[Snowdrift-discuss] new Snowdrift.coop forum, email lists closing

2018-12-18 Thread Aaron Wolf
encouragement makes a difference, so to stay engaged please come say "hi" on the forum as a next step. We look forward to further discussion with you there! This discuss email list will be closing soon. Archives will remain at https://www.mail-archive.com/discuss@lists.snowdrift.coop Cheers,

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Set monthly donation limit?

2017-12-26 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 12/26/2017 02:00 PM, James Cook wrote: > Hello, > > Great to see some functionality on the site! > > In the Budget section of my dashboard, I see the message: "You will > never be charged more than your budget limit of $10 per month." Is > there a way to change the monthly limit? > > James H

[Snowdrift-discuss] Updated Snowdrift.coop Code of Conduct

2017-12-25 Thread Aaron Wolf
l discussion. Feel free to reply with any questions or feedback. Along with solidifying other governance, we will in the future have a more formal process for updates like this. Cheers -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature _

[Snowdrift-discuss] Defining terminology for Snowdrift.coop

2017-11-22 Thread Aaron Wolf
terminology we need and some other issues have been opened for specific items on that list. Please feel free to weigh in with thoughts or additional brainstormed items either on the issue discussion or here on this thread on the mailing list. Thanks! -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Non-Profit Question

2017-11-13 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 11/13/2017 06:36 PM, Arc Riley wrote: > However, if your non-profit were a 501(c)(3) or similar, serving on the > board and employing yourself would be called personal inurement and is > expressly forbidden. > And our concern in working out how to operate as a co-op and how that may or may no

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Non-Profit Question

2017-11-13 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 11/13/2017 12:31 AM, jake wrote: > Clearly, Snowdrift.coop is non-profit. > > But must all projects funded on Snowdrift be non-profit? > No, but none of the project requirements are set in stone since we still have to roll out that whole structure. The plan is *not* to require that all proje

[Snowdrift-discuss] Fwd: The first crowdmatching donation at Snowdrift.coop!

2017-10-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
I just sent the following email to the initial set of patrons to the Snowdrift.coop project! Forwarded Message Subject: The first crowdmatching donation at Snowdrift.coop! Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 12:11:30 -0700 From: Aaron Wolf Organization: Snowdrift.coop Greetings patrons of

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] TrinkGeld: Early proposal for a desktop donation app

2017-09-13 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 09/06/2017 07:10 AM, David Seaward wrote: > Hi all, > > Saw this still-very-early-days proposal at > https://www.joaquimrocha.com/2017/09/05/paying-for-foss-apps/ > > "TrinkGeld is a proposal for a GNOME project (but should be usable in > most free desktops out there) that uses monthly donatio

[Snowdrift-discuss] General project-management suggestions

2017-08-21 Thread Aaron Wolf
of our tasks/projects and how to work on them together. I'd like to hear any thoughts or get into discussing how we can apply this to our workflow. -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital sign

[Snowdrift-discuss] Meeting notes from today

2017-07-14 Thread Aaron Wolf
Work progresses, and there's always ways to help out if you're interested. We're happy to hear any questions / encouragement / critiques / suggestions… In harmony, Aaron -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop signature.asc Description: OpenP

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] PCI compliance

2017-07-10 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 07/10/2017 01:53 PM, fr33domlover wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > I found a nice website with human readable info about PCI compliance: > > > > I'm bringing this up especially because right now Snowdrift is using Stripe's > proprietary JS, wh

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] GitHub's new ToS seemed to cause a stir a few months back

2017-07-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 07/03/2017 08:47 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > I was just looking up git-annex, and came across the following > recursively referential articles: > > - https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/removing_everything_from_github/ > - https://www.mirbsd.org/permalinks/wlog-10_e20170301-tg.htm > - > http://joeyh.

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] git.snowdrift.coop login: Permit GitHub OAuth?

2017-06-28 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 06/28/2017 03:53 PM, Alyssa Rosenzweig wrote: > Hrm. This could be interpreted as endorsing proprietary software... > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.snowdrift.coop > https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/discuss > If the wording o

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] git.snowdrift.coop login: Permit GitHub OAuth?

