Bootstrap 3 donations [#2096519]

@webindustries has very generously donated $100 to me on gittip. I greatly appreciate this and never expected this much, as @mark has stated there have been multiple people work towards BS3.

Depending on how @webindustries wants to go ahead how about this (as they may not respond and I may get another $100 next week). I'm happy to share this out with the other people who have worked on this release of Bootstrap as an even split between 9 or 10 of us, some people will have worked more and some less but if we try to work it out any other way it'll get messy. We don't want to lose sight that we're exceptionally grateful for any money that helps us write code which we need because we enjoy it. This way everyone gets a few beers or whatever they wish.

Personally I'm not a huge fan of gittip but I'll get in touch with the people @mark listed (below) to get them on there if they're not already as it'll get tricky otherwise. You donate an amount and it goes out on a thursday right?
@markcarver, @valkum, @kslonka, @heylookalive, @tr33m4n, @el7cosmos, @tripox, @Denes.Szabo, @danillonunes

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Comment #1

tr33m4n CreditAttribution: tr33m4n commented 24 September 2013 at 07:30

Hey up,

I'd rather not receive any money as I don't deem myself as having done that much work, merely a patch and a bug report here and there, but good work by all the guys in getting to this stage so quickly :)

Dan

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heylookalive CreditAttribution: heylookalive commented 24 September 2013 at 07:32

Oh yeah, if anyone wants to get in touch about this you can also get me on twitter: http://twitter.com/heylookalive

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kslonka CreditAttribution: kslonka commented 24 September 2013 at 08:35

Hey guys,

You can contact me via twitter https://twitter.com/KrzysztofSlonka, e-mail, irc (#drupal-bootstrap). As for donations I don't have gittip, paypal or anything like that. I live in Poland so bank wire would also be expensive. Anyway, I've gotten so much from open source communities and I wanted to give something back, so I would like to donate my share to another open source project (drupal, prestashop, gnu / linux) or if that's not possible any charity.

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markhalliwell

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CreditAttribution: markhalliwell commented 24 September 2013 at 08:41

FWIW... I really, really wasn't trying to make a big deal about this.

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el7cosmos

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CreditAttribution: el7cosmos commented 24 September 2013 at 09:00

You're the man

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Anonymous (not verified) CreditAttribution: Anonymous commented 25 September 2013 at 15:49

The discussion is much broader than this incident. We're nearing Drupal 8 and there's still no way for businesses to endorse certain projects financially. I can imagine commercial businesses, such as mine, depend on certain Drupal project to get finished/patched. There should be a built-in donate button for every Drupal project (Bitcoin?). That way businesses who don't have in-house developers can donate finances for projects they need. I don't see any problem with that.

How to get this to Drupal.org admin attention?

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wundo CreditAttribution: wundo commented 25 September 2013 at 17:57

@morningtime,
You could reach the maintainers/contributors for the projects your business depend on. This is what the contact tab is for. ;)

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markhalliwell

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CreditAttribution: markhalliwell commented 25 September 2013 at 18:20

@morningtime, to answer your question, there is an issue queue for Drupal.org customizations. As you will soon find out though, this is a long list. I actually doubt you would get much traction for this at the moment though as we're about to be rolling out D7 on drupal.org. That is where all the focus is at the moment.

That being said, I agree that Drupal.org, projects and monetary backing could be better... but no single individual has really championed this issue (except for outside sites). I would strongly recommend that if this is something you're passionate about (and have the time) to pursue with the d.org team.

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markhalliwell

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CreditAttribution: markhalliwell commented 25 September 2013 at 18:38

FWIW, I just created: https://www.drupalfund.us/project/bootstrap

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webindustries CreditAttribution: webindustries commented 27 September 2013 at 03:42

So what is the preferred method guys? For us, and I'm guessing others who simply want to contribute to helping fund a particular project (did the same for Framework a little while back), having a single point of payment where we can give a lump sum is far easier...

Why is it easier? Because we are a company and must maintain our books; weekly split donations play havoc for our accountants and our reconciling. One-off payments are far easier.

I'm happy to stop the Gittip payments and put a single payment - just need to know where and how.

Comment #11

markhalliwell

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CreditAttribution: markhalliwell commented 27 September 2013 at 03:48

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@webindustries, yes you may stop your Gittip contribution or simply reduce it to something very small :) Gittijp is still a viable solution for very, very small reoccurring contributions as a "tip", like thanking your Starbucks barista every time you get your latte (every bit helps, even if its little).

Sorry for the confusion. This is still a very newish (and experimental) process for the entire Drupal community (not just this project). After discussing this with @wundo and a few others, I think we have agreed that https://www.drupalfund.us/project/bootstrap will be a better place for people to pledge their support. I will be collecting and distributing to all committers who send their information to me.

Thanks!