[Pharo-project] Pharo Association

[Marcus Denker]

Hello,

We are happy to announce the Pharo User Association:

http://association.pharo.org

The goal of the Pharo User Association is to support Pharo development and
promotion. 

There are two individual memberships

- Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 40 Euros
- Golden Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 99 Euros

You will get
- reduction access to pharo conferences,
- reduction for training and access to teaching material,
- be part of the pharoAssociation-individual-members mailing-list,
- an account at the pharo association web site.

This Association is complementary to the Pharo consortium managed by INRIA. 
The Consortium is for entities  such as companies, research teams, or 
institutes.
For more information, see: http://www.pharo-project.org/community/consortium

The funds collected by the Association will be used in coordination with the 
Consortium 
to support the development of Pharo.

The Pharo Board and Pharo Core Team.

Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo Association

[Ben Coman]

Well done getting all this up an running.  Some minor feedback on the 
web site...


1. I would guess that one of the more important purposes of the site is 
that people sign up. 
So don't hide the signup and login buttons away from the the front 
page.  There is room on the right hand side of the title bar.

Once logged in these could change to the membername and logout button.

2. Paypal says the payment transaction will appear on my bank statement 
as "PayPal*ASSOCIATION". I guess that because the payment goes to 
"Association Pharo".
It would be nicer if the payment when to "Pharo Association" so that my 
bank statement said "PayPal*PHARO" - but I don't expect you could change 
that.


3. When choosing subscription type, the term "_simple_ member" to 
distinguish from "premium member" feels a bit condescending and 
unnecessary.  Just "member" on its own is enough to distinguish from 
"premium  member".


simple = *2. *A fool; a simpleton.[1] /b //(1)/ *:* stupid 
 /(2)/ *:* mentally 
retarded [2]

[1] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/simple
[2] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simple

4. Perhaps when members add contribution for display on the slide show, 
these could be added to the "What's new" sidebar.  This might help 
increase the show of activity. 

As an aside, I love the name "Pharo" for the project but it is 
unfortunate that "Pharo" is such a widely used name with 3,000,000 
unrealated results on google search, and "pharo.com" domain being used 
for other purposes.   A tip for others making up new project names is to 
choose one with a small number of results on Google.  A service like 
http://wordoid.com/ can help.


Marcus Denker wrote:

Hello,

We are happy to announce the Pharo User Association:

http://association.pharo.org

The goal of the Pharo User Association is to support Pharo development and
promotion. 


There are two individual memberships

- Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 40 Euros
- Golden Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 99 Euros

You will get
- reduction access to pharo conferences,
- reduction for training and access to teaching material,
- be part of the pharoAssociation-individual-members mailing-list,
- an account at the pharo association web site.

This Association is complementary to the Pharo consortium managed by INRIA. 
The Consortium is for entities  such as companies, research teams, or institutes.

For more information, see: http://www.pharo-project.org/community/consortium

The funds collected by the Association will be used in coordination with the Consortium 
to support the development of Pharo.


The Pharo Board and Pharo Core Team.



  

Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo Association

[Stéphane Ducasse]

On Nov 16, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Ben Coman wrote:

> 
> Well done getting all this up an running.  Some minor feedback on the web 
> site…

Thanks for the feedback.
Yes you are right :)
This is why it is a beta :)
> 
> 1. I would guess that one of the more important purposes of the site is that 
> people sign up. So don't hide the signup and login buttons away from the the 
> front page.  There is room on the right hand side of the title bar.
> Once logged in these could change to the membername and logout button.
> 
> 2. Paypal says the payment transaction will appear on my bank statement as 
> "PayPal*ASSOCIATION". I guess that because the payment goes to "Association 
> Pharo".
> It would be nicer if the payment when to "Pharo Association" so that my bank 
> statement said "PayPal*PHARO" - but I don't expect you could change that.
> 
> 3. When choosing subscription type, the term "_simple_ member" to distinguish 
> from "premium member" feels a bit condescending and unnecessary.  Just 
> "member" on its own is enough to distinguish from "premium  member".
> 
> simple = *2. *A fool; a simpleton.[1] /b //(1)/ *:* stupid 
>  /(2)/ *:* mentally 
> retarded [2]
> [1] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/simple
> [2] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simple

Thanks indeed this is not the point.

> 4. Perhaps when members add contribution for display on the slide show, these 
> could be added to the "What's new" sidebar.  This might help increase the 
> show of activity. 

Yes.
In fact for version 2 (not 1.0) we want to offer a blog to each member and 
aggregating.

> As an aside, I love the name "Pharo" for the project but it is unfortunate 
> that "Pharo" is such a widely used name with 3,000,000 unrealated results on 
> google search, and "pharo.com" domain being used for other purposes.   A tip 
> for others making up new project names is to choose one with a small number 
> of results on Google.  A service like http://wordoid.com/ can help.

