Re: [Wikitech-l] Technical expertise needed for Individual Engagement Grant proposals!

2015-10-07 Thread Pine W
Thanks Siko. Also, @Brian: the last I heard is that the Committee would like more members with software development experience. If that sounds like something you would want to do, I think that the committee coordinators or Marti would like to hear from you about joining IEGCom for the next round (

Re: [Wikitech-l] Technical expertise needed for Individual Engagement Grant proposals!

2015-10-07 Thread Siko Bouterse
Useful points as always, thanks! Marti and Quim have partnered on improving processes for technical IEG proposals and there's no doubt still room for improvement, but always good to have feedback as they're building changes into each round. Having separate application templates for different kinds

Re: [Wikitech-l] Technical expertise needed for Individual Engagement Grant proposals!

2015-10-07 Thread Andre Klapper
On Tue, 2015-10-06 at 21:05 -0600, Brian Wolff wrote: > It would be nice if before asking for general review, the proposals > were vetted to have sufficient detail. Some of these seem to be "I > want X$ to do Y, and I'm not going to tell you how I plan to do Y, or > how I determined X$ is needed, o

Re: [Wikitech-l] Technical expertise needed for Individual Engagement Grant proposals!

2015-10-06 Thread Pine W
I would mention that in your comments. Pinging Siko to see if she wants to share a grantmaker's perspective. (Siko is dealing with some of the fallout from Wikimaniagate, so I'm not sure if she will respond.) Pine On Oct 6, 2015 9:10 PM, "Brian Wolff" wrote: > I feel that way about all of them,

Re: [Wikitech-l] Technical expertise needed for Individual Engagement Grant proposals!

2015-10-06 Thread Brian Wolff
I feel that way about all of them, except maybe StrepHit and Vietnamese categories (Pan-Scandinavian lang is on the border imo) I feel like the only things really being assessed here is the reputation of the author, if the funding is orders of magnitude off-base, if the goal is remotely in scope o

Re: [Wikitech-l] Technical expertise needed for Individual Engagement Grant proposals!

2015-10-06 Thread Pine W
Disclaimer: I was a founding member of IEGCom, for a time I was one of its coordinators, and I currently have a grant proposal for this round of IEGs. Comment: if you think that a proposal needs further development before funding it, please say so on that proposal's talk page. When I was on the Co

Re: [Wikitech-l] Technical expertise needed for Individual Engagement Grant proposals!

2015-10-06 Thread Brian Wolff
On 10/6/15, Chris Schilling wrote: > Hey folks, > > Applicants for the current round of Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) have > submitted many proposals that involve new tools, bot tasks, and other > technical elements. I’ve provided the list of these proposals and brief > descriptions below. >

[Wikitech-l] Technical expertise needed for Individual Engagement Grant proposals!

2015-10-06 Thread Chris Schilling
Hey folks, Applicants for the current round of Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) have submitted many proposals that involve new tools, bot tasks, and other technical elements. I’ve provided the list of these proposals and brief descriptions below. Your feedback in these technical proposals is r