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whether we need to pay programmers (despite all the goodwill towards LFGSS, we shouldn't expect to get work for free)
Programmers work for free in the evenings and weekends on open source projects, virtually all of which are hosted on GitHub. So long as the new forum software is open source, on GitHub, and has one or two committed leaders, this thing could work and not involve paying money.
I myself am a programmer (C, C++, C#, JavaScript, but mainly C# for the last 22 years) with 39+ years of professional experience, and am willing to get involved.
I read recently somewhere in all these discussions about Velocio talking about re-writing the frontend in Go. I don't know Go, but am happy to learn. This could be a nice retirement project for me, and a long-term endeavour of worth and value - something I believe in.
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Oliver Schick
We shouldn't use this thread to discuss minutiae of moderation. We should call a meeting of those interested asap. This should be a mass meeting without any pressure to get involved and to gauge everybody's skills.
If we get an experienced chair, treasurer, and company secretary out of that, the other committee members will be able to learn on the job, or we can arrange training.
As Velocio knows, the main difficulty is the technical side. This will significantly influence our business model, e.g. whether we need to pay programmers (despite all the goodwill towards LFGSS, we shouldn't expect to get work for free).
We really should meet asap, ideally in early January.