| Hey, no worries, websites are hard. :/ > But I can't tell from the site what exactly it's doing. Here's the idea: companies that rely on Ruby contribute money to a pool. The board of directors authorizes spending money out of that pool. They authorize this money towards supporting core Ruby infrastructure and projects. All of this is through a non-profit, so it's tax deductible for everyone. > Are the membership "dues" going to fund an individual (André?) or a team to work on this full-time? At our first board meeting, we approved paying André to work on Bundler and its APIs, as well as Rubygems. We'll see how much money we end up collecting, but we hope to be able to eventually pay several full-time salaries. > Can I influence with my membership which projects my money is allocated towards? Each year, a new board will be elected, and they will authorize the nonprofit's spending. A membership gets you a vote in those elections, the next of which is in a year. > Will the accounting for the money be published within the "membership"? As a nonprofit, this is a legal requirement, basically. |
That summary should appear somewhere on the website, as it includes the core of what you're doing much more succinctly than anything I found clicking through the links.
Thanks for the details, and thanks for working to improve the Ruby community!