Re: Q to Chris: spending and fundraising

[Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>]

Hi Martin,

> > If there are social/personality blockers, I would expedite finding
> > creative solutions to these as well.
> 
> Are you aware of any such blockers in the past?

By personality blockers here I was referring to people who have fallen
out to the point where it is hindering progress and/or the Project
would actually benefit if that were no longer the case.

I am aware of a number of cases where simply meeting face-to-face
essentially solved the problem: unfortunately online, written,
communication is seldom the best form of connecting and empathising
with our fellow homo sapiens…
 
> Where do you think does the existing culture come from?

An interesting question. :) I'm not entirely sure but my hunch is that
a lot of it could just be a combination of geeks are generally "shy",
stubborn and furthermore hesistant to ask — or even discuss — money,
even when the amounts involved are essentially trivial and it could
clearly save a lot of their time.


Best wishes,

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