Hi Daniel,
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Daniel Kinzler <daniel(a)brightbyte.de>wrote;wrote:
There's no pre-set time limit at all, we don't
plan to discontinue the
funding
as long as the project works. "Things" may always come up, so I suppose I
can
only tell you that we won't withdraw from the project for at least a year
(more
likely, we will stick with it for much longer). However, in case it fails
for
some reason, it would be bad if someone got stuck for payments for an
entire
year. So, don't sign a hosting contract that is binding for more than 3
months,
because 3 month is the max WMDE would continue to pay for in case the
project fails.
Ok, fair enough. 3 months is the "wrap up limit". My thinking now is we can
get a better deal by going longer -- quarterly might actually work out to a
decent box.
Sounds good. I'm (supposed to be) on vacation right now, I'll check out the
projects you came up with next week.
Hey, no e-mail checking on vacation. :) I think we should give people some
time to put together some proposals anyways -- I want some "shovel ready"
projects, that can show real benefit to the community.
Ok. I think
we're coming up with guidelines, which I'm happy to enforce.
[...] there will be a monthly report on all projects. Individual projects
MUST
report in at least every other month, and MAY
report every month.
Make that "SHOULD report every month".
I too would like to see each project report in more often. Maybe we make it
"MUST" for the first 3 or 6 months, and relax it once things are more
established. I think we could actually morph the "REPORT" into a "Project
update newsletter", and everyone wants to point out how shiny their project
is. (Maybe we submit it to one of the general blogs/etc).
I'd say three projects with two people committed
to each would be a good
start.
More are better, fewer might still be acceptable, depending on details.
I think we're on the same page, here. So, let's try to aim for 3 "shovel
ready" projects -- projects that are just wanting for
space/hardware/something, not things that are just neat ideas. Minimum 2
participants, more is better.
I'll start researching providers and such, and solicit some projects on EN.
If any other participants want to translate this and post it on other
Wikiversities, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
Gerald.