[PJUG Javamail] Talent loans to startups

[Ted Kubaska]

Cool ...  not to put a damper on this, but this idea has come up  
several times before and has never gotten off the ground. Sometimes  
the volunteer work is just to create your own job ... other times to  
get an equity stake.

But you know, we have a very active opensource community here in the  
Portland area. There are lots of opportunities to volunteer on  
opensource projects, some of which have commercial spinoffs. Our  
upcoming Eclipse DemoCamp (http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_DemoCamps_Galileo_2009/Portland 
  ) is an example ... here you will hear 10 minute talks on a number  
of local projects, and I doubt any would turn down volunteers.

Please don't take my I've-seen-this-before as negative because it is  
not intended that way. I'm a firm believer and advocate of technical  
involvement in the community, and I'll participate and help in any way  
I can.
  -ted


On May 28, 2009, at 11:21 PM, Bob Dietrich wrote:

> Good question. The informal legal advice I’ve gotten so far is that  
> as long as there is a contractor relationship between the volunteer  
> and the startup, there shouldn’t be a problem. The contractor  
> relationship removes a lot of restrictions.
>
> Bob
> From: Richard Johnson [mailto:richard at ytivarg.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:17 PM
> To: Bob Dietrich
> Cc: javamail at pjug.org
> Subject: Re: [PJUG Javamail] Talent loans to startups
>
> Bob Dietrich wrote:
> Howdy,
> I was wondering if I could get your feedback on an idea, and better  
> yet, your participation if it’s of interest to you.
> [snip]
>  http://tryMEout.processpath.com):
>
> That's a neat idea.   I've pondered the idea of trying something  
> like that for engineer's crazy garage inventions but never got any  
> traction.  There are certainly enough of both people who need work  
> and ideas that need capitalized to make it a general win.  The key  
> of course being can we get a local win.  If it aint good for the  
> startups there's no point.
>
> The big hurdle for labor is probably going to be whether someone  
> would lose their unemployment for being a volunteer, or keep their  
> unemployment because they're getting OJT.
> -- 
> Richard Johnson
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