2017-06-28 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 06/28/2017 02:04 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > While poking around the admin panel for git.snowdrift.coop's githost > account, I found that I can enable GitHub OAuth. > > I've already turned it on as an experiment. Should we leave it on? > > Pros: > > - New devs, who probably already have GitHu

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] New Snowdrift meeting time: Fridays 21UTC

2017-06-09 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 06/01/2017 08:44 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Apologies for the late announcement for this week, but we're going to > try a shift in our meeting time to be 2PM Pacific, i.e. 21:00 UTC on > Fridays. > > I'd like to try moving back to meet.jit.si soon

[Snowdrift-discuss] New Snowdrift meeting time: Fridays 21UTC

2017-06-01 Thread Aaron Wolf
to attend but don't have the server address. Also, let me know if you'd like to test meet.jit.si to see if it's working well now and is worth returning to. -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature __

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Snowdrift.coop status, meetings, etc

2017-05-29 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 05/26/2017 06:32 PM, Mike Linksvayer wrote: > On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I want to first apologize for not being as proactive as would make a >> real difference here. This discussion list has seen almost no activity >

[Snowdrift-discuss] Snowdrift.coop status, meetings, etc

2017-05-21 Thread Aaron Wolf
RIGHT NOW! This is a step in the right direction. More soon. In harmony, Aaron -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.snowdrift.coop https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[Snowdrift-discuss] New alternate times for Monday meetings

2017-03-12 Thread Aaron Wolf
est, but we aim to solidify an every-other-week earlier-then-later arrangement. Anyone is welcome to join us. Cheers, Aaron -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Discuss maili

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Fwd: Save the Date for The MIT 24-hour Challenge

2017-03-07 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/07/2017 10:25 AM, Tufts wrote: > On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 03/07/2017 09:06 AM, Tufts wrote: >> >> It will be interesting to see how this works out. -- >> Forwarded message -- From: Tom Smith > <ma

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Fwd: Save the Date for The MIT 24-hour Challenge

2017-03-07 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/07/2017 09:06 AM, Tufts wrote: > It will be interesting to see how this works out. > > -- Forwarded message -- > > From: Tom Smith > Subject: Save the Date for The MIT 24-hour Challenge > Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 12:21:36 -0500 > To: stephen.mic...@tufts.edu > > Save the Date

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Funding opprtunity?

2017-02-10 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 02/10/2017 04:18 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote: > On 02/10/2017 02:58 PM, Tufts wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Bryan Richter >> wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 12:40:52PM +0100, Robert Martinez (mray) wrote: >>> >>> On 09.02.2017 19:04, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Thu, Feb 09,

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] FOSDEM 2017 - flyer?

2017-01-31 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 01/31/2017 01:50 PM, Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen wrote: > Hi, > > Being one of the 30 patrons so far, I think it's stalling a bit too much at > the moment. > > So I have made a A4 flyer suitable to hang on the many pin boards along the > hall way > track at FOSDEM this weekend. > > The audience

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Let's talk about the mechanism

2016-12-22 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 12/22/2016 06:50 PM, Jason Harrer wrote: > Not sure where my comments would fit into the conversation, so please > forgive me in advance for responding on top instead of within the thread. > > I think the topic of next steps is a great idea. I think the topic of > modifying the current logic i

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Let's talk about the mechanism

2016-12-22 Thread Aaron Wolf
To summarize some IRC thoughts I wrote: I think the appeal of set goals for money and patrons is understandable but problematic. Projects and patrons are *shitty* at determining these things. The majority of patrons will be *wrong* about their predictions about how they'll feel about their budget

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Let's talk about the mechanism

2016-12-22 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 12/22/2016 02:14 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > Although we need to think beyond MVP, we still need to limit our scope. > I am including the following because it strengthens the argument for > this system. > > Please ONLY discuss it insofar as it relates to "should we adopt the > system?". Do N

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Let's talk about the mechanism

2016-12-22 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 12/22/2016 02:10 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > This is the spiritual successor to Bryan's "Snowdrift.coop's immediate > goals" (quoted below), but is a bit broader in scope, so I'm starting a > new thread. > > The questions he outlines in that thread apply to more than us. They're > the most impo

