Guild (was Re: [consulting] Proper Collections Procedure)

[Gerhard Killesreiter]

Harry Slaughter wrote:

> (IMHO FWIW disclaimers here) I see the drupal community as having two 
> general groups, the haves and the have nots :) those that have the 
> experience, knowledge, voice, authority regarding drupal and the rest of 
> us who (and maybe i'm only speaking for myself) feel left largely on 
> their own. with a *lot* of persistence, patience (and financial 
> resources) it definitely is possible to advance into the more desirable 
> group.

This takes persistence and time, not neccessarily money. My only 
expenses wrt Drupal were my own travel expenses to various Drupal 
events. The time is needed to write patches, review patches, rewrite 
patches, etc... (standard disclaimer: Yes, contribution in other areas 
but code /is/ possible).

> i'm starting to see some of the benefits of meeting people and 
> sticking around. but i have a suspicion (based mostly on what i see in 
> IRC and in drupal forums) that we may be losing potential developers 
> and/or drupal users simply because they have no idea what to do, who to 
> contact, where to ask, what api call to make, how to apply their CSS 
> skills to drupal, etc...

I think that most people who are serious about contributing to Drupal 
figure it out pretty soon.

Oh, and I see no use for a Drupal guild of any kind. If I want to 
cooperate others I do that per project, that's ok and leaves me enough 
flexibility.

Cheers,
	Gerhard