Hi everybody,

as I was the person to start this discussion, I feel myself obliged to try a sort of resume, so I tried a solution hopefully many people can agree with.

What about a sort of "market place solution" like this ?

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We create a "market place" section in the wiki. Somebody looking for the solution of a specific problem (called "inquirer" in the following) can create a related page, containing a description of the task and a table with two columns and several lines.

One column contains contributors with their financial offerings - obviously starting with the inquirer. The other column can contain entries of people who are willing to do the job, including the amount of money each person is asking for to do the job.

When the sum of offerings exeeds the lowest demand, the inquirer can ask the contributors to wire the money to a "inkscape bank account in trust", which should be administrated by a small commitee.

When the sum came in, the administration committee can issue the mandate to the contractor, who will start to work on the solution.

When the inquirer states that the job is done, the administration committe can tranfer the money to the contractor, and the inquierer can remove the request page.

In the case of conflict, the committee should act as an arbitration board.

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As a EC citizen, I'd like a European Bank account - would make money transfer very cheap and easy due to the IBAN/BIC thing.

If this or a modified solution of this kind would find general acceptance, I'll be happy to design the wiki pages/templates.

Let me hear your comments.

Yours, Wolf