Thanks Kyle, That's much more in line with what I'm looking to do. I also cannot afford to go to PdCon given that it's all the way in Brazil, and I'm sure the majority of Pd users are in the same boat. A documentation bounty seems like a good way to encourage people to document, and give them a way of justifying their time. And, I agree, probably more worthwhile than paying half of one person's ticket to Sao Paulo.
In regards to designs, and printing: I'm thinking it might be cheapest (allowing more money to be raised) for me to print the shirts myself.. I just need to come up with a solid price estimate in the next couple days. Also, this seems more in line with the do-it-yourself attitude of Pd than, say, e-mailing a .Gif file to an internet service and letting it all go through them. I have couple designs I've drawn up myself, and a few have been submitted to me via this list. So, hopefully by the end of the weekend, I will upload them to my site and post a link on the list for feedback. -Ben On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Kyle Klipowicz <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- http://benbakersmith.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
