Re: Perl 6 fundraising and related topics.

2008-02-21 Thread Joshua Gatcomb
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Conrad Schneiker < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've repeatedly encountered remarks about how much Perl 6 > development is constrained by the fairly severe time and > energy constraints of its overwhelmingly volunteer > development team. Here is something to cons

Re: Perl 6 fundraising and related topics.

2008-02-21 Thread brian d foy
In article , 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

Re: Perl 6 fundraising and related topics.

2008-02-21 Thread chromatic
On Thursday 21 February 2008 06:25:42 Joshua Gatcomb wrote: > Here is something to consider.  Unless we can afford to fund an individual > full time with enough money for them to pay for their own health coverage > and other benefits, the amount of time they are volunteering is already as > much a

Re: Perl 6 fundraising and related topics.

2008-02-21 Thread Joshua Gatcomb
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:23 PM, chromatic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 21 February 2008 06:25:42 Joshua Gatcomb wrote: > > > I could take a month's sabbatical from my day job for $5000 without losing > insurance coverage or other benefits. That's slightly more than Audrey's > $100/da

Re: Perl 6 fundraising and related topics.

2008-02-21 Thread Geoffrey Broadwell
On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 18:45 -0500, Joshua Gatcomb wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:23 PM, chromatic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2. Allow people to choose where their money will go (if that's what they > want to do) Someone earlier in this thread mentioned that this can't be done directly beca

Re: Perl 6 fundraising and related topics.

2008-02-21 Thread Joshua Gatcomb
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Geoffrey Broadwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Someone earlier in this thread mentioned that this can't be done > directly because of rules surrounding TPF's non-profit status. That someone was me and that's not what I said. I said it isn't as simple as Bob