en/glep/glep-0008.txt

GLEP: 8
Title: Adopt-A-Developer
Version: $Revision: 1.1 $
Last-Modified: $Date: 2003/07/09 21:13:52 $
Author: Brian Jackson <iggy@gentoo.org>
Status: Deferred
Type: Standards Track
Content-Type: text/x-rst
Created: 02-Jul-2003
Post-History: 09-Jul-2003


Credits
=======

Another idea stolen from somebody else :) This time I stole the idea from 
a KDE developer name Scott Wheeler who runs a program called 
adopt-a-geek [1]_.

Abstract
========

I would like to start a program to bring together Gentoo'ers who need 
hardware, and those that have hardware to donate. This project will 
hopefully get developers that need extra hardware in touch with 
companies/individuals with extra hardware that they wish to donate to 
help Gentoo.

Motivation
==========

There are some developers out there that are using very slow hardware, and some
that have broken equipment that they could put back into use if they only 
had one more part. This program will help developers get the most out of 
there exisiting hardware and fix any systems that may currently be broken.

Specification
=============

This is a pretty low risk proposal for Gentoo Linux since it only affects 
me, and whoever else wishes to help out. This project would keep very 
detailed records of everything that came in and out. We would actually not 
handle any hardware. We would just facilitate connecting hardware with 
needy developers.

Rationale
=========

KDE does this [1]_, and I've sent an email to the guy who runs the project over 
there, to see how well it has worked out for them. I think this would 
benefit certain developers and Gentoo as a whole.

References
==========

.. [1] http://devel-home.kde.org/~wheeler/adopt-a-geek/

Copyright
=========

This document has been placed in the public domain.

1	GLEP: 8
2	Title: Adopt-A-Developer
3	Version: $Revision: 1.1 $
4	Last-Modified: $Date: 2003/07/09 21:13:52 $
5	Author: Brian Jackson <iggy@gentoo.org>
6	Status: Deferred
7	Type: Standards Track
8	Content-Type: text/x-rst
9	Created: 02-Jul-2003
10	Post-History: 09-Jul-2003
11
12
13	Credits
14	=======
15
16	Another idea stolen from somebody else :) This time I stole the idea from
17	a KDE developer name Scott Wheeler who runs a program called
18	adopt-a-geek [1]_.
19
20	Abstract
21	========
22
23	I would like to start a program to bring together Gentoo'ers who need
24	hardware, and those that have hardware to donate. This project will
25	hopefully get developers that need extra hardware in touch with
26	companies/individuals with extra hardware that they wish to donate to
27	help Gentoo.
28
29	Motivation
30	==========
31
32	There are some developers out there that are using very slow hardware, and some
33	that have broken equipment that they could put back into use if they only
34	had one more part. This program will help developers get the most out of
35	there exisiting hardware and fix any systems that may currently be broken.
36
37	Specification
38	=============
39
40	This is a pretty low risk proposal for Gentoo Linux since it only affects
41	me, and whoever else wishes to help out. This project would keep very
42	detailed records of everything that came in and out. We would actually not
43	handle any hardware. We would just facilitate connecting hardware with
44	needy developers.
45
46	Rationale
47	=========
48
49	KDE does this [1]_, and I've sent an email to the guy who runs the project over
50	there, to see how well it has worked out for them. I think this would
51	benefit certain developers and Gentoo as a whole.
52
53	References
54	==========
55
56	.. [1] http://devel-home.kde.org/~wheeler/adopt-a-geek/
57
58	Copyright
59	=========
60
61	This document has been placed in the public domain.
62