Re: Is anyone spending money for Org-mode?

[Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>]

If I were you, I will segregate the funds as though the contributor -
developer or otherwise - will receive it.

Then, I will approach each contributor with,

    This is your fair share.  Please receive it.  If the contributor
    declines, I will ask the contributor "How do you think I should
    deploy your fair share?"


Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> one question that was asked: How much donations come in? That varies.
> Some month it is $10, occasionally it can be $100.
>
> What Bastien and I have done in the past is use this money in a more
> or less private way. I think Bastien has at some point replaced his
> laptop in this way, and all in all I have done the same, I think. This
> felt OK previously, but it is not longer the right thing as far as I
> am concerned.
>
> I have seen a few good ideas here.
>
> 1. Send it to the FSF. That is a possibility, but lets first try to do
> something more Org specific
>
> 2. A Mug for every contributor. Stretches the available budget, and is
> work.
> We could make a list of contributors and start from the most commits
> or something.
>
> 3. Help organise a conference. That would be a very good goal. Are
> there any plans to organise a conference?
>
> 4. Redistribute to the most active developers for lighting up their
> day.
>
> I propose the following: Starting March 1, I will report here the
> donations I get once a month, and we will keep track of it and find a
> good way to spend it. So far this month: $66. Lets revisit the
> discussion in 2 or three months. Maybe by then there will be plans for
> a conference, if not, we see.
>
> - Carsten
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>     Here's an impractical option. I see roughly 280 different
>     contributors
>     to Org-mode.
>     
>     git log|grep "^Author"|sed 's/^.*:
>     //;s/<.*$//'|less|sort|uniq|less
>     
>     Maybe buy every contributor an Org-mode mug?
>     
>     --
>     Eric Schulte
>     https://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte
>     PGP: 0x614CA05D
>     
>