[theme-reviewers] Question: Someone Want to Take Benefit From a'Top Reviewer of the Month'.

[Srikanth Koneru]

"My opinion regarding the incentive program - shut it down and go back
to hand-picking featured themes."

Its only 3 themes and admins pick the other 7, there will always be someone
who is not featured and disappointed. Admins can even increase the number
12 or 13 from 10 we have now.


On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 4:29 AM, Konstantin Kovshenin
<kovshenin at gmail.com>wrote:

> > @Konstantin - An expected and fair reaction. The idea is that the money
> would be donation-based to help the community, like sponsored advertising.
> I don't believe that contradicts or breaks the non-profit status, that's
> how PBS operates for example (selling ad space), I think, I could be wrong.
>
> Quoting: As a non-profit, the WordPress Foundation can, without being
> taxed, accept any payment -- which may be money or in-kind payment of
> property or services -- as long as there is no expectation that the
> sponsor will receive a "substantial return benefit," as defined by IRS
> regulations.
>
> More here:
> http://make.wordpress.org/community/2013/12/31/irs-rules-for-corporate-sponsorship-of-wordcamp/
>
> This is about WordCamps and sponsorships, but the rules are pretty
> much the same.
>
> > I know wordpress.com of course supports wordpress.org and some of its
> paid employees, but allocation and expenses don't seem to trickle toward
> projects like Theme Review, I believe I recall @Otto has discussed in the
> past about limited resources?
>
> WordPress.org does not have any employees afaik. WordPress.com (or
> Automattic) has its own employees and Automattic chooses to donate
> some of the employees time to WordPress Core and other WordPress.org
> related projects. The same goes for DreamHost, BlueHost, The New York
> Times and many other companies.
>
> Finally, I don't think your company should depend on whether your
> theme is featured on WordPress.org or not. I don't think that's a
> sustainable business model. I can be wrong.
>
> My opinion regarding the incentive program - shut it down and go back
> to hand-picking featured themes.
>
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 2:40 AM, Bryan Hadaway <bhadaway at gmail.com> wrote:
> > @Konstantin - An expected and fair reaction. The idea is that the money
> > would be donation-based to help the community, like sponsored
> advertising. I
> > don't believe that contradicts or breaks the non-profit status, that's
> how
> > PBS operates for example (selling ad space), I think, I could be wrong.
> >
> > I know wordpress.com of course supports wordpress.org and some of its
> paid
> > employees, but allocation and expenses don't seem to trickle toward
> projects
> > like Theme Review, I believe I recall @Otto has discussed in the past
> about
> > limited resources?
> >
> > Anyways, I assumed it wouldn't be a popular idea, just spit-balling
> here. :)
> >
> > @Emil - Definitely, for those developers that want to develop for .com
> and
> > are able to be accepted, that's can be a great earner.
> >
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>
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