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] New situation

2016-12-18 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 12/18/2016 01:05 PM, Mike Linksvayer wrote: > On 12/09/2016 10:23 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 12/09/2016 10:00 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: >>> p.s. the job is with Formal.tech, a spinoff of Galois Inc, and it's >>> Haskell to the max (for now). > > Congra

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] New situation

2016-12-09 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 12/09/2016 10:00 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > Hi all, > > I have taken a full-time job in Portland, so effective immediately I am > "just another" Snowdrift volunteer. Yay! Now I can continue to help out > the project without being a big, immediate expense for the organization > while its cash fl

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Crowdmatch mechanism ready to merge

2016-11-19 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 11/05/2016 08:19 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 03:27:23PM -0700, Bryan Richter wrote: > >> >> COMING NEXT >> === >> > >> Later today, I will merge this and deploy it to >> https://dev.snowdrift.coop. > > Well, this didn't happen because I was trying to catch up on

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Escrow

2016-11-06 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 11/06/2016 06:46 AM, Mark.wayne90 wrote: > How does Snowdrift solve the "escrow problem". Or in other words, the > legal issues of holding people money without being illegal. In this > regard, how is a company (such as Patreon) different from a non-profit? > Are there different requirements for

[Snowdrift-discuss] Platform Cooperativism conference

2016-10-20 Thread Aaron Wolf
I so wish I could be there: http://platformcoop.net/2016 Is there anyone on our mailing list here that will be going or could go? I know many supporters of ours will be there, but not sure about those connected enough to be on this list. -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Development status

2016-10-19 Thread Aaron Wolf
> Please stop the talking, the postponements, stop telling > people what you want to do and just do it ffs. Start with > something simple, do a prototype, get feedback, stop wasting > time. If you don't, your project will be a huge waste and > you'll be dead as soon as some other person who cares a

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Development status

2016-10-19 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 10/19/2016 11:41 AM, Rosario Suarez wrote: > Do you guys have any serious, practical, defined, concrete, real plan to > bring Snowdrift up to a working state anytime soon? Because I've been > following this project for years, and all I see is talk and talk and nothing > ever happens. You've a

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How to manage fees for first real-money operations

2016-10-10 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 10/10/2016 11:29 AM, Michael Siepmann wrote: > On 10/10/2016 08:44 AM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > >> On 10/08/2016 09:58 AM, Patrick 'P. J.' McDermott wrote: >>> If I may, I'm going to just jump in here with a mathematical solution >>> and a legal concer

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How to manage fees for first real-money operations

2016-10-10 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 10/08/2016 09:58 AM, Patrick 'P. J.' McDermott wrote: > If I may, I'm going to just jump in here with a mathematical solution > and a legal concern. > > On 2016-10-07 at 16:20, Aaron Wolf wrote: > [...] >> >> If I understand right, you're jus

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How to manage fees for first real-money operations

2016-10-07 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 10/06/2016 09:44 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 06:46:10PM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> >> First, the premise: As a financial system trying to get people focused >> on how public goods actually work and are actually funded, we don't >> want f

[Snowdrift-discuss] How to manage fees for first real-money operations

2016-10-06 Thread Aaron Wolf
o the donor the true amount we get, what Stripe is taking, and express that the fee does not reduce the money received per the crowdmatching calculation. Thoughts? -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop signature.asc Description: OpenPGP di

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Fwd: Taiga release 3.0.0 Stellaria Borealis: An Epic Release

2016-10-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
And this is why, despite all sorts of crap about Taiga still, it made sense for us to stop trying to manage our own system. Someone else is working on it, not us. Yay! On 10/03/2016 08:19 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: > Taiga just had a big upgrade. :) I haven't looked at the new features > yet, but th

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] New Slogan: "Crowdmatching for public goods", terminology clarification.

2016-09-20 Thread Aaron Wolf
WHOOPS, I was too TIRED. I mistyped! I obviously meant: "CrowdMATCHING for public goods" not "crowdfunding" Sorry for the confusion there. The first few paragraphs should be changed to "crowdmatching" where I carelessly wrote "crowdfunding" Sorry! signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital si

[Snowdrift-discuss] New Slogan: "Crowdfunding for public goods", terminology clarification.

