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Difficult question on sharing the love
by Bill Kendrick
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I recently received a sponsorship donation to Tux Paint, in return for continuing to have a link to a website about educationl software on the tuxpaint.org site. (I believe it was mentioned when it was first put up.) This time around, I decided I wanted to share this with some of the other developers, especially considering the gracious sponsorship from Cernio -- I no longer have to pay $120/month to maintain the webserver that tuxpaint.org resides on. I'm not sure the best way of deciding who or how much. Should I just decided privately, and quietly reward people as I see fit? Should we have some kind of discussion and/or vote here on the mailing list? I do feel like it's more than just lines of code, translations made, or artwork generated. I also feel like being timely is better than looking back at the entire 7 year history. (If I did that every time I decided to do this, many of the same people would likely get picked.) Alternatively, I can simply transfer the money to SPI, to hold for Tux4Kids for when/if we need it, rather than do this stressful 'reward' stuff. :) One of the problems with rewarding one person is that other people might feel rejected (rather than inspired to try and help more). (I'm guessing that would also be especially true if we made the decisions openly, because then it might become a kind of 'fight' for the money. :) ) Sigh. What do people think? I've been putting off thinking about this for days, and obviously I need some input from all of you. Thanks! -- -bill! Sent from my computer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-devel mailing list Tuxpaint-devel@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-devel |
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Re: Difficult question on sharing the love
by Kartik Mistry
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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Bill Kendrick<nbs@...> wrote:
> Alternatively, I can simply transfer the money to SPI, to hold for > Tux4Kids for when/if we need it, rather than do this stressful 'reward' > stuff. :) One of the problems with rewarding one person is that other people > might feel rejected (rather than inspired to try and help more). This is the best idea, IMHO. Thanks a lot for sharing this! -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ Debian GNU/Linux Developer Blogs: {ftbfs, kartikm}.wordpress.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-devel mailing list Tuxpaint-devel@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-devel |
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Re: Difficult question on sharing the love
by Bill Kendrick
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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 09:29:16AM +0530, Kartik Mistry wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Bill Kendrick<nbs@...> wrote: > > Alternatively, I can simply transfer the money to SPI, to hold for > > Tux4Kids for when/if we need it, rather than do this stressful 'reward' > > stuff. :) One of the problems with rewarding one person is that other people > > might feel rejected (rather than inspired to try and help more). > > This is the best idea, IMHO. > > Thanks a lot for sharing this! Caroline (via Facebook) also agreed with simply transferring the money to SPI. Another idea (from Michale Simms, who runs Linux Game Publishing) was to simply buy gifts (e.g., books from Amazon) for the deserving people, rather than giving out cash (aka paypal :) ) -bill! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-devel mailing list Tuxpaint-devel@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-devel |
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Re: Difficult question on sharing the love
by Ben Armstrong
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On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:14:48 -0700
Bill Kendrick <nbs@...> wrote: > Caroline (via Facebook) also agreed with simply transferring the money > to SPI. I'm inclined to agree. Ben -- ,-. nSLUG http://www.nslug.ns.ca synrg@... \`' Debian http://www.debian.org synrg@... ` [ gpg 395C F3A4 35D3 D247 1387 2D9E 5A94 F3CA 0B27 13C8 ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-devel mailing list Tuxpaint-devel@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-devel |
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Re: Difficult question on sharing the love
by Chion Jacques
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I also ..
Regards Jacques Chion http://www.bachendrome.fr > Message du 18/08/09 19:29 > De : "Ben Armstrong" > A : "Discussion list for Tux Paint developers" > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] Difficult question on sharing the love > > > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:14:48 -0700 > Bill Kendrick wrote: > > Caroline (via Facebook) also agreed with simply transferring the money > > to SPI. > > I'm inclined to agree. > > Ben > -- > ,-. nSLUG http://www.nslug.ns.ca synrg@... > \`' Debian http://www.debian.org synrg@... > ` [ gpg 395C F3A4 35D3 D247 1387 2D9E 5A94 F3CA 0B27 13C8 ] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Tuxpaint-devel mailing list > Tuxpaint-devel@... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-devel mailing list Tuxpaint-devel@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-devel |
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Re: Difficult question on sharing the love
by Bill Kendrick
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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 07:44:23PM +0200, Chion Jacques wrote:
> I also .. > > Regards > > Jacques Chion > > http://www.bachendrome.fr Well! Thanks for the input, everyone who has provided it. :) Next time I get a nice sponsorship donation, I'll probably try to sneak some gifts out to some of you, since I really feel like I owe a lot of you for all your help. But for now, I'll talk to the folks at SPI about putting what I have right now ($300USD) into the 'Tux4Kids account'. -bill! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-devel mailing list Tuxpaint-devel@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-devel |
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Re: Difficult question on sharing the love
by Begasus
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Op dinsdag 18-08-2009 om 09:29 uur [tijdzone +0530], schreef Kartik
Mistry: > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Bill Kendrick<nbs@...> wrote: > > Alternatively, I can simply transfer the money to SPI, to hold for > > Tux4Kids for when/if we need it, rather than do this stressful 'reward' > > stuff. :) One of the problems with rewarding one person is that other people > > might feel rejected (rather than inspired to try and help more). > > This is the best idea, IMHO. +1 > > Thanks a lot for sharing this! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-devel mailing list Tuxpaint-devel@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-devel |
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SVG Open, and who wants business cards? (Was re: Difficult question on sharing the love)
by Bill Kendrick
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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:34:30AM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> But for now, I'll talk to the folks at SPI about putting what > I have right now ($300USD) into the 'Tux4Kids account'. Well, fortunately I've been lazy/busy. I apparently need to pay to attend SVG Open (where I'll be presenting a talk on SDL & SVG, with a little Tux Paint). So perhaps rather than (1) pass the money to SPI to hold onto, or (2) use the money myself for coffee and other stuff that keeps me going, I'll (3) keep the money around for things like attending conferences (normally don't cost anything, since I don't travel), making flyers, printing business cards, etc. Speaking of which, if anyone here would like some Tux Paint business cards, I can have some printed up by OvernightPrints.com and shipped to you. Talk to me off-list and we'll figure out how many to make, and how much it'll cost to ship them. FYI, I hand business cards out to parents I meet at parks and other places, put them out at coffee shops, ice cream parlors and other venues, and -- of course -- have them out at open source conferences, LUG meetings, and other kinds of events. Also note: the cards I print don't have my name on them, and I doubt I'd want to make personalized ones for anyone. When people have asked me why my name isn't on the cards, I tell them: "You're not supposed to care who I am -- just go download the program!" -- -bill! Sent from my computer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-devel mailing list Tuxpaint-devel@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-devel |
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