Re: Perl 6 fundraising and related topics.

2008-02-21 Thread Joshua Gatcomb
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Conrad Schneiker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've repeatedly encountered remarks about how much Perl 6 development is constrained by the fairly severe time and energy constraints of its overwhelmingly volunteer development team. Here is something to consider.

Re: Perl 6 fundraising and related topics.

2008-02-21 Thread brian d foy
In article !!AAAYAJmSy7DjO29Fg/NooSGjnaXCgAAAEEc+mhI1TL9CiDgj [EMAIL PROTECTED], Conrad Schneiker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So over the next few months, I'm planning to learn about fundraising, and see what I can accomplish on behalf of Perl 6 development. To that end, I'm

Re: Perl 6 fundraising and related topics.

2008-02-21 Thread chromatic
On Thursday 21 February 2008 06:25:42 Joshua Gatcomb wrote: Here is something to consider.  Unless we can afford to fund an individual full time with enough money for them to pay for their own health coverage and other benefits, the amount of time they are volunteering is already as much as

Re: Perl 6 fundraising and related topics.

2008-02-21 Thread Joshua Gatcomb
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:23 PM, chromatic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 21 February 2008 06:25:42 Joshua Gatcomb wrote: I could take a month's sabbatical from my day job for $5000 without losing insurance coverage or other benefits. That's slightly more than Audrey's $100/day, I

Re: Perl 6 fundraising and related topics.

2008-02-21 Thread Geoffrey Broadwell
On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 18:45 -0500, Joshua Gatcomb wrote: On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:23 PM, chromatic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. Allow people to choose where their money will go (if that's what they want to do) Someone earlier in this thread mentioned that this can't be done directly because

Re: Perl 6 fundraising and related topics.

2008-02-21 Thread Joshua Gatcomb
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Geoffrey Broadwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone earlier in this thread mentioned that this can't be done directly because of rules surrounding TPF's non-profit status. That someone was me and that's not what I said. I said it isn't as simple as Bob