Ruby Central Press Release

See also: Announcement on RubyTalk by David A. Black

RUBY CENTRAL, INC. WILL MATCH FUNDS DONATED TO GREG BROWN,

UP TO A TOTAL OF $5,000

Ruby Central is always on the lookout for interesting ways to help and

support the Ruby community, and Greg Brown has provided us with one.

Greg has announced a unique plan for himself. You can see the whole plan at

http://rubymendicant.wikidot.com/proposal; meanwhile, here's Greg's capsule

summary of the idea:

Through the donations of community members, I would like to put my commercial and personal software projects on the back burner for a prolonged period of time (3-6 months), and focus on working on open source projects that are of high importance to the majority of Rubyists.

Greg has already started to receive donations. And now, Ruby Central

is coming on board to help Greg with matching funds.

Ruby Central will match gross donations to Greg, dollar for dollar, up

to $5000 (five thousand) dollars. That means that if you donate $50 to

Greg's effort, we'll donate $50. We'll stick to the same timeline that Greg

has set for himself (see the above URL).

It's not quite like anything we've done before, but it sounds like a good idea

at the right time, and we're happy to support Greg's unusual and imaginative

endeavor.

Please keep in mind that donations to Greg are not donations to Ruby

Central, and therefore do not fall under our tax-exempt status.

Ruby Central, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, chartered to

support Ruby-related events and initiatives that benefit the Ruby community.

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