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. 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 imagine that we will have an opportunity to discuss these matters in person in Berlin. I look forward to seeing you there, and I greatly appreciate your interest in supporting communities and contributor growth.
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
-- Luis Villa Sr. Director of Community Engagement Wikimedia Foundation *"Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment."* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe