Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-07-06 Thread Lucas Tanure
Guys, I really think that the best way is not to charge fee, but take donations. And that money goes to maintain servers. And maybe something like U$1 in beagle price to also maintain severs. But the main point here get the input from community. Thanks -- Lucas A. Tanure Alves +55 (19) 988176559

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-07-06 Thread Don deJuan
On 07/06/2014 03:08 PM, William Hermans wrote: > Well I was not implying anything shady. There are many people here who > have spent time on projects related to the community, and it could be > considered fair for them to be compensated. Passed that there are > other individuals who take advantage,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-07-06 Thread William Hermans
Well I was not implying anything shady. There are many people here who have spent time on projects related to the community, and it could be considered fair for them to be compensated. Passed that there are other individuals who take advantage, and make money off all of these others peoples ideas,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-07-06 Thread Don deJuan
On 07/06/2014 12:27 PM, William Hermans wrote: > Forgive me if I'm off topic, or speaking to a different point. But I > keep seeing mention of "fees". So, as an example, I used to get paid > $50( price would be much higher now days ) / hr as a security / > systems consultant, and in light of this,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-07-06 Thread William Hermans
Forgive me if I'm off topic, or speaking to a different point. But I keep seeing mention of "fees". So, as an example, I used to get paid $50( price would be much higher now days ) / hr as a security / systems consultant, and in light of this, where is my fee for helping the community ? Yeah yeah,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-07-06 Thread Lucas Tanure
On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Jason Kridner wrote: > > > On Sunday, July 6, 2014, Lucas Tanure wrote: > >> Jason, >> >> I was thinking in all the questions that you made in previous email and I >> made the conclusion that first we need to find out who we are. >> I think that before we define

[beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-07-06 Thread Jason Kridner
On Sunday, July 6, 2014, Lucas Tanure wrote: > Jason, > > I was thinking in all the questions that you made in previous email and I > made the conclusion that first we need to find out who we are. > I think that before we define how the foundation will run, we need to ask > who wants to join the

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-07-06 Thread Lucas Tanure
Jason, I was thinking in all the questions that you made in previous email and I made the conclusion that first we need to find out who we are. I think that before we define how the foundation will run, we need to ask who wants to join the foundation. We need to run a survey. Questions like : Whi

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-30 Thread Jason Kridner
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Lucas Tanure wrote: > This is what I think. Could you guys comment ? Thanks for taking a pass at this. > > Members > > Who can join? > > Anyone who is active in the BeagleBoard.org forum and has developed a cape > for beagle. Certainly people who have only contr

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-30 Thread Lucas Tanure
This is what I think. Could you guys comment ? Members - *Who can join?* Anyone who is active in the BeagleBoard.org forum and has developed a cape for beagle. - *Will there be dues?* To be a member, the applicant should pay an annual fee. This money is reversed to the foundation maint

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-26 Thread William Hermans
Ok, My apologies too. Still, I think we hit on an important subject. Making sure all Beagle hardware is well supported in Linux. On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Chris Morgan wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Jason Kridner < > jason.krid...@hangerhead.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 26,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-26 Thread Chris Morgan
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Jason Kridner < jason.krid...@hangerhead.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Chris Morgan wrote: > > On Jun 26, 2014 12:10 AM, "William Hermans" wrote: > >> > >> Ah, ok got it. > >> > >> Well . . . since it's been well over a year I think the video dr

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-26 Thread Jason Kridner
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Chris Morgan wrote: > On Jun 26, 2014 12:10 AM, "William Hermans" wrote: >> >> Ah, ok got it. >> >> Well . . . since it's been well over a year I think the video drivers need >> priority. This is something that I personally have no interest in, *HOWEVER* >> many d

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-26 Thread Chris Morgan
On Jun 26, 2014 12:10 AM, "William Hermans" wrote: > > Ah, ok got it. > > Well . . . since it's been well over a year I think the video drivers need priority. This is something that I personally have no interest in, *HOWEVER* many do have interest, and I think it is high time TI made an effort to

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-26 Thread Lucas Tanure
Jason, I would like to help. So count me in. Thanks -- Lucas A. Tanure Alves +55 (19) 988176559 On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:09 AM, William Hermans wrote: > Ah, ok got it. > > Well . . . since it's been well over a year I think the video drivers need > priority. This is something that I persona

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-25 Thread William Hermans
Ah, ok got it. Well . . . since it's been well over a year I think the video drivers need priority. This is something that I personally have no interest in, *HOWEVER* many do have interest, and I think it is high time TI made an effort to work with the community on this. >From the outside looking

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-25 Thread Jason Kridner
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:43 PM, Jason Kridner wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:17 PM, William Hermans wrote: >> I still do not follow. I read the wiki link you gave Jason, but encourage >> people to input on what exactly ? How Beagelboard.org is run ? > > Yes. > >> Clarification >> is needed

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-25 Thread Jason Kridner
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:17 PM, William Hermans wrote: > I still do not follow. I read the wiki link you gave Jason, but encourage > people to input on what exactly ? How Beagelboard.org is run ? Yes. > Clarification > is needed, I mean why would I want to tell you how to run your non-profit >

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-25 Thread William Hermans
I still do not follow. I read the wiki link you gave Jason, but encourage people to input on what exactly ? How Beagelboard.org is run ? Clarification is needed, I mean why would I want to tell you how to run your non-profit business ? >From the outside looking in, what little I can see, it seems

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-25 Thread Jason Kridner
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Lucas Tanure wrote: > The main task is read all the threads from this community, I wouldn't say all threads. Would be nice to do, but I'd suggest that people reply to *this* thread with their opinions. We might need a few blog posts and other activity to encourage

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-25 Thread Jason Kridner
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Bill Traynor wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Lucas Tanure wrote: >> The main task is read all the threads from this community, to filter the >> most important and update http://elinux.org/Beagleboard_bylaws. Also, weekly >> review the wiki to remove unw

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-25 Thread Bill Traynor
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Lucas Tanure wrote: > The main task is read all the threads from this community, to filter the > most important and update http://elinux.org/Beagleboard_bylaws. Also, weekly > review the wiki to remove unwanted modifications. > Right ? > I just want to be sure bef

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-25 Thread Lucas Tanure
The main task is read all the threads from this community, to filter the most important and update http://elinux.org/Beagleboard_bylaws. Also, weekly review the wiki to remove unwanted modifications. Right ? I just want to be sure before anything else. Thanks Cheers -- Lucas A. Tanure Alves +55

[beagleboard] Re: Your help wanted in creating the BeagleBoard.org Foundation bylaws

2014-06-25 Thread Jason Kridner
On Wednesday, June 25, 2014, Lucas Tanure wrote: > Jason, > > I'm Lucas Tanure. I'm writing a new page for elinux.org, > http://elinux.org/Building_for_BeagleBone. > And helping to improve http://elinux.org/BeagleBone_Community. > I would like help you in this task, I just need a little more > cl