[openbeos] Re: donating
- From: "Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a. Koki)" <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:34:39 -0700
Hello Karl,
I take the liberty of apologizing to you on behalf of the Haiku team
(not sure what other term to use here) for letting this fall through the
cracks.
An announcement has already been drafted, and is in the process of being
reviewed. I expect to be able to post it on the website soon.
Thank you for your patience, and I really hope you will keep working
with us in advancing the Haiku cause in the future. :-)
Regards,
Koki
Karl vom Dorff wrote:
In light of the 'growing pains' of Haiku (as quoted by OSnews), and
the recent heated discussions here, I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents
(quite a bit more actually) and blow some air into the fire....
Through my efforts, ~ $2000 was donated to Haiku. Most recently on
Aug. 5th, $750 was donated on behalf of those who donated to
Haikubounties, and an additional $500 will be donated on Oct 31st if
the USB bounty isn't taken up.
On Aug. 5th (3 weeks ago), I asked (as a condition of the donation)
that along with the donatiion, an official acknowledgement and little
thank you be posted on Haiku's website, as well as an outline of what
would be done with the money. Also, that Haiku administer the bounty
idea and host it (under my direction) from now on.
What has happened so far? A big fat nothing...
How do those who donated to Haikubounties really know that the money
they donated went to Haiku without an announcement from Haiku? I'm
glad that they take my word for it, because that is what happened, but
it should still be acknowledged and thanked and the info made publicly
available. This shouldn't take three weeks.
I'm pretty pissed off, and feel as though Haiku doesn't care, and
quite frankly feel as though my efforts are moot. So, when the
deadline approaches for the last bounty, if things haven't changed, I
quit fundraising for Haiku.
Does it make me think again about donating money to Haiku when I see
16 month old financial statements, no conditions are met, there's no
acknowlegdement, etc? You bet. Haiku has sold me not to donate any
more money due to their inability to manage, ridiculous delays, and
sheer incompetence.
With respect to the website... this is all being gone about the wrong
way. Why do I see one person, Waldemar, in charge of everything? Why
do I see one 'plonetest' site? Who says Haiku's website and the drupal
theme should have only 9 topics in the navbar menu? What if, as it
should according to the condition of the donated money by
Haikubouties, the theme should include 'bounties' in the navbar?
The thing is, there should be multiple websites for those taking part
in the contest that people can vote on, and it shouldn't be limited to
one Haiku Drupal theme. Just as in the icon contest, you shouldn't be
limited to icon-o-matic to create your icons. You should use whatever
implementation works best, whether it be mambo, wordpress, drupal or
whatever. You should be allowed to add whatever you want in the navbar
with the navbar contents listed here:
http://haiku-os.org/learn.php?mode=news_view&id=411
as a basis for what should be on the website. Leave it up to the
people who vote for the new website what should and shouldn't be
included on the site and what system it uses, not what one person who
made the contest says what should be on it and what it uses, or what
Koki or Axel suggests he thinks is right...
And that, was my rant.
Peace,
Karl
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