We checked google before when we decided and we love that name.
> 
> Marcus Denker wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> We are happy to announce the Pharo User Association:
>> 
>>  http://association.pharo.org
>> 
>> The goal of the Pharo User Association is to support Pharo development and
>> promotion. 
>> There are two individual memberships
>> 
>>  - Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 40 Euros
>>  - Golden Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 99 Euros
>> 
>> You will get
>>  - reduction access to pharo conferences,
>>  - reduction for training and access to teaching material,
>>  - be part of the pharoAssociation-individual-members mailing-list,
>>  - an account at the pharo association web site.
>> 
>> This Association is complementary to the Pharo consortium managed by INRIA. 
>> The Consortium is for entities  such as companies, research teams, or 
>> institutes.
>> For more information, see: http://www.pharo-project.org/community/consortium
>> 
>> The funds collected by the Association will be used in coordination with the 
>> Consortium to support the development of Pharo.
>> 
>>  The Pharo Board and Pharo Core Team.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  
> 
> 

Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo Association

[Marcus Denker]

Thank you for your suggestions!

I am making a list of what to improve and added them (the association pharo vs. 
pharo association one I think is not to fix sadly...)

Marcus

On Nov 16, 2012, at 4:50 AM, Ben Coman  wrote:

> 
> Well done getting all this up an running.  Some minor feedback on the web 
> site...
> 
> 1. I would guess that one of the more important purposes of the site is that 
> people sign up. So don't hide the signup and login buttons away from the the 
> front page.  There is room on the right hand side of the title bar.
> Once logged in these could change to the membername and logout button.
> 
> 2. Paypal says the payment transaction will appear on my bank statement as 
> "PayPal*ASSOCIATION". I guess that because the payment goes to "Association 
> Pharo".
> It would be nicer if the payment when to "Pharo Association" so that my bank 
> statement said "PayPal*PHARO" - but I don't expect you could change that.
> 
> 3. When choosing subscription type, the term "_simple_ member" to distinguish 
> from "premium member" feels a bit condescending and unnecessary.  Just 
> "member" on its own is enough to distinguish from "premium  member".
> 
> simple = *2. *A fool; a simpleton.[1] /b //(1)/ *:* stupid 
>  /(2)/ *:* mentally 
> retarded [2]
> [1] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/simple
> [2] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simple
> 
> 4. Perhaps when members add contribution for display on the slide show, these 
> could be added to the "What's new" sidebar.  This might help increase the 
> show of activity. 
> As an aside, I love the name "Pharo" for the project but it is unfortunate 
> that "Pharo" is such a widely used name with 3,000,000 unrealated results on 
> google search, and "pharo.com" domain being used for other purposes.   A tip 
> for others making up new project names is to choose one with a small number 
> of results on Google.  A service like http://wordoid.com/ can help.
> 
> Marcus Denker wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> We are happy to announce the Pharo User Association:
>> 
>>  http://association.pharo.org
>> 
>> The goal of the Pharo User Association is to support Pharo development and
>> promotion. 
>> There are two individual memberships
>> 
>>  - Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 40 Euros
>>  - Golden Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 99 Euros
>> 
>> You will get
>>  - reduction access to pharo conferences,
>>  - reduction for training and access to teaching material,
>>  - be part of the pharoAssociation-individual-members mailing-list,
>>  - an account at the pharo association web site.
>> 
>> This Association is complementary to the Pharo consortium managed by INRIA. 
>> The Consortium is for entities  such as companies, research teams, or 
>> institutes.
>> For more information, see: http://www.pharo-project.org/community/consortium
>> 
>> The funds collected by the Association will be used in coordination with the 
>> Consortium to support the development of Pharo.
>> 
>>  The Pharo Board and Pharo Core Team.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  
> 
> 

--
Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo Association

[Mariano Martinez Peck]

Hi. I am trying to add a contribution to my user. I put the title,  I
upload a picture for the project, and I set the description, but when I
press "accept" it hangs in "loading" (on the top right) and after a timeout
I get:

Proxy Error

The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request *GET
/web/members
*.