2016-09-20 Thread Aaron Wolf
his communications strategy wherever applicable. Cheers, Aaron On 09/20/2016 11:31 AM, Stephen Michel wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Michael Siepmann > wrote: >> On 09/20/2016 08:40 AM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >>> On 09/20/2016 01:04 AM, mray wrote: >>>&

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-20 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 09/20/2016 10:03 AM, Denver Gingerich wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 07:40:31AM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> Of all the >> options proposed "Crowdmatching for public goods" feels like the least >> mental work to read and parse. > > Overall I like that slog

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-20 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 09/20/2016 01:04 AM, mray wrote: > On 20.09.2016 02:25, David Thomas wrote: >> What about dropping "fund"? "Crowdmatching for public goods" > > What about dropping "for"? > > "Crowdmatching for public goods" > "Crowdmatching public goods" > > You could say we ultimately crowdmatch for everyb

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-19 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 09/19/2016 08:41 PM, Mike Linksvayer wrote: >> So, I'd accept "crowdmatching for public goods" > > I really like "crowdmatching for public goods". I suspect that if I read that > without context, I'd take funding as implied, and be surprised if the thing > with that slogan didn't involve fund

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-19 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 09/19/2016 06:47 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote: > On 09/19/2016 06:45 PM, William Hale wrote: >> On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:25:47 -0700 >> David Thomas wrote: >>> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Aaron Wolf >>> wrote: >>>> On 09/19/2016 04:37 PM, Michae

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-19 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 09/19/2016 04:37 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote: > On 09/19/2016 01:57 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> "Free the Commons" is a nice, short, relevant slogan. It's a call-to-action. >> >> But freeing in what sense? What commons? What are "the commons"? And

[Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-19 Thread Aaron Wolf
hat's crowdmatching?" and "what are public goods?" at which point those are indeed *the* two questions we want people to ask and that we want to answer concisely in order to introduce Snowdrift.coop. -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop signature.asc De

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Using Stripe.js will break LibreJS

2016-09-02 Thread Aaron Wolf
Update: I checked with Crowd Supply what they do… They say they simply have a form that doesn't use any JS, they process the form data server-side and send to stripe via Stripe's API, and they never store any payment data to disk so avoid any extra compliance burden. This approach would work with

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Using Stripe.js will break LibreJS

2016-09-01 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 09/01/2016 07:22 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 05:15:48PM +0300, Bryan Richter wrote: >> >> I think we need to bend on this one, accept the realities of 2016, and >> use stripe.js anyway. We can try to provide advanced warning to >> LibreJS/noscript fans if it's truly necess

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-15 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/10/2016 01:27 AM, mray wrote: > > > On 09.08.2016 22:43, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 08/09/2016 12:59 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: >> >>>> Also, I strongly support displaying it publicly that way "we only >>>> charge >>>> if the fee to

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] migrating users

2016-08-12 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/12/2016 07:31 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: > Since persona is shutting down, we have to migrate everyone to an > email/passphrase authentication system. > > I did some analysis of the user table to see what that would require. > I found a few different categories of user, which may need differen

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/09/2016 12:59 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: >> Also, I strongly support displaying it publicly that way "we only >> charge >> if the fee to processor is less than 10% of the total". > > I will admit that the argument about sudden fee changes is a bit weak. But > I'm curious; what is the benefit

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/09/2016 12:37 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote: > On 08/09/2016 11:20 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: > >> >> There are three things being discussed here, so I want to provide >> space to think about them separately. >> >> >> >> Finally, how is the minimum sensible pledge displayed: as a dollar >> amo

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-09 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/09/2016 06:31 AM, Stephen Michel wrote: > > > On August 9, 2016 8:59:16 AM EDT, Bryan Richter wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 03:55:42PM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote: >>> On 08/03/2016 03:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: >>>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 6:46 PM, A

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/03/2016 05:19 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > Whenever there needs to be a carry-over, we use the difference > between a month's charges and any outstanding carry-over from > previous to reach up to the max, and thus widdle-away the carry-over > over multiple months if need be. Er

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/03/2016 04:50 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > Paraphrasing all my quotes because context is way too long already. > > mray said: >> Having a rollover cause unmatching is an extreme edge case > > If that's true, going over your limit from a rollover is an extreme edge > case, too. > > I think t

