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William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> I think it's kinda naive and unrealistic long term to continue to do |
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> these things in house. More so when we can get the needed services |
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> externally for next to nothing. Either way, decisions still have to be |
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> made, and the board will still have to do that. It's just the final |
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> action, and liability that will be passed on. Also IMHO makes changing |
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> of the guard much easier. Not to mention allows focus on other areas of |
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> the foundations mission. |
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Agreed; having oversight from people with experience is useful, and so is |
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involving users in any area they can be useful, but yeah I favour |
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professional assistance; you gave better reasoning ofc. The SFC looked good to |
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me; for all the talk of the size of Gentoo, as an organisation apart from the |
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actual volunteer development, it isn't large. |
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An idea: why not allow users to pay a nominal fee, say $10 per year, to have |
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a "contributor" badge on the forums, with zero other benefit? Donations |
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aren't quite the same, since they're anonymous, and keeping a single, small |
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level of contribution would mean users wouldn't feel pressured by it. I'm |
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sure quite a few of the user base would happily stump up, including me ;) |
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and that'd give Gentoo a bit more money to play with. |
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