Reason: *Error reading from remote server*

--
Apache/2.2.17 (Ubuntu) Server at association.pharo.org Port 80



On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Marcus Denker wrote:

> Thank you for your suggestions!
>
> I am making a list of what to improve and added them (the association
> pharo vs. pharo association one I think is not to fix sadly...)
>
> Marcus
>
> On Nov 16, 2012, at 4:50 AM, Ben Coman  wrote:
>
> >
> > Well done getting all this up an running.  Some minor feedback on the
> web site...
> >
> > 1. I would guess that one of the more important purposes of the site is
> that people sign up. So don't hide the signup and login buttons away from
> the the front page.  There is room on the right hand side of the title bar.
> > Once logged in these could change to the membername and logout button.
> >
> > 2. Paypal says the payment transaction will appear on my bank statement
> as "PayPal*ASSOCIATION". I guess that because the payment goes to
> "Association Pharo".
> > It would be nicer if the payment when to "Pharo Association" so that my
> bank statement said "PayPal*PHARO" - but I don't expect you could change
> that.
> >
> > 3. When choosing subscription type, the term "_simple_ member" to
> distinguish from "premium member" feels a bit condescending and
> unnecessary.  Just "member" on its own is enough to distinguish from
> "premium  member".
> >
> > simple = *2. *A fool; a simpleton.[1] /b //(1)/ *:* stupid <
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupid> /(2)/ *:* mentally
> retarded [2]
> > [1] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/simple
> > [2] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simple
> >
> > 4. Perhaps when members add contribution for display on the slide show,
> these could be added to the "What's new" sidebar.  This might help increase
> the show of activity.
> > As an aside, I love the name "Pharo" for the project but it is
> unfortunate that "Pharo" is such a widely used name with 3,000,000
> unrealated results on google search, and "pharo.com" domain being used
> for other purposes.   A tip for others making up new project names is to
> choose one with a small number of results on Google.  A service like
> http://wordoid.com/ can help.
> >
> > Marcus Denker wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> We are happy to announce the Pharo User Association:
> >>
> >>  http://association.pharo.org
> >>
> >> The goal of the Pharo User Association is to support Pharo development
> and
> >> promotion.
> >> There are two individual memberships
> >>
> >>  - Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 40 Euros
> >>  - Golden Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 99 Euros
> >>
> >> You will get
> >>  - reduction access to pharo conferences,
> >>  - reduction for training and access to teaching material,
> >>  - be part of the pharoAssociation-individual-members mailing-list,
> >>  - an account at the pharo association web site.
> >>
> >> This Association is complementary to the Pharo consortium managed by
> INRIA. The Consortium is for entities  such as companies, research teams,
> or institutes.
> >> For more information, see:
> http://www.pharo-project.org/community/consortium
> >>
> >> The funds collected by the Association will be used in coordination
> with the Consortium to support the development of Pharo.
> >>
> >>  The Pharo Board and Pharo Core Team.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
> --
> Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de
>
>
>


-- 
Mariano
http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo Association

[S Krish]

The print out, sign and sending the document is understood.

Where can I pay for individual members by credit card and where.

Can this also be done for bulk payment for multiple membership, if I can
convince a few more locally




On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Marcus Denker wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We are happy to announce the Pharo User Association:
>
> http://association.pharo.org
>
> The goal of the Pharo User Association is to support Pharo development and
> promotion.
>
> There are two individual memberships
>
> - Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 40 Euros
> - Golden Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 99 Euros
>
> You will get
> - reduction access to pharo conferences,
> - reduction for training and access to teaching material,
> - be part of the pharoAssociation-individual-members mailing-list,
> - an account at the pharo association web site.
>
> This Association is complementary to the Pharo consortium managed by INRIA.
> The Consortium is for entities  such as companies, research teams, or
> institutes.
> For more information, see:
> http://www.pharo-project.org/community/consortium
>
> The funds collected by the Association will be used in coordination with
> the Consortium
> to support the development of Pharo.
>
> The Pharo Board and Pharo Core Team.
>
>
>

Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo Association

[Marcus Denker]

On Dec 3, 2012, at 8:02 AM, S Krish  wrote:

> 
> The print out, sign and sending the document is understood.
> 
> Where can I pay for individual members by credit card and where.
> 

Hello,

For individuals, the way to support Pharo is not the consortium (as Inria can 
not handle
small payments and especially no credit cards):

http://association.pharo.org


> Can this also be done for bulk payment for multiple membership, if I can 
> convince a few more locally
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Marcus Denker  wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We are happy to announce the Pharo User Association:
> 
> http://association.pharo.org
> 
> The goal of the Pharo User Association is to support Pharo development and
> promotion.
> 
> There are two individual memberships
> 
> - Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 40 Euros
> - Golden Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 99 Euros
> 
> You will get
> - reduction access to pharo conferences,
> - reduction for training and access to teaching material,
> - be part of the pharoAssociation-individual-members mailing-list,
> - an account at the pharo association web site.
> 
> This Association is complementary to the Pharo consortium managed by INRIA.
> The Consortium is for entities  such as companies, research teams, or 
> institutes.
> For more information, see: http://www.pharo-project.org/community/consortium
> 
> The funds collected by the Association will be used in coordination with the 
> Consortium
> to support the development of Pharo.
> 
> The Pharo Board and Pharo Core Team.
> 
> 
> 

[Pharo-project] pharo association membership

[Tudor Girba]

Hi,

I just remembered that I forgot to pay for the membership. I remedied the 
situations a minute ago.

