Yes, I agree that the fund should be for a documentation bounty. I think that Ben (or whoever makes the shirts) should hold the money in trust. Perhaps set up an interest-bearing account to save the cash in. Then create a well-documented (pun?) bounty description of what key features are to be implemented and the financial payment for each. You could do micropayments for key help patches or examples, say $20 US each, or a big bounty for larger sections such as re-organizing existing patches into a tidy intro library for new uses, with ready-mades to go.
I think this would be a longer lasting value than paying for Pd-con. I'd love to go myself, but probably cannot afford it...but I'd rather see some solid documentation be built...or have the financial incentive to do it! (Not a capitalist, just a hungry belly). ~Kyle On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Ben Baker-Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm open to the idea of donating proceeds to PdCon. But, having never > been, I have some clarifying questions/concerns. > > I would really prefer that any money from sales went toward > documentation, which in turn will increase useability and make PD more > accessible to new users. Does the convention encourage/promote > documentation? Is time spent at the convention trying to increase the > existing body of literature? > > If so, then I'm all for it. I just don't want to settle on PdCon if > it's only useful to attendees. (of course, I understand that in a > good open-source community knowledge gained by any members contributes > in some way to the knowledge of the group... but I'm talking more > formal documention rather than more answers on the mailing list) > > Glad to hear the interest. I'm still looking into the best way to go > about printing, selling, and distributing. > If someone wants to partner up on this I'd be happy for the help and > added input. > > -Ben > > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Alexandre Castonguay > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ben, all, > > > > We did the last batch of t's as a fundraiser for the Convention in > > Montréal. We managed to pay for another 1/2 plane ticket with the > > proceeds :-). Maybe the same could be done for São Paulo? > > > > The super folks from Graz sent the file they used for the original t's I > > should still have it if you want. > > > > À bientôt, > > > > Alexandre > > > > > > > >> Hello List, > >> > >> I'm considering designing and selling PD related t-shirts. I haven't > >> totally worked out the logistics. Basically I was inspired by the > >> [Bang( shirts that I've seen online, but which are no longer available > >> as far as I can tell. > >> > >> Anyway, if I did so, I would like to donate all of the proceeds toward > >> further PD development, specifically documentation of poorly > >> documented objects (or example patches, which is basically the same > >> thing). > >> > >> How do you all think would be the best way of going about this? > >> > >> Should I stockpile the money and then offer it to someone as a sort of > >> grant? That's less than ideal in my opinion. I really don't know how > >> to go about this. > >> > >> Any/all input is welcome > >> > >> -Ben > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> [email protected] mailing list > >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > -- ----- ------------ ---- ----- ---- -------- - ------ http://perhapsidid.wordpress.com http://myspace.com/kyleklipowicz
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