If you're going to do the work to support something (paying people to
develop)...

<start questions that might be answered in some other working group,
but should be answered for Ruby and the working group that would be
involved>

Shouldn't you first make sure that you're going to get enough to be
worth the while?

When people say that they will contribute monetarily - how much is that? 

$5 a month from one person won't even pay for the setup.

Now $1,000 a month would start to get things going.

100 people paying $10 a month? Is that possible?

50 people paying $20 a month? Is that possible?

Where's the realistic limit?

Would "Nobu the great" (and I use that is all seriousness) work for us
full-time (or even part-time) for _only_ $12,000 a year?

What happens when a third of those who had commited to pay dropped out
and the 'paid-developers' 'salary' was cut from $12,000 to $9,000?

Does everybody get a refund if the paid-developer drops out?

How many people out there would refuse payment if it didn't go to the
developer they wanted?

How many developers would 'quit' their 'real' job to work based on a
source of funds that is completely volatile?

-Rich