[consulting] Just got off a call

[Khalid B]

I was not saying the customer should know. Rather that
having contacted Mike, he could have pointed them to
the forum as one way of getting people to help them.

On 2/24/06, Kaliya * <kaliya at planetwork.net> wrote:
> EXACTLY MY POINT
>  This is a developer oriented site.
>  Not a public facing client attracting site.
>  Normal people don't dig through piles of forums on a developer Drupal
> site to find this one in the haystack.
>  =Kaliya
>
> On 2/23/06, Khalid B <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
> > Mike
> >
> > Maybe this is obvious, but worth saying anyway ...
> >
> > Did the client try to post a job opening here?
> >
> > http://drupal.org/forum/51
> >
> > On 2/23/06, John Sechrest <sechrest at jas.peak.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > I suspect that the there is a drupal person nearby or willing to move
> > > to take that position, if it were widely announced. Ask him for a finders
> > > fee and then comb the drupal community for people would be willing
> > > to take the job.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Michael Haggerty" <mhaggerty at trellon.com> writes:
> > >
> > >  % In case anyone is wondering why it is a good idea to start in with training
> > >  % new users, I just got off a call with a client I have been talking about
> > >  % doing business with for a long time.
> > >  %
> > >  % He runs a medium sized non-profit, has a big chunk of money to spend, knows
> > >  % what he wants to get out of a technology investment and possesses a genuine
> > >  % desire to spend money on open source that will benefit the community. He
> > >  % wants to hire someone to do development on staff, who would be responsible
> > >  % for building the site and supporting it once it goes live. Despite the fact
> > >  % he is in a major metropolitan area, he cannot find a Drupal developer to
> > >  % hire. I know a lot of people, but I realize I am in competition with him for
> > >  % the same resources.
> > >  %
> > >  % This is what is meant by support, it is whether you can find someone to help
> > >  % you fix your problem. It happens at many levels, from business decision
> > >  % makers down to developers. It is not just support in the sense of work, it
> > >  % is a face representing a tech community who is willing speak to the
> > >  % advantages of going a certain route to others interested in learning. Right
> > >  % now, there is someone who could fund major contributions to the core ready
> > >  % to go to Rails or Plone because no one competent lives near him and has time
> > >  % to work on his projects.
> > >  %
> > >  % He cannot be the only person with this concern. A lack of support starves a
> > >  % community.
> > >  %
> > >  % M
> > >  %
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