This thread on p6l should hopefully interest many p6u readers too.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Hainsworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 1:28 AM
> To: Conrad Schneiker; chromatic; p6l
> Subject: Re: Perl 6 fundraising and related topics.
>
> Me too. $500. That's 3*500, so far.
>
> Can I do this through the Perl Foundation as an earmark?
>
> Conrad Schneiker wrote:
> > On Thursday 21 February 2008 06:25:42 Joshua Gatcomb wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:23 PM, chromatic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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 know, but it's substantially less than my consulting
> rate and
> >> somewhat less than my salary too. I could probably make 100 - 150
> >> high-quality commits to Parrot in that 30 day period. Perhaps more.
> >>
> >> I'm probably not the only Parrot/Perl 6 hacker in this situation.
> >>
> >>
> >>> I was beginning to wonder if my post to the thread had gotten
> >>> eaten. Thanks for replying. I probably didn't do a good job of
> >>> tying the two portions of my reply together, but if I were to go
> >>> to the donation page and I saw
> >>>
> >>> Project: Allow chromatic for 1 month to work exclusively on parrot
> >>> Deliverables (if applicable): 100 - 150 high quality commits
> >>> Required: $5000
> >>> Current: $0
> >>>
> >>> I would be very inclined to make a donation. In fact, if you can
> >>> find 9 other people willing to do so - I will cut a check for
> >>> $500 any time you are ready. That's besides the point.
> >>>
> >
> > Not to me it isn't. :-)
> >
> > Count me in as person #1 of the 9 others.
> >
> >
> >>> I don't believe "just getting more money" is the solution. I
> >>> think we need to do a number of things:
> >>>
> >>> 1. Identify people, like you, who are in a position to trade
> >>> time for money and the projects they will work on
> >>> 2. Allow people to choose where their money will go (if that's
> what
> >>>
> > they
> >
> >>> want to do)
> >>> 3. Do it in a way that causes the least amount of fighting
> >>>
> >
> > Good ideas.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Conrad Schneiker
> >
> > www.AthenaLab.com
> >
> > http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6 - Official Perl 6 Wiki
> > http://www.perlfoundation.org/parrot - Official Parrot Wiki
> >
> >
> >
