[openbeos] Re: donations again
- From: Czeslaw Czapla <haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 10:43:13 -0700
Shane Moore wrote:
When I made the donation, it was my first time using PayPal for
anything.
I think I did receive a "receipt" from paypal to say that the
payment had been charged to my credit card.
Since I think it was set up to be received by Michael Phipps, I had
sort of been expecting some form of email personally from him, or a
delegated other person, to say something like "Thankyou Shane for
donating". Since I am in Australia, and Haiku is in the US, this kind
of personal acknowledgement via email of an international money
transaction would have given me the confidence that the transaction
had indeed gone to the correct intended recipient, and not to some
random other person posing to be "michael phipps".
Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a. Koki) wrote:
I think the most reassuring to the donor would be if the name of the
PayPal account he/she makes the payment to is "Haiku, Inc." instead of
"Michael Phipps".
Cheers,
Koki
Greetings, fellow cash-contributors to Haiku!
Know that you are in the best of company!
Koki, be calmed and reassured by the power of empiricism and its
inherent superiority over speculative rationalism!
To wit:
I have made PayPal donations to Haiku yesterday and today, both one-time
donations and recurring subscription donations. In every case, the
recipient of the cash has been clearly identified on the PayPal site as
"Haiku, Inc.". The only place where the doubt-inspiring string "phipps"
occurs at all in connection with such transactions is in the email
address associated with the Haiku, Inc. account at PayPal. Given that
Michael is the founder of the project and serves as president of the
non-profit corporation (in my understanding), this seems entirely
appropriate (I would say desirable in the superlative degree).
I have numerous screenshots of the modest financial transactions on my
hard drive for use against persistent unfounded skepticism, should the
need arise...
By the way, it was quick and easy for me to establish these facts in
evidence. I encourage everyone to try it for himself or herself! Make a
donation to Haiku, Inc. through PayPal today! Recurring donations would
be particularly helpful.
Once we succeed, collectively, in establishing a reliable revenue stream
for Haiku, Inc. then perhaps hiring will become more of a possibility.
Given the ongoing hue and cry (understandable if a bit shrill at times)
for improved communications and greater approachability and coordination
of effort in the project, I might argue for creation of a Project
Coordinator position at Haiku, Inc. first of all.
I would submit that the ideal candidate should have superior tact and
deep reserves of patience; be entirely devoid of ego; be highly-skilled
in mediation and resolution of conflict; possess financial savvy and
sound legal instincts; be familiar with software engineering best
practices; take dictation and type at a rate of no less than 450 words
per minute; be fluent in English, Japanese, and all major (and some
minor) European languages; and most especially be graced with an
irrepressible and indefatigable sense of humor. Ideally, again, this
person should be of independent financial means, or otherwise willing
and able to exercise his or her faculties on a fulltime basis for the
benefit of the project with only the most modest expectations with
regard to monetary compensation. Benefits would perhaps be limited to
beatification and formal acceptance into the company of Haiku saints.
(The complete guidelines for sanctification are still being worked out
at this time and will be published real soon now...)
More seriously: Then we could perhaps turn our attention to
grant-writing, and pull down a few hundred thousand dollar at a pop,
say, every other year. It's entirely possible, I'm convinced. Our
candidate should also have grant-writing experience.
Even more seriously: With patience, hard work, enjoyment, goodwill, and
good humor we will get to where we want to be. I take this, more or
less, as an article of faith. Even rigorous debate, kept in perspective
and confined within the bounds of civility, is a valuable contribution
to the effort. Perhaps the same can be said of small doses of satire. I
would like to think so.
Best wishes,
Czeslaw Czapla
Unofficial Chief Morale Officer and Intermittent Haiku Cheerleader
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