[consulting] Drupal.org advertising proposals requested

[Dan Robinson]

I'm not sure if you are responding to both ideas or only the job posting
one.  What if we had a "sliding scale" for job postings?

Dan
> On May 29, 2007, at 1:47 PM, Dan Robinson wrote:
>
>> I thought I would point out (sorry if someone has already done this)
>> that Craigslist obtains income entirely from a single source.   They
>> charge people to place "Help Wanted" ads on their site.  That's it. 
>> It's like $25 per post.  They bring in a lot of cash.  So for
>> proposals I would suggest - 
>>
>> - You look at a similar model of asking people to pay for certain
>> kinds of access to the community, and
>> - That a "tip jar" with recommended "tips" for different things
>> should be added to the site asap.
>
> While not categorically against this idea, I'd like to point out that
> of primary interest here is that whatever is done ends up helping the
> community dynamic, and the community thrives on participation. Placing
> monetized barriers to entry for things like Drupal development work
> could result in some negative impact on the greater Drupal effort. We
> want people to participate, find help, provide help, collaborate on
> things as easily as possible, and placing a toll on any of that
> behavior will diminish that behavior, and then only the larger,
> well-funded organizations would be able to post RFPs or job listings,
> for example, while the low-budget endeavors could be left having to
> cope in the free-listings ghetto. That would be a shame.
>
> BTW, for accurate data points: Craig's list is free to post jobs for
> most all metro regions, with few exceptions. Posting a job in NY costs
> $25, in SF Bay area costs $75, per category listed. It's not a ton of
> money, but for the person with a $1000 budget looking to hire help,
> that barrier to posting could drive her elsewhere, away from the
> Drupal expertise to be found on x.d.o.
>
> Laura
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