[HCoop-Discuss] Financial situation

[Aaron Hsu]

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:05:28 -0500, Adam Chlipala <adamc at hcoop.net> wrote:

> However, I hope that such decisions will be right in the future. I want
> our next upgrade to be performed by paid staff with set hours. We're a
> few rungs down the efficiency ladder from that now, combining a number
> of serious disadvantages:
> 1) No in-person meetings or similar coordination of admins
> 2) Everyone volunteering is a full-time student!
> 3) No one is being paid, so other priorities come first.

I agree that a paid staff to perform the upgrades in a set period of time  
is a good idea, but we should also make sure that these people are such  
that they strongly believe in good work. As such, I think it might be good  
to ensure that these people have a vested interest in making Hcoop work,  
rather than outsourcing outside of HCoop. I have seen too many instances  
of shoddy work done because people did not really care to make things work  
just right, and were only worried about meeting deadlines. A combination  
of laziness and tight deadlines is NOT a good thing.

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