[TYPO3-dev] New opportunities with sponsored projects

[Ingmar Schlecht]

Hi Stig,

Francois, being the TYPO3 v4 Sponsorship Manager, is currently on 
holidays until 19. July, so don't expect updates of the amount until 
then (he has an Out-of-office reply on his mail address, so potential 
sponsors know this).

I really like the idea of fundable.com, but on the other hand the 10% 
fee actually is quite a lot.

cheers
Ingmar


Stig Nørgaard Færch schrieb:
> It doesn't seem like that there is much progress collecting money for 
> these projects. (unless the page isn't updated?) 
> http://typo3.org/development/sponsoring/list-of-sponsored-projects/
> 
> I don't think it's because that the community don't want to support 
> these projects. But I guess that that many people only want to pay if 
> the project actually gets started, - or they can get their money back if 
> the project will not get started because of insufficient money.
> 
> If there is no real progress in the near future, I suggest to consider 
> fundable.com.
> Here we can start collections for each project.
> Each project will have a goal amount.
> There will be a deadline for collections for each project.
> People can make a pledge with an amount they choose themselves.
> If the goal isn't reached before the deadline, noone pays anything.
> If the goal is reached before the deadline, all the pledges are transfered.
> 
> The downside:
> A 10% fee is taken from the totals.
> But isn't it better to pay this fee, than the project not being realized 
> at all?
> 
> Just my thoughts...
> 
> /Stig
> 
> Francois Suter skrev:
>> Dear Developers,
>>
>> As you saw if you also subscribe to the Announce list, we just 
>> launched today the first sponsored projects. If you don't know what 
>> we're talking about, you can catch up with the news posted on 
>> news.typo3.org. Basically sponsored projects are Core TYPO3 v4 
>> projects with well-defined goals for which we will try to raise in 
>> money in order to actually pay the developers for their work. This 
>> form of support should help accelerate the development of TYPO3.
>>
>> The best thing is that you can be part of this. Sponsored projects aim 
>> for a greater involvement of the community. Refer to [1] for more 
>> information. See also [2] for a more personal view of how you can 
>> participate in sponsored projects and what you can gain from them.
>>
>> So reach for your wallet! Alternately if you prefer getting your hands 
>> dirty there are currently two open positions, both for the New FORM 
>> project. We are looking for a developer who would also act as backup 
>> project leader to Patrick Broens and an additional reviewer. Please 
>> refer to [3] for more details.
>>
>> We hope you will find these opportunities as exciting as we do.
>>


-- 
Ingmar Schlecht
TYPO3 Association Active Member