+1 Jeremy DE ROYER
Le 15 mars 2012 à 19:44, "Patrick Abuzeni M.D." <[email protected]> a écrit : > I think this discussion is very timely. Just a week ago I sent an email to > Pascal seeking his help to try to come up with ideas to improve upon what we > already have in the WO community. An excerpt of my email went like this: > > "My proposal is first based on setting up a non-profit educational > foundation. This foundation will then be able to receive tax-deductible > donations and contributions, etc. We should also actively pursue donations > from major corporations. We should then dedicate some time and talent to > write manuals and material for new developers. We should also consider > setting up a scholarship fund to encourage learning WO. We should also > encourage employers to hire "interns" as part of their training. An > affiliation with a college or university would be tremendously powerful. And > a certification would come handy at some point too. I have made initial > contacts with some individuals of which I think the first few elements of > this campaign would be doable. For example we don't need to set up our own > non-profit (too costly), but we can piggyback on someone else's. We have also > begun putting together a WO starter manual. This manual describes every step > of getting started from absolute scratch. I would like more content to be > added in the future by others in the community. We can easily publish this > book on the iBook store and the proceeds could go towards the non-profit > foundation. I also have someone in mind that could write the teaching > curriculum. More work would be needed of course to structure the existing > material and to have it peer reviewed. I wholeheartedly believe that we need > to rally everyone to selflessly commit to the WO community in order save it." > > To summarize and also expand on some of your earlier comments: > > 1- Restructure the wocommunity.org to be a by-membership organization. We > should elect a board and a president (probably every 2 years). Changing > leadership would inject new ideas and new initiatives every once in a while. > The board should remain as a stable entity and where it will have alternate > elections. In other words, not all seats will be up at once. > 2- Set up a separate non-profit organization ASAP. Like I mentioned earlier, > we can piggyback on another organization for the time being and until we can > get our own. I think getting a non-profit approved by the IRS is a timely > process and will require that we know what we're doing. I think it would be > best to piggyback at first. I know of one non-profit organization here that I > have worked with in the past. I don't mind asking. > 3- Establish the concept of committees that will address certain issues like > Publication, Education etc. > 4- Begin to (e-)publish our own material and cleanup/streamline/centralize > all common and educational material. Obviously, the proceeds should be > funneled back to the wocommunity and the non-profit org. > 5- Lastly, to establish an internship training/employment programs as well as > stipends intended to encourage new developers to join and to expose the WO > technology to a broader and younger audience. > > Many specialty medical organizations have similar structures as outlined > above. > > XeoTech, LLC > Patrick Abuzeni, MD > 248 Palermo Avenue > Coral Gables, FL 33134 > > Tel: 305-444-2888 > Fax: 305-444-2333 > > www.xeotech.com > > > > > > On Mar 10, 2012, at 7:02 PM, David Avendasora wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I think it would be an excellent idea for WOCommunity to have an Apple >> Developer Account because it would give a unified face to the organization >> for Apps like RuleModeler, but it would also make it possible to release >> eBooks for things like "Getting Started with WebObjects" and such and create >> a way for the community to generate revenue. >> >> Sure, we can still offer the tools and content for free, but I'm betting >> that there are some people who will pay for them just because they *can* pay >> for them. >> >> Unfortunately, before we can create the account, I think that we really need >> to be a formal organization, which we have discussed several times. We can't >> leave everything to Pascal. He's only one person, and he already does an >> insane amount of work for the community. Maybe he's still the right one to >> do this, but then someone needs to take on some of the other work that he's >> already doing. >> >> Who will step forward and commit to taking on responsibilities? >> >> I'd be willing to take on Jenkins management and configuration. >> >> Dave >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/patrick%40xeotech.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] >> > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. 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