From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EI5Ht-0008Nt-UI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:09:30 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8LE3TdP013667; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:03:29 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8LE3TKG019978 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:03:29 GMT Received: from panther.lieber.org ([217.160.249.181]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EI5Hq-0001uC-Ur for gentoo-trustees@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:09:26 +0000 Received: from klieber by panther.lieber.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1EI5Hr-0002FS-HE for gentoo-trustees@gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:09:27 +0000 Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:09:27 +0000 From: Kurt Lieber To: gentoo-trustees@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-trustees] Re: Request for funds Message-ID: <20050921140927.GM11142@mail.lieber.org> References: <432DBF3F.9070305@gentoo.org> <200509201610.45671.cshields@gentoo.org> <4330CDA8.6040301@gentoo.org> <200509210316.40125.cshields@gentoo.org> <20050921112635.GC4398@toucan.gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-trustees@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="cnn+CxJy/uys8v1I" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050921112635.GC4398@toucan.gentoo.org> X-GPG-Key: http://www.lieber.org/kurtl.pub.gpg User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Archives-Salt: d2f31959-53ed-4cb8-b8cf-30c753f40fbe X-Archives-Hash: e7a511328d9d92891722887e8a764de9 --cnn+CxJy/uys8v1I Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 07:26:35AM -0400 or thereabouts, Seemant Kulleen wr= ote: > > My fear is that the moment we start to help a dev in need, there will b= e devs=20 > > in need all over. What, then, becomes the criteria for selecting Dev A= but=20 > > rejecting Dev B? If that becomes sketchy then the complaint could be m= ade=20 > > (to the IRS) that the Gentoo Foundation is no longer operating in the p= ublic=20 > > interest. >=20 > I was not referring to power bills and such. I was actually thinking of > burnt harddrives, cpus, memory sticks etc. Such things can be purchased > and sent (and thus moneys tracked). In other words, my statement was > about things rather than cash. Having said that, it is entirely > possible that it would be a slippery slope with a lot of devs suddenly > in need, but I tend to think people are basically good and that that > won't happen. In general, I don't support the notion of buying things for individuals, for many of the reasons Corey already articulated, but also because I don't think that such targeted purchases are really the best way to disburse our funds. I want to see the Foundation sending developers to conferences where they can answer user questions, get a better feel for what our community really wants, etc. Broad-reaching type stuff. I agree that providing a stick of RAM to a developer has tangible benefit to Gentoo, but I'd rather see that handled via other means. (private donations, etc.) That's my $.02, at least. --kurt --cnn+CxJy/uys8v1I Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDMWmXJPpRNiftIEYRAsCHAJsF8WuRJBYmOTPk+Jwgo9wnLwYhLQCgg2bI JVUmSOHwqGMQkb5vIr8THd8= =dWKE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cnn+CxJy/uys8v1I-- -- gentoo-trustees@gentoo.org mailing list