Regarding Bret's retirement from the Watir Team, it's important to remember that he and Paul Roger's started Watir. Back in the early days, I remember people talking about it (they pronounced it as watt-ear, like it was French or something :). I didn't even try it for 2 or 3 years - that's a story upon itself. Eventually I became disgruntled in relying on big-company solutions, and big company decisions. The Watir team, both formally and informally, created an alternative, a sanctuary from the money-driven solutions. To say that Bret was a big part of that is to understate what he accomplished. Kudos to you Bret.
To make a decision about the Software Freedom Conservancy, you should consider the 'services' they provide, and whether Watir would/should use them. I copied them off their page<http://sfconservancy.org/members/services/>for you to have a view of them. - Tax-Deductible, Earmarked Donations - Asset Stewardship - Contract Negotiation and Execution - Conference Logistical Support - Basic Legal Advice and Services - FLOSS Copyright License Enforcement - Fundraising Assistance - Avoid Non-Profit Administrivia - Leadership Mentoring, Advice and Guidance - Some Personal Liability Protection That ought to give you something to consider. Thanks, Dave McNulla Get a free DropBox account to save your files safely in the Cloud<http://db.tt/uEyAdJF> > > Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:09:45 +0700 > From: Alex Rodionov <[email protected]> > To: Watir development <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wtr-development] Watir Team Update > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > I'm relatively new in watir team, so not sure about the organizational > decisions. > > I personally think it makes sense to use the money for Watir Bazaar in the > future, though I have no idea how much would it cost. However, it's cool to > have a dedicated conference. > > Regarding Software Freedom Conservancy, I don't see how Watir would > benefit from membership, but again I have little understanding of how it's > operated. > > -- > Cheerz, > Alex Rodionov > > > On Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 20:47 , ?eljko Filipin wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 1:54 PM, ?eljko Filipin < > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > Anybody thinks we should apply for membership in the Software Freedom > Conservancy? I think the application is ready. Bret, please correct me if I > am wrong. I can submit the application if we agree that it is the thing to > do. > > > > > > If we decide to apply or not, we still have to decide what to do with > the donation button (at least while we wait for the reply). Do we disable > it? Do we create a Watir paypal account? Do we redirect the money to > somebody from the team? Do we set it up so Selenium project receives the > money? > > > > > > The book generates about $100/month and we have about $100 at flattr, > if I remember correctly. > > I have waited for a week and got no answers, to my surprise. If nobody > cares what happens next, let me know. Reply privately if you prefer. I can > make the decisions myself, if that is the only way. If everybody is busy, I > can wait, just let me know. > > > > ?eljko > > _______________________________________________ > > Wtr-development mailing list > > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/wtr-development/attachments/20130328/edbf8cfe/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-development mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > > End of Wtr-development Digest, Vol 71, Issue 5 > ********************************************** >
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