Always negative

[J. Landman Gay]

Figuring it out is one of the challenges. I think you'd first need to 
prioritize the bugs you and others want fixed, which may be the hardest 
part. I know LC faces that daily, their criteria is to prioritize by 
severity and/or by the number of people the issue impacts. You and whoever 
joins you may want to add different ways of measuring it.

Once you have a few pinned down, you'd want to check with the team to see 
how many hours and how much it might cost. Then you'd have a target goal.

I wouldn't personally use Indigogo because if the goal isn't reached the 
money is not returned. Kickstarter doesn't require payment until the goal 
is fully pledged. There are probably other ways to do it, that would be up 
to the organizer to research.

Then you'll need to wait to see if anyone pledges/pays/whatever and the 
target is met. If so, you hand over the money to LC and move on to the next 
target if you like.

--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On October 4, 2019 3:51:49 AM Richmond via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Yes, I am willing to organise a fundraiser to help finance ironing out
> LiveCode bugs.
>
> I am, however, not sure how to go about that;
>
> 1. Set up a 'thing' on Indiegogo (because this is not a fund-raiser to
> have a set lower limit)?
>
> 2. Link it to a dedicated bank account belonging to LiveCode?
>
> 3. Perform some sort of triage to rank LC bugs?
>
> 4. Have a way to award badges for people who donate to squash particular
> bugs?
>
> I believe that this is quite a useful model:
> https://home.unicode.org/adopt-a-character/
>
> If this would work I am more than willing to "put my time where my mouth
> is" and run this.
>
> On 4.10.19 9:51, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
>> The fundraiser idea has been discussed before in regard to desired new
>> feature requests but it could easily be done for bugs as well. It only
>> needs someone to organize it. Are you willing?
>>
>> --
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>
>> On October 4, 2019 12:20:32 AM Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Not entirely.
>>>
>>>
>>> I can put for what I regard as a positive suggestion. Whether it is
>>> doable
>>> and makes any business sense is a big question.
>>>
>>>
>>> Stop all continuing development for a fixed period of time (6 months,
>>> say)
>>> and attempt to sort out as many of the outstanding bugs as possible.
>>>
>>>
>>> Have a fundraiser where individuals could sponsor specific bugs and
>>> features they really wanted seeing to.
>>>
>>>
>>> Even "Awful Richmond" would stump up some money for that.
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