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| NixOS Foundation | 481 Members |
| Public room for chatting with the NixOS Foundation Board | 121 Servers |
| Sender | Message | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Apr 2024 | ||
 ronef | In reply to @janik0:matrix.orgI have an initial plan proposal for general Nix fundraising as a formal yearly effort to elevate our ability to have long term sustainability with high confidence recurring inbound funds. Also something I've pushed down to a P1 (I rank priorities from P0 to P2) for a lot of our sponsorship discussions but plan to bring it back up to a P0 right after I get the financials out. If anyone is interested in that as well let me know | 18:25:00 |
| ronef | We really need to figure out how to keep money flowing in the community, especially when we're talking about putting serious money, like 100K, into our projects. Right now, I'm not sure we'd be able to get that money back or renew it. So, getting a steady income stream is something I'm really focused on. | 18:27:31 |
| ronef | * We really need to figure out how to keep resources flowing recurringly in the community, especially when we're talking about putting serious money, like 100K, into our projects or community areas. Right now, I'm not sure we'd be able to get that money back or renew it. So, getting a steady income stream is something I'm really focused on. | 18:28:02 |
| ronef | * We really need to figure out how to keep resources flowing recurringly in the community, especially when we're talking about putting serious money, like 100K, into our projects or community areas. Right now, I'm not sure we'd be able to get that money back or renew it. So, getting a steady donation/income stream is something I'm really focused on. | 18:28:34 |
 Arian | I wrote quite a lengthy internal document at Mercury that convinced leadership to sponsor the S3 project back when we made the larger donation I could ask if I can share that with you Ron. Could help others at companies convince their employers to sponsor. | 18:29:02 |
| Arian | I did have a secret hope other companies would match Mercury's donation but that unfortunately didn't happen | 18:29:54 |
| Arian | And you're definitely open to come for coffee to see if we can make more opportunities for this :) | 18:30:34 |
| Arian | Like I'd want to give people guide rails for maintainers how to bring this up with their employer that theyd like them to sponsor Nix and move needles. I think it'd be helpful . I think a lot of people underestimate how much can be done if just 1 person in a company is motivated to push a budget request through | 18:34:15 |
| ronef | We have a lot of examples of this so I can only say that it would be an incredible idea | 18:34:54 |
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 [K]ate Temkin | As a CEO of a (smaller) company that uses Nix, I've considered reaching out about donations/sponsorships in the past -- but I'm very hesitant to even appear to support the foundation when I keep hearing (and in some cases, seeing) that the project has a reputation for ostracizing underrepresented folks. | 19:33:41 |
| [K]ate Temkin | I would love to be able to feel good about supporting Nix, and would love to be able to convince others to do so (I routinely give conference talks/keynotes/trainings and similar), but I think I'd struggle without some tangible proof things are being addressed first. | 19:35:59 |
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| @justvektor:matrix.org left the room. | 20:04:02 | |
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| 12 Apr 2024 | ||
 Janik (they/them) | In reply to @ktemkin:katesiria.org
This is a bit hard to act on, can you list a few things you would like to change or a few points that you think need addressing? | 07:05:23 |
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 pareto-optimal-dev | In reply to @janik0:matrix.orgI surely don't speak for them, but I'm willing to bet mandatory declarations of all potential conflicts of interest by all foundation members would go a long way towards building trust. | 14:47:09 |
 @joepie91:pixie.town | (make sure everybody is operating on the same definition of "conflict of interest" there) | 14:48:02 |
| ronef | That should be a priority | 15:34:37 |
| ronef | * That should be a priority, especially if we feel it can help us build up | 15:35:15 |
| Janik (they/them) | As promised: here are the published by-laws https://github.com/NixOS/foundation?tab=readme-ov-file#the-nixos-foundation-by-laws cc Arian and delroth since you were discussing the how board membership is defined | 16:10:02 |
 samrose | In reply to @arianvp:matrix.orghttps://wasabi.com/ has lower network egress charges as far as I can recall, and I wonder if they would be interested in sponsoring and hosting? ( I don't know anyone there directly, and maybe it's been discussed already?) | 19:14:40 |
 delroth | there's plenty of alternatives to S3 that could be interesting for our use case, they were not a viable option until recently due the costs it would take to move our data out of S3. Now that Amazon is waving those charges for people leaving their cloud, I know the foundation has been talking with some S3-like services regarding possible sponsorships. | 19:47:40 |
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 NixOS Moderation Botchanged room power levels. | 21:32:22 | |
| 13 Apr 2024 | ||
 @emma:rory.gay | In reply to @samrose:matrix.orghow about backblaze? | 02:45:19 |
 colemickens | Redacted or Malformed Event | 03:27:00 |
| colemickens | (removed a comment about backblaze pricing after realizing I don't really know enough numbers to speculate on various object storage providers) | 03:29:09 |