[chef-dev] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Incentivizing open source, possible bounty program?

[Ann Marie Fred < >]

In reality, my employment contract wouldn't allow me to get anything
resembling real compensation for open-source work.  Even a conference
admission would be too much.

+1 to the idea of special apparel that you can only get if you're a chef
contributor.  Something where you can recognize the "chef people" from
across the room.  You could offer special breakout sessions at conferences
just for contributors too.  Make it a cool kids' club.

In addition to flagging bugs that are important to fix, it would be nice to
offer to pair-program (remotely) for couple of hours with the newbies.  The
first bug-fix is the hardest.

Regards,
Ann Marie Fred
IBM Software Group, Tivoli RTP

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