Received: from mail-fa0-f61.google.com ([209.85.161.61]:35278) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Sjspq-0003Q9-84; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:03:24 -0700 Received: by faaa5 with SMTP id a5sf768901faa.16 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:03:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=2ljSZ8BoFDPUg8pe39m9norg8PIrYoU47QHZ9AadyWA=; b=vSqznBnsnX/Re05Tiq84remyF0osBk950kixlvEQ8zkFNr2qKXIHm2X1evvXZe6js1 T+4bIoPjRdFFgDa6+foogB5PjbNVZxbCZVsSFgLdDY7iWZ56merCdlCk+9p7QM7YPMFg n0OjJT9sH2sbaTSoTd46Tzd7hCx/CrUFis6xQ= Received: by 10.204.152.18 with SMTP id e18mr1039676bkw.16.1340805782378; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:03:02 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.204.130.152 with SMTP id t24ls1388844bks.1.gmail; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:03:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.205.122.65 with SMTP id gf1mr2360073bkc.2.1340805780213; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:03:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.205.122.65 with SMTP id gf1mr2360072bkc.2.1340805780183; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:03:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-bk0-f47.google.com (mail-bk0-f47.google.com [209.85.214.47]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ig3si18213630bkc.3.2012.06.27.07.03.00 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:03:00 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of lytlesw@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.47 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.214.47; Received: by mail-bk0-f47.google.com with SMTP id jm2so1047872bkc.34 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:03:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.152.144.99 with SMTP id sl3mr20621833lab.44.1340805779914; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:02:59 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.29.199 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:02:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20120627013203.GR392@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> From: MorphemeAddict Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:02:39 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Do you want to buy my time? To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: lytlesw@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of lytlesw@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.47 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=lytlesw@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8f2346ff39817204c374ac40 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / --e89a8f2346ff39817204c374ac40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I would love to participate, especially donating to Robin, who does so much for us, but my money goes to what I consider to be higher priorities. stevo On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:23 AM, kozmikreis wrote: > Count me in, though I can't donate much. However a lot of "not much"es > can easily turn into "much" - if enough people on this list chipped in just > a few dollars a month just think what it could achieve :-) Please, > everyone, have a think about how much you can spare, no matter if it's just > a little. > > Thanks, > > kozmikreis > > > > On 27 Jun 2012, at 02:32, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > > > So, y'all may have noticed that a lot of work around here is waiting > > on me specifically, and y'all may also have noticed, via my > > plentiful rants on the subject, that I've *tried* to get other > > people to take this stuff on and it hasn't really worked. > > > > So, here's another option: what if y'all paid for some of my time? > > > > It turns out that my work will let me do 32 hours a week and still > > get benefits. It also turns out that my before-tax income is about > > $550 per work day (I would prefer not to take a pay cut). > > > > So I find myself wondering: if people in the community pledged > > monthly money for this purpose, could Lojban afford to have me doing > > a day or two each month of nothing but Lojban-related work? > > > > Would people even want to do that? > > > > Is my arrogance astounding or *what*? :D > > > > Comments to the main list, please. > > > > -Robin > > > > -- > > http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. > > .i ko na cpedu lo nu stidi vau loi jbopre .i danfu lu na go'i li'u .e > > lu go'i li'u .i ji'a go'i lu na'e go'i li'u .e lu go'i na'i li'u .e > > lu no'e go'i li'u .e lu to'e go'i li'u .e lu lo mamta be do cu sofybakni > li'u > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "lojban" group. > > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "lojban" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. --e89a8f2346ff39817204c374ac40 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I would love to participate, especially donating to Robin, who does so much= for us, but my money goes to what I consider to be higher priorities.=A0
stevo

On Wed, Jun 27, 2= 012 at 4:23 AM, kozmikreis <kozmikreis@lojban.org.uk>= wrote:
Count me in, though I can't donate much.= =A0However a lot of "not much"es can easily turn into "much= " - if enough people on this list chipped in just a few dollars a mont= h just think what it could achieve :-) =A0Please, everyone, have a think ab= out how much you can spare, no matter if it's just a little.

Thanks,

kozmikreis



On 27 Jun 2012, at 02:32, Robin Lee Powell wrote:

>
> So, y'all may have noticed that a lot of work around here is waiti= ng
> on me specifically, and y'all may also have noticed, via my
> plentiful rants on the subject, that I've *tried* to get other
> people to take this stuff on and it hasn't really worked.
>
> So, here's another option: what if y'all paid for some of my t= ime?
>
> It turns out that my work will let me do 32 hours a week and still
> get benefits. =A0It also turns out that my before-tax income is about<= br> > $550 per work day (I would prefer not to take a pay cut).
>
> So I find myself wondering: if people in the community pledged
> monthly money for this purpose, could Lojban afford to have me doing > a day or two each month of nothing but Lojban-related work?
>
> Would people even want to do that?
>
> Is my arrogance astounding or *what*? =A0:D
>
> Comments to the main list, please.
>
> -Robin
>
> --
> http://singinst.org= / : =A0Our last, best hope for a fantastic future.
> .i ko na cpedu lo nu stidi vau loi jbopre .i danfu lu na go'i li&#= 39;u .e
> lu go'i li'u .i ji'a go'i lu na'e go'i li'= u .e lu go'i na'i li'u .e
> lu no'e go'i li'u .e lu to'e go'i li'u .e lu l= o mamta be do cu sofybakni li'u
>
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