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Re: Re: PerlMonks as do gooders- or, MonkCorpsby Hero Zzyzzx (Curate) |
on Apr 27, 2001 at 18:00 UTC ( [id://76094]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Thanks for your personal thoughts and concerns on the idea. I think I need to clarify what I'm proposing. Our system would just match-make, providing a forum for non-profits and monks to connect. A non-profit would post a proposal, a moderator would decide if it's truly from a non-profit, and it would go into a section of the site. During the request process, all sorts of disclaimers could be put out- a couple obvious ones are "We don't guarantee anyone will help you, PerlMonks isn't liable, the work and it's security, functionality, and useability isn't the responsibility of PerlMonks, etc." Monks could then visit the section and browse through. If a monk is particularly interested in helping an environmental organization, they could look for that type of project. If they don't like the project, they don't have to do it. If a monk wants to help a pro-choice group, great. If they want to help a children's advocacy group, great. Again, it's up the individual monk what they want to get involved in. Having worked for non-profits for the last six years, I can answer some of your questions:
Most of the concerns about this idea has been from people who wouldn't have the time to get involved, or folks who don't really seem to trust non-profits. That's fine, and all valid issues. Don't work on any of the projects. I still think having this opportunity available to the monastery would be a good one. Maybe even something a foundation would throw some money at.
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