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/03/2016 03:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 08/03/2016 03:29 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: >>> Clean slate because context is getting absurd and this is important >>> regardless of rollover mechanism. >>>

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/03/2016 03:29 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > Clean slate because context is getting absurd and this is important > regardless of rollover mechanism. > > What happens if someone wants to set their limit lower than the minimum > credit card charge? > We would not allow such a low limit. The ran

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/03/2016 04:56 AM, mray wrote: > On 03.08.2016 12:48, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 08/03/2016 01:27 AM, mray wrote: >>> >>> >>> By definition the carry over is lower than the limit where fees make >>> sense - I expect this to be low. >>> For

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/03/2016 01:27 AM, mray wrote: > > > By definition the carry over is lower than the limit where fees make > sense - I expect this to be low. > For this low amount of money to trigger an unfortunate un-matching the > total would have to be full to the brim already. This will hardly > happen,

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/02/2016 07:13 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 10:03 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 08/02/2016 06:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: >> >>> I think the cleanest initial way to go is "No more than $limit will be >>> added to your outstanding

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/02/2016 06:48 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > I think the cleanest initial way to go is "No more than $limit will be > added to your outstanding balance each month." That is, carried over > matches should *not* be counted towards your monthly limit, but fees > should, in their entirety. > Well

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread Aaron Wolf
oject. So, there is no separate adding of money, there's only monthly charges of the funds that will all go to projects for that month. > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 08/02/2016 05:05 PM, mray wrote: >>> During the last meeting we discussed d

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] How the limit works

2016-08-02 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 08/02/2016 05:05 PM, mray wrote: > During the last meeting we discussed details about how the limit works. > I just want to voice my opinion on how the limit should work: > > I strongly believe we should make the limit sacrosanct and not touch it > *never ever*. A decision by the user to set a

[Snowdrift-discuss] meeting today 18UTC

2016-08-01 Thread Aaron Wolf
In a few hours, meeting at https://meet.jit.si/snowdrift 18UTC = 11AM Pacific All welcome -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.snowdrift.coop https

[Snowdrift-discuss] video chat today about Snowdrift progress

2016-07-11 Thread Aaron Wolf
Sorry for last minute notice. Anyone interested is welcome to join us today 18:00 UTC (That's 11AM Pacific) at https://meet.jit.si/snowdrift We'll be doing this weekly meeting every Monday going forward. Cheers -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop signature.asc Descriptio

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] greetings from Finland

2016-06-22 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 06/22/2016 07:15 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: > Hi all, > > Today was my first real day in Finland, and happily I was able to > settle in and make some progress on Snowdrift. My internet situation > is still getting squared away, but it should be good soon. I'm way out > in the countryside, and I'm

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Role management

2016-06-16 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 06/06/2016 10:52 AM, fr33domlover wrote: > Hello, > > I have a slightly unrelated question, but I think the Snowdrift team has > experience which can help with answering the question. Lone developers are > less > likely to know, and there's a good team here :) > > Suppose there's a web app, s

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Task unassignment

2016-05-25 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 05/25/2016 04:12 AM, fr33domlover wrote: > Hello, > > Recently this Taiga issue was created following feedback sent by Aaron: > > https://tree.taiga.io/project/taiga/issue/4218 > > That explains under which conditions someone can claim a ticket, but what > about > unclaiming? > > Who can un

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Let's take care of the blog

2016-05-19 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 05/19/2016 06:32 AM, Stephen Michel wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 12:59 AM, Bryan Richter > wrote: >> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 09:22:46PM -0600, Michael Siepmann wrote: >> >> On 05/18/2016 05:51 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Tue, May 17, >> 2016 at 12:13:34PM -0600, Peter Harpending w

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Let's take care of the blog

2016-05-17 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 05/17/2016 02:04 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: >> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 11:16:09AM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> >> On 05/17/2016 10:21 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: > Website work is >> blocked on taking care

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Let's take care of the blog

2016-05-17 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 05/17/2016 10:21 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: > Website work is blocked on taking care of the blog, so let's do that. > We have to make some decisions, but first we need to agree on what > purpose we are trying to achieve. > > To frame the "purpose" discussion, I'll pose the first question: Where >

