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On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:00 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. |
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<wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I also had thoughts of helping to provide funds for travel to developers, and |
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> in a utopian world also provide development gear, laptop, etc. Gentoo being a |
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> 501c6 like the NFL was, and PGA Tour. The PGA Tour provides laptops to |
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> members, Tiger Woods etc. Gentoo could be doing the same with proper |
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> organization, and a functional foundation. |
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> So many things are possible with proper organization, leadership, and a strong |
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> foundation.... |
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Perhaps you mean a professional leadership and lots of money? I'm not |
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convinced the average Gentoo developer would like Gentoo to run like |
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the NFL, Canonical, or even Apache. None of these are small |
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community-based organizations. |
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I'd love to see something like an annual Gentoo conference, but part |
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of me wonders if the changes we'd need to make to have such a thing |
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would leave us happy with the result. |
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Rich |
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