musicman (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 29-Nov-2018 19:47:57 EST
musicmanI have such shit friends. The reliable ones are wusses and the interesting ones are not reliable. Maybe this is just how the world is? Maybe the wuss is just because of the things I like. Maybe it's that the reliable ones are boring. I guess I'm an unreliable one if those are the choices. Idk
When I was working on this full-time I knew a ton about this stuff. I'm really not involved anymore and have no intention to be (simply due to lack of time). You should talk to Markus: markus.koller@starfrosch.ch
that's exactly what I tried to do 5 years ago. Starfrosch is giving it another go. It may be that having a global organization just isn't going to work and we have to do different stuff in the Americas or break it up by continent. The laws are different. The time zones are different. The holidays are different. In some cases, the weekends are different.
I think the biggest issue is "perfect is the enemy of good". Anyway, I sent Markus my notes from 5 years ago. Maybe something will come of it.
At this point, probably the thing to do if you want to help out is talk to https://twitter.com/starfrosch -- I can get you an email address if you want.
It's not FMA-directly, but addressing the bigger picture. Cheyenne is approachable if you want to help out with the FMA-directly.
I tried to avoid this fate 5 years ago, but no one listened. I'd suggest it's too late now unless somebody knows someone with deep pockets. Deep is relative, of course. I know the number FMA needs, but I'm not sure if it's public. I guess it probably is as a 501(c)(3), but nonetheless it's about double my salary.
The #FreeMusicArchive is facing a funding crisis, and at this point, will be shutting down on Dec 1. If you, or your organisation, can help keep the #FMA alive, please contact them today! While their full collection and an archive of the site will be available on #Archive.org, it would be a real shame if the live site, and its community of curators, was lost to the web: http://freemusicarchive.org/member/cheyenne_h/blog/Big_Changes_Ahead_for_FMA
I can talk about it to an extent, but it's probably not that interesting. It's not exactly accurate, but can largely be summed up with "stupid user tricks"