[Opensim-users] Available for consulting work and experimenting with Gittip

[Justin Clark-Casey]

Hey Robin.  That's really kind of you.

However, I hope very soon to be in a reasonably long term university contract which should allow me to spend more time 
on core metaverse issues beyond my minimum of 1 day per week.  So donations should be less important to sustain my work 
- I may well end up redirecting them to support other people's Metaverse work.  Of course, all that changes again once a 
contract ends - an issue with the patronage model :)

If you do still want to donate, though, I must admit that periodic payments make me feel a bit more secure, which is why 
I went for the gittip model.  How realistic this is in general I don't know yet.

I would be very happy to give you a receipt as a UK sole trader if we frame this as a consulting contract.  Of course, 
this would be a somewhat unusual kind of contract.

All the best,

Justin

On 06/02/14 14:08, Robin Teigland wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would love to support you!
>
> Is it possible to get a receipt from you for my contributions.
>
> What is the best way to do this?  One lump sum as a consulting contract?
> Or periodic payments?
>
> Hope all is well!
>
> /Robin
>
> On 5/12/13 22:39 PM, "Justin Clark-Casey" <jjustincc at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks.  I'm going to abuse my privileges as one of the admins of this
>> list to let people know that I'm available for
>> new OpenSimulator-related consulting work again.  I usually work with
>> institutions and companies but I'm happy to talk
>> over requirements with anybody, just give me a ping.  More information at
>> [1]
>>
>> I've also decided to try a personal sponsorship platform called Gittip.
>> This allows people to regularly pledge a small
>> amount (e.g 2 USD per week) to support an individual in the work that
>> they do.  In my case, I would love to spend more
>> time making fundamental OpenSimulator bug fixes and improvements (e.g.
>> improvements to Hypergrid or better support of
>> immersive technologies such as the Oculus Rift) - the kind of stuff which
>> everybody needs or wants but nobody can
>> justifying paying for.
>>
>> If you are interested in finding out more, then please see the blog post
>> at [2]
>>
>> [1]
>> http://justincc.org/blog/2013/12/05/available-for-opensimulator-related-co
>> nsulting-work/
>> [2] http://justincc.org/blog/2013/12/05/trying-gittip/
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> --
>> Justin Clark-Casey (justincc)
>> OSVW Consulting
>> http://justincc.org
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