[Snowdrift-discuss] Tipbox, FLO software for getting feedback…

2016-05-15 Thread Aaron Wolf
https://tipbox.is looks interesting. I'd love thoughts from others (Especially Michael, our user research lead). Perhaps this could be a useful tool for us. -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital sign

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] [Snowdrift-team] modifying donations to feed into the mechanism

2016-05-06 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 05/06/2016 06:55 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > [moving to discuss list] > > On Fri, May 06, 2016 at 12:57:41PM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 05/06/2016 12:10 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: >>> On Fri, May 06, 2016 at 11:31:52AM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote: >>>> >

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] An opt-in we don't prefer could help Snowdrift design , ,

2016-05-05 Thread Aaron Wolf
gt; >> Michael >> >> Michael Siepmann, Ph.D. >> *The Tech Design Psychologist*™ >> /Shaping technology to help people flourish/™ >> 303-835-0501 TechDesignPsych.com >> <http://www.TechDesignPsych.com?id=esig> OpenPGP: 6D65A4F7 >> <htt

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] An opt-in we don't prefer could help Snowdrift design , ,

2016-05-02 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 05/02/2016 02:34 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Michael Siepmann > wrote: >> On 05/01/2016 10:11 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >>> So, I learned from in research in traditional fundraising this >>> interesting bit: >>> >>> Th

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] An opt-in we don't prefer could help Snowdrift design , ,

2016-05-02 Thread Aaron Wolf
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[Snowdrift-discuss] An opt-in we don't prefer could help Snowdrift design , ,

2016-05-01 Thread Aaron Wolf
r in our new project management where is the best place to write down this idea so that it gets discussed and can then be something our research and design folks can consider and test… Cheers, Aaron -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop signature.as

[Snowdrift-discuss] Open Source Bridge proposals due 13th

2016-04-10 Thread Aaron Wolf
areswara.net/sumana/2016/03/29/0 Whether or not you submit a talk and get accepted, anyone can go to the conference free if you volunteer 8 hours of time. I'm hoping to see if they have a child-care set up again and may volunteer to help there and having it may make my own attendance most f

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Sandstorm on Oasis

2016-03-24 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/24/2016 11:31 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: > We've sort of put Sandstorm on a back burner, but I think there is a > much better solution to consider: > > https://docs.sandstorm.io/en/latest/administering/for-work/#special-pricing > > Basically, we should just ask for free hosting on their manag

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Switching primary git repository

2016-03-21 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/21/2016 05:44 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 03:33:29PM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 03/21/2016 03:21 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: >>> Our project is well on its way through the process of changing the >>> primary git repository away from git.gn

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Switching primary git repository

2016-03-21 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/21/2016 03:21 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > Our project is well on its way through the process of changing the > primary git repository away from git.gnu.io. > > As sysadmin I am responsible for supporting that process, but I > suppose I would be remiss if I did not also ask for justification f

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Weekly Tactical Meeting Today, 3/21, 19:00-20:00UTC

2016-03-21 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/21/2016 08:46 AM, Stephen Michel wrote: > Important note: for folks outside the US, you may not have passed > daylight savings yet, so this time may be offset 1 hour. It'll be back > to normal next week. > > We're switching away from OpenProject, so no link this week. See the > long "state o

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] The state of project management. Looking for feedback.

2016-03-21 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/21/2016 08:45 AM, Stephen Michel wrote: > It's the end of an era. > > For a long time, we used Snow wiki, the Snowdrift wiki and ticketing > system that is on our live site. Snow wiki has a problem: its code base > is a mess, tangled in with the rest of the Snowdrift code. When we > launch o

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Holacracy Roles (complete, for now)

2016-03-19 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/16/2016 10:39 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > The initial work of clarifying our roles according to Holacracy is done. > From now on, we'll modify those roles through the normal governance > process. The goal here was not to make major changes, only to make our > written structure actually reflec

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Page development: current status

2016-03-14 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/14/2016 11:49 AM, Mica Semrick wrote: > Hi Bryan, > > I will be doing some work on these! Unfortunately my schedule does not > permit me to attend any meetings, so these types of mails are very > useful to me. > > I'd like to touch base with anyone else who is going to author/edit. Let > me

