Hoi, I forgot to indicate that the relative costs of mentoring a GSoC person are not high. I would even argue that it would benefit the WMF and MediaWiki when we pay this from within the regular budget.
Growing our community should in my opinion be a key goal. Thanks, GerardM 2008/12/10 Gerard Meijssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hoi, > When a Google Summer of Code project is about aspects of usability, then we > have on the one hand the cost of mentoring and on the other hand the benefit > of three months of work done by typically really dedicated people. We have > seen that people who started in a SoC program continued to be part of our > community after their project. > > In my understanding the Stanton grant intends to improve our usability. > Some people say that we "wiki people" make unusual decisions, have non > traditionals approaches. I would applaud it when the Stanton grant allows us > to do more then is traditional and consequently achieve more then is > traditional. > Thanks, > GerardM > > 2008/12/10 Ting Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > THURNER rupert wrote: >> > hi, >> > >> > on http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2008 there was a >> > statement that such efforts are restricted by "mentoring-manpower". >> > >> > now that there are real people and a budget dedicated to improve >> > usability, could it make sense to leverage that effort by bounties >> > given in a way comparable to google sumer of code? >> > >> > imo this might also used to attract additional donations from >> > individuals, as it is simple paraphrasable. and usability is a real >> > pain to a lot of people. >> > >> > kr, rupert. >> > ----------------- >> > http://wikimedia.ch/donate - exempt your donation to wikipedia from >> swiss tax! >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > foundation-l mailing list >> > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > >> >> If you are inferring the Stanton grant, as far as I know not. That grant >> is very closely defined and we cannot use it for other issues. >> >> Ting >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l