# Ruby Central matching Greg Brown donations, up to $5000!

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-central-matching-greg-brown-donations-up-to-5000/131645>\
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**Created:** [March 12, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-central-matching-greg-brown-donations-up-to-5000/131645 "2008-03-12T03:06:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/David_ASBlack)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-central-matching-greg-brown-donations-up-to-5000/131645/1 "2008-03-12T03:06:57Z")

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Hello all –

I’m pleased to announce that Ruby Central, Inc. is going to provide  
matching grant funds, dollar for dollar, for money donated to Greg  
Brown’s “Ruby Mendicant” project,[1] up to $5000. Thus the first $5000  
that Greg receives from the community will represent a total of  
$10,000.

As you’ll know if you’ve read his announcement here, Greg is setting  
out to support himself on community donations for a period of several  
months, during which time he will work full-time on projects of direct  
interest and benefit to the Ruby community. If you haven’t already,  
have a look at Greg’s announcement, proposal, and discussion of his  
plan.[1]

By matching your grants, Ruby Central hopes to make Greg’s undertaking  
all the more rewarding both for Greg and for all Rubyists. We’ve had  
a variety of grant programs for events and projects in the past, but  
never anything quite like this! It’s an unusual, perhaps unique  
project, and we believe that a matching grant is a good fit for both  
its spirit and its goals.

Please note that if you want to contribute to Greg’s project, you  
should still contribute to Greg and not to Ruby Central. Greg will  
report to us and we’ll calculate the matching grant. (Of course, Ruby  
Central accepts donations for itself too! But that’s a separate  
thing.)

Good luck to Greg, and thanks to the community for its support!

David A. Black  
for Ruby Central, Inc.

[1] [http://rubymendicant.wikidot.com](http://rubymendicant.wikidot.com)

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**Author:** ![David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/David_ASBlack)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-central-matching-greg-brown-donations-up-to-5000/131645/2 "2008-03-12T10:06:15Z")

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On Mar 11, 9:55 pm, “David A. Black” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hello all –
> 
> I’m pleased to announce that Ruby Central, Inc. is going to provide  
> matching grant funds, dollar for dollar, for money donated to Greg  
> Brown’s “Ruby Mendicant” project,[1] up to $5000. Thus the first $5000  
> that Greg receives from the community will represent a total of  
> $10,000.

With Ruby Central’s matching, I’m pleased to say that almost 6 weeks  
of project funding has been raised so far, in a period of 48 hours.  
Thank you so much David, and to the rest of Ruby Central, Inc. This  
sort of thing really shows what the Ruby community is all about, if  
you ask me. 🙂

-greg

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**Author:** ![David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@David\_ASBlack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/David_ASBlack)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 10:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-central-matching-greg-brown-donations-up-to-5000/131645/3 "2008-03-12T10:40:35Z")

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Hi Greg,

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Gregory B.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> With Ruby Central’s matching, I’m pleased to say that almost 6 weeks  
> of project funding has been raised so far, in a period of 48 hours.  
> Thank you so much David, and to the rest of Ruby Central, Inc. This  
> sort of thing really shows what the Ruby community is all about, if  
> you ask me. 🙂

I think this is just excellent. When I get my next pay, I’ll try to  
donate a  
decent amount. 🙂 (just a poor student!) Knowing that Ruby Central will  
match is another bonus!

All the best, and good luck.

Arlen