<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body >Hello!<br><br>Brian, we have no issues with you being the bounty maintainer.<br>We like the effort but are not really clear of our role.<br>I have read the threads but I am still not sure as to what is <br>expected of us.<br><br>Would it be proper to have a test bounty to see if we can have a demo<br>thing on so that all concerned get the idea?<br>We could have a set of fixed users each giving say $1 or something for <br>some feature. That, will explain a lot.<br><br>Graham, I am not clear of any policy change in vTiger because of this.<br>The idea is to get an effortocracy on wherein the community gains the most<br>at the least expense. vTiger team standsby this in spirit.<br><br>As mentioned above though, we are not really clear on how the cat will <br>jump once we do have a real bounty on. Hence, I have requested for a <br>small scale demonstration so that all concerned can understand.<br><br>Do post your views please.<br>Richie<br><br><br><br>----jamieinnh@gmail.com wrote ---- <br><br>If you aren't familiar with bounty systems, I suggest looking<br>atlaunchpad.net.<br><br>><br>> https://launchpad.net/bounties<br>><br>> A bounty system is nice in that many people can add small amounts till<br>> there are enough funds to make it worthwhile for a developer that<br>> otherwise didn't have enough of an itch to scratch.<br>><br>> I still don't really understand why we don't just use the launchpad<br>> system. It would save maintenance and development on some back-end that<br>> doesn't directly relate to vtiger. Launchpad also helps communicate<br>> from the distributions and the project.<br>><br>> Faithi can probably chime in more about the launchpad bounties<br>> and service.<br>><br>> https://launchpad.net/bounties/vtiger-universe<br>><br>> Wouldn't it make sense to add vtiger as a launchpad project anyway?<br>> Just for the added benefit of communication with the distributions (<br>> debian, Ubuntu, fink, etc) and translation services.<br>><br>><br>> Joe<br><br><br><br><br><br>I think you have a good point. To start with we could use the lauchpad<br>service as our meeting ground. If this takes off, then maybe we can look<br>at creating a system.<br><br><br>We need people to agree to using launchpad, and then we need to set up the<br>flow of how things would work. What percentage will the vTiger team get?<br><br><br>Also, using lauchpad, do they have a system in place to place funds in<br>escrow and hold them until work in complete? For accepting payment?<br><br>Other than launchpad, are there any other suggestions for systems to use?<br>Anyone?<br><br>Jamie<br>_______________________________________________<br>This vtiger.com email is sponsored by: Zoho Writer. Are you still using your desktop word processor for typing documents? Try the AJAX enabled, collaboration-friendly online word processor, Zoho Writer for FREE instead!<br>http://zohowriter.com/?vt <br></body></html>