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Governance Mtg March 7 @ 19:00UTC

2016-03-06 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/06/2016 06:25 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > That's today/tomorrow, depending on when you read this. We will: > > - Implement the core of Holacracy > - Discuss which parts of Holacracy we shouldn't implement and any > additional policies we may want. > > To ensure we have time, there are 3 hou

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Implementing Holacracy -- TODO's inside

2016-03-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/03/2016 05:25 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 6:17 PM, Charles Wyble wrote: >> >> >> Implementing it here at Snowdrift.coop has been on the to-do list for >> a while, >> >> >> >> It has? Where is this TODO list that this item is on? >> > > AFAIK, the todo list in Aar

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Implementing Holacracy -- TODO's inside

2016-03-03 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/03/2016 08:56 AM, Stephen Michel wrote: > Holacracy is an alternative organizational system to a traditional > management hierarchy. Implementing it here at Snowdrift.coop has been on > the to-do list for a while, and now that we're finally getting organized > about how we're doing things, it

[Snowdrift-discuss] organizing major Snowdrift.coop projects

2016-03-02 Thread Aaron Wolf
ace it and start using OpenProject and meetings there and whatever to organize the tasks. Otherwise, we should clarify how we are going to keep track of these various areas of work. -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] steps that lead to working mechanism

2016-03-01 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/01/2016 12:44 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 12:16:22PM -0800, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> >> So, I have a bigger concern to make sure we consider: Lots of things >> currently reference user id such as links for sponsors and elsewhere >> including Civi

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] steps that lead to working mechanism

2016-03-01 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/01/2016 10:52 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 10:17:33AM -0800, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> >> For one thing, I insist that the full launch of MVP (which is not at >> the beginning of the process strictly) include some form of the >> establishment proce

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] steps that lead to working mechanism

2016-03-01 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 03/01/2016 10:08 AM, Bryan Richter wrote: > We've made some progress on concretely defining the goal for MVP, but > there's a gulf between our current situation and that goal. > > Here is the shortest path to a working mechanism including > notifications. > > 1. Begin hosting a new version

Re: [Discuss] user stories vs specs

2016-02-26 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 02/26/2016 01:29 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > Yesterday while fleshing out user stories, the question came up of > whether or not user stories can capture everything, or whether some > information should be deferred to specs. > > In my opinion, separate specifications are needed because user stor

Re: [Discuss] backlog grooming meeting on wednesday

2016-02-23 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 02/23/2016 04:42 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 08:25:34PM -0800, Bryan Richter wrote: >> Aaron has created a list of user stories to guide development of the >> site. Some time on Wednesday, we're going to have our first "backlog >> grooming meeting". This email is a call to

[Discuss] Meeting right now: meet.jit.si/snowdrift

2016-02-22 Thread Aaron Wolf
Weekly check-in meeting, all welcome Cheers If you miss it, minutes will be at http://shovel.snowdrift.coop/meetings/27 -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss

Re: [Discuss] on prioritizing next steps for Snowdrift.coop

2016-02-18 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 02/18/2016 12:24 AM, Stephen Michel wrote: > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:18 AM, char...@thefnf.org wrote: >> Before you dive into process for process sake and die a death of a >> thousand cuts by the toolchain... I'm seeing lots of massive brain >> dumps, grandiose plans, long lists. That's a hug

[Discuss] on prioritizing next steps for Snowdrift.coop

2016-02-17 Thread Aaron Wolf
h thoughts or guidance about each step of taking known items (let's go with how-it-works pages as the first example) and eventually having a totally organized way to identify all the appropriate stories and tasks in Open Project. Best, Aaron -- Aaron Wolf co

[Discuss] meeting today in a few minutes: priorities discussion

2016-02-15 Thread Aaron Wolf
https://meet.jit.si/snowdrift Cheers -- Aaron Wolf co-founder, Snowdrift.coop ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.snowdrift.coop https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] OpenProject Work Packages Workflow

2016-02-12 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 02/12/2016 04:44 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 02:12:59PM -0800, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 02/12/2016 02:00 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: >>> >>> Hmm, yeah, maybe co-op/money/website are a lot more interdependent >>> than I was thinking. That ma

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