I am sending this message because as a reminder in case other people might have 
forgotten, too :).

For convenience, to get a membership:
- go here: http://association.pharo.org/web/members/register
- enter your data
- login and go to http://association.pharo.org/web/members
- press "review my subscription"

Cheers,
Doru


--
www.tudorgirba.com

"To utilize feedback, you first have to acquire it."

Re: [Pharo-project] pharo association membership

[Stéphane Ducasse]

Thanks doru :)

Stef

> Hi,
> 
> I just remembered that I forgot to pay for the membership. I remedied the 
> situations a minute ago.
> 
> I am sending this message because as a reminder in case other people might 
> have forgotten, too :).
> 
> For convenience, to get a membership:
> - go here: http://association.pharo.org/web/members/register
> - enter your data
> - login and go to http://association.pharo.org/web/members
> - press "review my subscription"
> 
> Cheers,
> Doru
> 
> 
> --
> www.tudorgirba.com
> 
> "To utilize feedback, you first have to acquire it."
> 
> 

[Pharo-project] Pharo Association reaches 50 Members

[Marcus Denker]

Hi,

The Pharo Association has reached 52 Members! 

The Pharo User Association is a way for individuals to support the ongoing 
development and 
maintenance of the Pharo language and environment. It complements the Pharo 
Consortium
which is a consortium of companies supporting Pharo. 

Together the association and the consortium invest in the future of Pharo.

Information about how to join the Pharo Association and Consortium can be found 
on the website.

 http://association.pharo.org
 http://consortium.pharo.org

Marcus

[Pharo-project] Pharo Association: alone we have little power, but many we are strong

[Stéphane Ducasse]

Hi guys

Just a point: Join the Pharo association because all together we can get some 
power.
For example, I would like that we brainstorm about what kind of effort the 
association 
want to sponsor. 
- real headless image
- other network protocols
-…

So far we are 35 but I really dream about a moment where we will be much more. 
If you find some value to Pharo and you want to encourage its evolution, this 
is simple. 

Stef

Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo Association: alone we have little power, but many we are strong

[Sean P. DeNigris]

Stéphane Ducasse wrote
> Just a point: Join the Pharo association because all together we can get
> some power.

Thanks for the reminder! All signed up...



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Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo Association: alone we have little power, but many we are strong

[Stéphane Ducasse]

Thanks Sean.

I really believe that we can do something alltogether.

stef

On Jan 20, 2013, at 2:54 AM, Sean P. DeNigris wrote:

> Stéphane Ducasse wrote
>> Just a point: Join the Pharo association because all together we can get
>> some power.
> 
> Thanks for the reminder! All signed up...
> 
> 
> 
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> 

Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo Association: alone we have little power, but many we are strong

[Yanni Chiu]

On 19/01/13 1:05 PM, Stéphane Ducasse wrote:


Just a point: Join the Pharo association because all together we can get some 
power.


The association/consortium needs some work on marketing/promotion. There 
was a question at the Toronto Smalltalk User Group that seemed to 
indicate to me that the association is not well understood, whereas the 
consortium is somewhat understood but "too expensive for individuals".


Maybe, for those who do not follow the various lists, there could be a 
"Frequently Announced Items" posting that explains the consortium and 
association, and gives sign up links. I personally dislike automated 
posts, but sometimes people don't absorb all the information when it 
flies by on the mailing list just once.

Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo Association: alone we have little power, but many we are strong

[Stéphane Ducasse]

Thanks for the idea
Yes we will do that and explain it on the various web sites.

Stef

On Jan 20, 2013, at 3:40 AM, Yanni Chiu wrote:

> 
> 
> On 19/01/13 1:05 PM, Stéphane Ducasse wrote:
>> 
>> Just a point: Join the Pharo association because all together we can get 
>> some power.
> 
> The association/consortium needs some work on marketing/promotion. There was 
> a question at the Toronto Smalltalk User Group that seemed to indicate to me 
> that the association is not well understood, whereas the consortium is 
> somewhat understood but "too expensive for individuals".
> 
> Maybe, for those who do not follow the various lists, there could be a 
> "Frequently Announced Items" posting that explains the consortium and 
> association, and gives sign up links. I personally dislike automated posts, 
> but sometimes people don't absorb all the information when it flies by on the 
> mailing list just once.
> 
> 
> 

Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo Association: alone we have little power, but many we are strong

[Sean P. DeNigris]

Stéphane Ducasse wrote
> I really believe that we can do something alltogether.

We already have been :) And this funding will amplify and accelerate our
progress!!



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