From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2006-10-12T07:43:08+09:00
Subject: Re: rubyforge.org still down ?

ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
> 
>> And I'm not averse to using any old excuse to mention that we accept
>> donations on an ongoing basis -- both for general Ruby Central 
>> initiatives
>> and support, and for sponsorship of specific aspects of RubyConf -- here:
>> http://www.rubycentral.org/pledge
> 
> i answer quite a few questions on comp.lang.ruby/ruby-talk for free.  
> lately
> quite a few people have started contacting me directly and offered to 
> pay to
> get quick answers to questions.  so far i haven't taken anyone up on it.
> 
> however, i'll mention here, for posterity, that i would prioritize any
> question/problem/bug emailed to me directly (while still cc'ing 
> ruby-talk of
> any code) if the sender gave a donation, no matter how small, to 
> rubycentral.
> 
> i wonder if something more organized along these lines might work out:
> 
>   rubycentral donation => quick ruby help
> 

I'd like to be considered for this, too, but I'm sure my expertise isn't 
in the same state, let alone ball-park :-)  That being said, wouldn't a 
list of the contact details of like-minded individuals posted somewhere 
prominent (say, on ruby-lang.org) be a good thing - or at least a step 
in the right direction?

-- 
Alex