> In article > <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAJmSy7DjO29Fg/NooSGjnaXCgAAAEAAAAEc+mhI1TL9CiDgj > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Conrad Schneiker > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> So over the next few months, I'm planning to learn about >> fundraising, and see what I can accomplish on behalf of Perl >> 6 development. To that end, I'm soliciting: > > It's not really a money problem. It's finding someone to give the money > to. I've been trying to force money on some people to work on Perl 6, > but they don't wants it, for whatever reason. Part of that is that TPF > officers aren't supposed to get grant money. > > And, before you think about raising money, check how much money TPF > actually has. There is still half of the NLNet's $70k to be > distributed. for instance. It's not a fundraising problem. Find a > person who would take money before you spend too much time finding the > money. Targeted fundraising is more effective anyway :)
That's why I raised the debate on whom to aid. I've seen that Daniel Ruoso applied for a grant for his smop project, basically a virtual machine and fast backend for kp6, and perhaps other implementations. TPF decided not to invest into yet another implementation. So I learn that they do have money, and don't seem to finde worthy targets to spend it. On the other hand there are applications that I do consider worthwhile. That's what made me come to the conclusion that it's really "The Parrot Foundation". But from chromatic's response I learned that there is good way to support parrot - but financing him for month. So where is the problem? Why doesn't the money flow one way or another? Does TPF want to sponsor more Perl 5 related development? Or was that offer, $5k for 1 month full time hacking, not known before? Moritz
