http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571 <p> <b>***NOTE: PayPal fiasco over, thanks to Garry from Pledgie. You can now resume donations here, sorry for the delay. </b> </p> <p> I am trying to raise enough money to put my commercial and personal projects on the back burner for several weeks / months, so that I can work on open source Ruby projects that are in high demand by the community. </p> <p> I am looking for a small salary of $500/wk for up to 26 weeks of work, beginning on April 15, 2008. This means that $13000 would keep me working on this project for 6 months. Though I will be willing to accept some excess pay to make things a little more comfortable, I have set a cap at $20000. </p> <p> If I don't raise $13000, I will happily work for 4 weeks, or even 2. Of course, the longer I can keep this project up, the better. </p> <p>Ruby Central, Inc. has <a href="http://rubymendicant.wikidot.com/ruby-central-press-release">agreed to match donations</a> dollar per dollar up to $5000, so that means that I only need to raise $8000 from community donations to reach my goal of working for 6 months.</p> <p> Please take a look at <a href="http://rubymendicant.wikidot.com/proposal">my full proposal</a> for more details. Thank you so much for supporting this effort! </p> -Gregory Brown en-us your url does not work. heavysixer@pledgie.com Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:02:28 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_186 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_186 heavysixer, thanks for catching that so quickly. Fixed now. -greg sandal@pledgie.com Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:08:12 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_187 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_187 Thank you so much to those who have donated! Things are looking good, for being so early on. -greg sandal@pledgie.com Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:37:56 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_188 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_188 1 month secured, after Ruby Central matches what we have now. Hooray! sandal@pledgie.com Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:15:47 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_189 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_189 Wow Ruby Central is going to match what you earn from this campaign? That's awesome! heavysixer@pledgie.com Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:31:10 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_190 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_190 Yes. All the folks over there rock, its very cool to see them support a grass roots effort like this. sandal@pledgie.com Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:02:03 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_191 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_191 And now, 8 weeks of work have been funded! Thanks all... it's great to see this kind of support, and especially thanks to those who have blogged or otherwise spread the word. -greg sandal@pledgie.com Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:12:45 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_192 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_192 Wow that really sucks. Maybe we should add a google checkout option to Pledgie. heavysixer@pledgie.com Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:18:32 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_193 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_193 Hey Greg, I'm going to contact PayPal and see what's up. No one was ever "blocked" before by using Pledgie. We have a contact over there and I'll see what he says. garry@pledgie.com Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:21:52 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_194 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_194 Garry, Whatever magic you pulled worked. My account has been fully restored. Thank you so much! This is a great service and you guys are top-notch :) -greg sandal@pledgie.com Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:50:47 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_195 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_195 18 weeks! Thanks so much, folks. -greg sandal@pledgie.com Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:01:28 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_205 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_205 Best of Luck to you greg! This was an awesome idea fora campaign and I hope to see you in the next 18 weeks! heavysixer@pledgie.com Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:23:00 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_217 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/571#comment_217