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Subject: Re: Do you want to buy my time?
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As lindar has suggested, We already have a google checkout account. We can 
easily use it to set up a donation list. The google donation box is also 
accessible from http://www.lojban.org/tiki/Donations


On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 6:32:03 AM UTC+5, Robin 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 
>
>
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As lindar has suggested, We already have a google checkout account. We can easily use it to set up a donation list. The google donation box is also accessible from http://www.lojban.org/tiki/Donations<br><br><br>On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 6:32:03 AM UTC+5, Robin Powell wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>So, y'all may have noticed that a lot of work around here is waiting
<br>on me specifically, and y'all may also have noticed, via my
<br>plentiful rants on the subject, that I've *tried* to get other
<br>people to take this stuff on and it hasn't really worked.
<br>
<br>So, here's another option: what if y'all paid for some of my time?
<br>
<br>It turns out that my work will let me do 32 hours a week and still
<br>get benefits. &nbsp;It also turns out that my before-tax income is about
<br>$550 per work day (I would prefer not to take a pay cut).
<br>
<br>So I find myself wondering: if people in the community pledged
<br>monthly money for this purpose, could Lojban afford to have me doing
<br>a day or two each month of nothing but Lojban-related work?
<br>
<br>Would people even want to do that?
<br>
<br>Is my arrogance astounding or *what*? &nbsp;:D
<br>
<br>Comments to the main list, please.
<br>
<br>-Robin
<br>
<br>-- 
<br><a href="http://singinst.org/" target="_blank">http://singinst.org/</a> : &nbsp;Our last, best hope for a fantastic future.
<br>.i ko na cpedu lo nu stidi vau loi jbopre .i danfu lu na go'i li'u .e
<br>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
<br>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
<br>
<br></blockquote>
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