From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.182.61.3 with SMTP id l3mr3696195obr.23.1427899780484; Wed, 01 Apr 2015 07:49:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.31.196 with SMTP id f62mr37968qgf.30.1427899780448; Wed, 01 Apr 2015 07:49:40 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!l13no309853iga.0!news-out.google.com!q90ni4qgd.1!nntp.google.com!z60no113562qgd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 07:49:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <93fcb9f4-8b34-4a7d-95e8-fa9a25299292@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=50.138.108.113; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 50.138.108.113 References: <93fcb9f4-8b34-4a7d-95e8-fa9a25299292@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <44ef2571-0927-4a6d-bb56-c36906323c63@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: The LearnAdaNow.com Contest - Do Something Awesome with Ada From: David Botton Injection-Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 14:49:40 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:25363 Date: 2015-04-01T07:49:40-07:00 List-Id: > Great Idea, ADACORE stick some money in! this helps you immensely! A large part of what I am doing the last 8 months is to corral us in to a c= ohesive independent community that is looking inward for strength. If we en= joy Ada programming, want to attract new people to use Ada, create new Ada = jobs, and want to see Ada use in the long term future, it requires us to bu= ild an environment that is inviting and not condescending to new comers and= their ideas, one that looks fresh and clean, inviting and supportive. Being part of a community is not about money, it doesn't take much to make = things work. It takes small contributions mostly of time and sometimes a sm= all bit of money from all and respecting those contributions and efforts as= all having value. Is a supportive vibrant growing innovative Ada community in the interest of= a corporate interest that depends not on innovation and creativity but fea= r of failure (both for their customers and themselves) one that would suppo= rt such endeavors? It could be, but that requires humbling, communication a= nd a benevolence focus. Such a surprising change would be nice if it happened the capacity for it i= s there, the people involved are all good people, but suffer from a lack of= ability to accept outside perspectives (i.e. the need to humble). Given th= e only way to reach such a corporate interest is direct corporate contacts = that are often ignored (i.e. the need to communicate), it would be better f= or us to concentrate on each other and future potentials that could be cult= ivated with or with out them (i.e. what benevolence will bring). So now that we have a community compiler, GetAdaNow.com, and once done with= creating a nice collection of "Awesome things you can do with Ada" for Lea= rAdaNow.com, I (and I hope others) will be on to pushing that info beyond t= he walls of the small Ada community. We can then push step 3, already slowl= y in progress of, JoinAdaNow.com for a drive for membership to an informal = open Ada group (hopefully with or even under the existing groups). David Botton