Martijn, > I could organise it but I would need someone to oversee the project > from a technical perspective and help me set up a technical project > description for the funding organisation, NLNet.
I have followed your efforts to get funding from them and it's great that there is money available. However, as these things go, they have certain demands in return for their money, they want us to write down stuff we want to achieve, then write down how we achieved it, and follow some or other methodology. They want milestones, they want project plans, deadlines and so on. I really commend your work and I hope you don't take this personally but all this project plan and milestone and deadline business is not how *I* want to work on OSM. A big part of the fun, for me, is that I can choose what to work on without having to submit a plan beforehand, and I don't have to make promises to anybody, or actually write down how I intend to achieve the goals and so on (or IF I write something down then because I think it's necessary for others, and not for some guy who tracks where the money has been spent). I'd rather pay for a flight and hotel myself, in cash, than accept funding from NLNet and with that (quote) "NLNet will require close monitoring, a transparent process, definition of milestones and progress reports throughout the year." That's just my personal feeling and I'm sure others will view this differently, of course it is understandable on their part that they want to know where the money goes, and again, please don't feel offended but I don't want their money if this turns OSM into just another work assignement for me. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00.09' E008°23.33' _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
