Hi Maxim, Ludo’, and everyone, On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 01:52 PM, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
> Hi Ludovic, > > Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: > >> Hi Maxim, >> >> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.courno...@gmail.com> skribis: >> >>> It was pointed to us that the "Free and Open Source Software >>> Sustainability Fund" [0] is currently receiving applications. The fund >>> aim to sponsors free software projects for their >>> maintenance/organisational activities. >> >> Nice! You forgot the link but I guess it’s >> <https://www.opentech.fund/funds/free-and-open-source-software-sustainability-fund/>. >> Deadline is May 17th. > > Indeed, thanks for pointing it out. > Thanks Maxim for sending this out, this looks like a great opportunity (I'm sure quite competitive though)! >>> I'm tempted to apply myself, but I thought I'd share it here: the more >>> submissions they get the more likely Guix is to receive support. >> >> Agreed, it’s great to have people apply there (even better if it works, >> of course). >> I'm still looking into the details of this group and their process, but would it make sense to have small teams in applying (or in mind as part of a proposal)? I'm thinking in terms of some input and responsibility, for instance, in a proposal that wants to improve things like new contributions, community, and related infrastructure (Cuirass, Mumi, interfacing with debbugs more generally). I guess one person applies, but in trying to figure out scope and who might be involved should a proposal get funded it could be good to have some people in mind. >> Maybe we should provide a contact point for people who want to >> coordinate when applying for Guix-related funding, to avoid overlapping >> or competing applications? > > I guess we can use guix-devel for that purpose; the traffic would not justify > a new > mailing list I guess (and we already have too many to keep track of :-)). I am very interested in this and would love to discuss with some people for needed information, input, things like scope and what would have the most impact for Guix. So, I may be soliciting some help on IRC, here, and reach out individually, but would love to put in a strong proposal. (I'm at a time where I'm contemplating a career shift, so this could fit in particularly nicely should I be so lucky.) Thanks again Maxim for sending this! John