From: Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...>
Date: 2010-10-09T06:56:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Another Ruby Conf Speaker needing to pull out the Tin Cup.

On 6 Oct 2010, at 15:29, Rick DeNatale wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Eleanor McHugh
> <eleanor@games-with-brains.com> wrote:
>> Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of a number of people here I can now afford not only my roundtrip flight from London to New Orleans but also all the other costs involved in attending RubyConf.
>> 
> 
> Ellie,
> 
> Congratulations, I was hoping to make a contribution to your cause,
> but unfortunately, my latest sub-contracting gig just got suspended
> once again due to the budget constraints of the customer.

Sad to say, this is an all too common problem in the current economic climate. My last full-time gig suffered the same fate and the market here in the UK for Ruby developers is very flat (although it wouldn't be quite so flat if I were a little better suited to pair programming lol).

> So I'm going to take a leaf out of your book and go the pledgie route myself.
> 
> http://pledgie.com/campaigns/13677
> 
> I think I have more friends than not in the ruby lang group, so I'm
> hoping that enough of you will find the heart to throw something in
> and save me.

I wish I could contribute financially, but as I can't I've tweeted the link to your Pledgie campaign.

Hope to see you in New Orleans :)


Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
http://feyeleanor.tel
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