jdd - 10:38 10.02.16 wrote:
Le 10/02/2016 10:29, Richard Brown a écrit :
Yes, I agree, but we don't need a non-profit to do that, we need people to do it. We need people to localise materials, design materials, produce materials, distribute materials, attend events, advocate for openSUSE.. aka _CONTRIBUTE_ - not throw money at the problem and expect other people to do it.
are you joking? May be we don't need a non profit, but I have never seen any real effort to have localized *material*
Yep, and that is not a problem of not having a money to produce it, but not having people who would do it. And we actually did had and still have some. I remember some Greek stuff and I'm certain there is Chinese version of some of our materials and Japanese guys even have their own geeko magazine.
"We should have a non-profit because people need to throw money at openSUSE in order to feel like they 'own it'" is not a valid reason, and I fear leads to problems with the attitude of those who embrace that mindset.
in more than 40 years dealing with non profit organizations, I think you are completely wrong with this. Nobody never had such attitude. We always had a "do, we support" way of live.
And we have that, we have TSP, reimbursement for locally produced materials...
avoided), and money isn't a motivator..but those other factors like encoragement, collaboration, negotiation and cooperation are.. and I don't see how a non-profit helps with that.
did you ever work on non profit organization?
I would put the question other way around. Would paying money to non-profit motivate you to contribute to that non-profit more time that you would contribute without paying? For me answer is definitely no. Either I give money or time. Money can be quite often simpler. If money is not an option, I will more likely contribute time. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org