On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Luis,
Thank you for agreeing to consider grant funding for software projects.
It sounds like you also plan a broader review of funding for community needs and growth.
Yes. The timeline is still somewhat up in the air, but "soon" - likely sooner than Berlin.
I have a list of requests for changes, which boil down to removing policy barriers and greatly improving communications and workflows so that community growth is fostered and volunteer time is used wisely.
I'd be interested to hear those, though probably on meta rather than here.
I greatly appreciate your interest in supporting communities and contributor growth.
Thanks. Of course, the Foundation has long been active on those areas (we spend millions of dollars a year doing them!) but I think we're always interested in doing it better.
Luis
Pine On Feb 21, 2015 6:12 PM, "Luis Villa" lvilla@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Damon, Luis and members of their teams will need to weigh in on this, and will want to think through the implications for their respective areas, but it's a good conversation to have -- keeping in mind that Luis is just starting in his new role, so please give him at least a few days to get up to speed. ;-)
Thanks for at least a few hours of cushion, Erik ;)
I'm a big believer in the power of/need for software tools, and at least philosophically I'm very open to funding software development outside the Foundation (though obviously there are lots of pragmatic difficulties - code review, etc.) So, yes, as part of our broader review of how we
support
communities and contributor growth, CE will look at funding code very seriously.
Luis
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