Monks,

I want to start out saying please don't upvote this node. That is not my intention. On to the point.

I just received a very detail response: Re: Building a Hash with Multiple Values to one of my posts by the excellent monk graff. I was very grateful that anyone would spend that much time on something knowing they would not receive any type of monetary compensation. I wanted to do something to show my appreciation, so I donated $25 in his name (hmm, comments don't seem to show up in the Fund Drive Details.) Anyway, when I looked at how much the Fund Drive has raised in the past 12 months, I was a bit sadden to see only $370.

I just wanted to ask anyone who has never contributed or those who have not in awhile, to try and give something. I know without Perlmonks I would have given up learning Perl a long time ago and would not be where I am today both career wise nor my desire to receive a degree in Computer Science. The PerlMonks community has done alot for me both professionally and personally (now I realize why it's called a monastery).

Thanks for reading this far and try to see what you can do.Oh yeah, here is the link where you can donate: Offering Plate.
Dru

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Re: Giving Back to PerlMonks.
by dfaure (Chaplain) on Aug 05, 2004 at 21:56 UTC
    hmm, comments don't seem to show up in the Fund Drive Details.

    I previously did like you, and still didn't see my name there either. I even mailed Kurt DeMaagd about that but without any response :(... Anyway, at the time of writing donations raises to $415!

    Update: Paypal donations seemed to follow checked YAS Privacy policy [...If you do not want your name included in these lists, please check the Anonymous Contribution checkbox when making your donation. Your name will then be left off any list of sponsors.]

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Re: Giving Back to PerlMonks.
by Anonymous Monk on Aug 09, 2004 at 20:22 UTC
    I think more people would donate to the community if the overall attitude of the more senior monks was not that of a sour and rude nature. graff is very helpfull from what I have seen of him/her and for the most part is not rude in nature. This I cannot say for most the others (Merlyn, demerphq, diotalevi, Abigail, etc..)

    I for one have thought many times in the past of donating financially but then was brought back to reason when one of the above mentioned showed their true colors in someones thread.

    It really is too bad that a few bad apples have to spoil it for the rest of us. Not to say these people are not very knowledgable about perl, just that they may need to get away from the computer sometimes and get out and learn better people skills.

    Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

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      You're punishing a web site because of personal dislikes for volunteers who've collectively helped many, many times more people than you or I have, put together? That doesn't seem entirely rational.

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      I think more people would donate to the community if the
      What do you think every posting member of this community is doing?
      I for one have thought many times in the past of donating financially but then was brought back to reason when one of the above mentioned showed their true colors in someones thread. ... It really is too bad that a few bad apples have to spoil it for the rest of us.Not to say these people are not very knowledgable about perl, just that they may need to get away from the computer sometimes and get out and learn better people skills.
      Why do you still hang around? If you thought seriously about donating financially, and the thought of merlyn... stopped you from donating, why doesn't that stop you from visiting the monastery?

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