[maemo-community] Should there be a Community Fund to provide a war chest?

[From: Sivan Greenberg]

+1

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Andrew Flegg <andrew at bleb.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Although Quim (and my) opinion is that maemo.org funding wouldn't
> immediately disappear, a number of people have been pushing that the
> Council should create, and manage, a fund which would be available for
> use. Example usages might include:
>
>  * Paying for (reduced) hosting costs in the event of Nokia pulling the plug.
>  * Purchasing hardware if the device queue[1] dries up from Nokia.
>  * Rewarding key contributors (e.g. an annual prize)
>
> What do people think? Obviously it'd be something for the next council
> to consider and comment on during the election; rather than pushed
> through in a final "lame duck" session from the current Council ;-)
>
> The proposal, based on posts from Daniel Sandman and Luca Maneos can
> be seen here:
>
>    http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Council/Community_fund
>
> Comments, as ever, welcome.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Andrew
>
>
> [1] http://wiki.maemo.org/Fremantle_Developer_Device_Queue
>
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