It was fascinating to see the different reactions and that the cultural norm different per region. After reading the wikipedia article I'd love to hear a show about the topic. Plus any email I send not asking for a show should automatically cause suspicion. -- Regards, Ken Fallon http://kenfallon.com http://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=30
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