Noted Sam. I agree I think we really need to have an idea where we are
going. I think I will try and work on a road map with my ideas etc and once
its done post it to the list.
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:50 PM, Sam Duff <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think Tres makes some great points in the quoted post. We can't just
> burden Toby with tax problems and we do need an organisation formed to be
> able to take care of these issues in a 'non-partisan' manner. However, as
> Tres indicates, we need goals. Money without direction is truly a burden,
> contrary to what the masses (and Hollywood) will have you believe.
>
> I'm not entirely convinced we're ready to take the step of forming an
> organisation for LMMS at this stage, but it is a worthy discussion. I'd
> personally like to see us form concrete plans (Unison integration/goals,
> roadmap, etc) and really prove we're an active community before we add the
> burden of an organisational structure.
>
> Would love to know what others feel about this.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Sam Duff
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 4:39 AM, Tres Finocchiaro <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Does someone know if it is possible how many people bought the album,
>>> and what
>>> they offered on average? I really can not find it :(
>>>
>>
>> Uros manages the bandcamp page. He is the author of this email thread.
>> The paypal however is directed to toby's paypal (matching the donate link
>> on our home page).
>>
>> @Jonathan,
>>
>> Setting up a store can be a slippery slope if we're not properly formed
>> as an organization. If stuff we sell continues to send money to Toby, we
>> could put an unnecessary tax burden on him.
>>
>> I would love to buy an LMMS mug and T-Shirt myself, but any talk of
>> turning profit is something that should be done with planning and caution.
>>
>> In terms of PC equipment, most entry level PCs can do everything we need
>> for testing. We have quite a few Macintosh computers on the dev already
>> and I could prepare a VirtualBox image for someone who neeeds it
>> temporarily.
>>
>> In terms of music interfacing equipment, I'd like to hear what equipment
>> we could benefit from. Having money doesn't always help progress, so
>> before we start offering tshirts, we should decide what we really need the
>> money for... :)
>>
>> -Tres
>>
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