On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)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(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Erik Moeller
<erik(a)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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Wikimedia Foundation
*"Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
the
sum of all knowledge. That's our
commitment."*
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