Does anyone out there have any phone numbers for key contacts at The Perl Foundation that you could send to me off-list? So far, I've not heard back from anyone there. TIA.
Best regards, Conrad Schneiker http://perl.net.au/wiki/Perl_6_Users_FAQ (Moved from AthenaLab to Perl 6 Wiki.) www.AthenaLab.com (Nano-electron-beam and micro-neutron-beam technology.) ________________________________________ From: Conrad Schneiker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 2:35 PM > From: Conrad Schneiker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 2:35 PM > To: 'perl6-users@perl.org' > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 'Nathan Eady'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: $1,000 prize for Perl 6 Wiki written in Perl 6 > > OK, Im sold on a Perl 6 Wiki written in Perl 6aka the (Perl 6) > **2 Wiki. > > However, I want it now! > > So Im offering to post a $1,000 prize (The AthenaLab The 1st > Extreme Leverage Prize for Perl 6), to be awarded to the person > that delivers the first (Perl 6)**2 Wiki that meets some moderate > specifications. > > Heres what I currently have in mind. > > The prize money would be held in escrow by The Perl Foundation > (*IF* they are willing to handle this). The Perl Foundation would > decide when a prize claimant had adequately realized the > specifications. (Entries must be announced on perl.perl6.users. > To facilitate collaboration, the designated winner may request > that the prize be split up and distributed among up-to-10 cohorts > or charities, with names and amounts to be publicly specified in > advance on perl.perl6.users.) > > The specifications for the (Perl 6)**2 Wiki would be determined > (and posted to perl.perl6.users) by @Larry (*IF* they are willing > to handle this). One of the reasons for wanting @Larry to handle > the specification for this prize is my presumption that they best > know what is presently (or soon will be) reasonable to > implement. Perl 6 means Pugs + Parrot for purposes of this prize. > (However, if @Larry recommends s/Parrot/Perl5/ for now, thats > also OK with me.) Practically usable minimalism and the ( > http://www.perldesignpatterns.com/?TinyWiki) approach of starting > with the simplest (working) thing possible is fine. The aim is > not to impress with world with the first implementation, but > rather to initiate a self-sustaining chain reaction of > improvement that will much later (a year from now) impress the > world with the cumulative rate of progress. > > The license must be whatever the prevailing license was for the > Pugs (Perl 6 core) svn source tree is at the time the prize is > claimed. The source code would be added to the examples or > cookbook section of the Pugs source tree. (Details to be > determined by @Larry.) > > The contestant (or contestants) are encouraged to seek help and > feedback on public forums. Just be up-front about it. Taking the > initiative needed to deliver the result is what is being > rewarded, not doing it on your own. > > The (Perl 6)**2 Wiki must be installed and demonstrated on > Feather, Juerds Perl 6 development server (*IF* this is OK with > him, and if he can arrange for www.perl6.nl to go to the new > Wiki, *UNLESS* the Perl Foundation wants to host the main Wiki, > in which case Feather would still be used for further Wiki > prototyping and development.). > > Well need a volunteer to serve as the (Perl 6)**2 Wiki sysadmin, > once it comes online. If no one else steps forward, Id volunteer > to serve as the (Perl 6)**2 Wiki moderator for any (hopefully > very rare) cases of content issues. (Id prefer that the Perl > Foundation or Perl Mongers took responsibility for these things, > but I dont want to ask for too much at the outset. To minimize > disputes and churning, I suspect the eventually-high-demand home > page should be restricted to moderator-only updating.) > > Best regards, > Conrad Schneiker > > www.athenalab.com/Perl_6_Users_FAQ.htm > > www.AthenaLab.com (Nano-electron-beam technology.) >
