Hi all, Some comments inline:
On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 1:37 PM Huidae Cho <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 5:40 AM Moritz Lennert < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Vero, for your feedback (and Vaclav for the direct change) ! >> > I took liberty to add some links (what "PSC" and "PR" is may be not that obvious...). Here are some comments/replies. >> >> Am 15.11.2021 21:35 schrieb Veronica Andreo: >> > This is great Moritz! Thanks for taking the lead on this and drafting >> > the call! >> > Thanks a lot! > Here are my comments/questions: >> > - _"be eligible to work in the country in which they reside" --> >> > _maybe this is related to them having a tax number or bank account, no >> > idea. >> >> I think it is more linked to the fact that GSoC pays for a student job, >> no ? Or is it also considered a grant ? >> > > GSoC is considered an independent (contract?) job according to their FAQ > [1]? > > [1] > https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq#is_gsoc_considered_an_internship_a_job_or_any_form_of_employment > > Since our grants are also "service"-based payments, probably, we should > use the same category for tax purposes? > > Another idea is to use the money for "competitions" where students submit > their "completed" work and we pick a couple of their projects for monetary > rewards. Not sure about tax implications in this case. It's more of a prize > than a pay. > Grant vs award vs job probably also depends on where the bank account resides fiscally. Now that we are on https://opencollective.com/grass this may matter/help. [...] > I think we need different requirements for different categories. Software > development needs core developers or at least add-on devs depending on the > repository, I think. > * Software development > * Improvement of the manual documentation > * Educational resources including workshop manuals, user guides, Jupyter > notebooks > * etc. > I'd agree here. [...] > > - In the how to apply section: email with proof of eligibility should >> > be sent to some of us privately I think for data privacy reasons (?). >> >> Yes, that's why I put XYZ as the address. Maybe we can create an >> @osgeo.org address for this ? >> > > Sounds good. > I can do that (it would be an email reflector to XYZ then: grass-[grants|awards]@osgeo.org --> [email protected] > Would be nice to ask them to introduce themselves to the community >> > too, no? Probably once accepted. >> >> Yes, but not sure this needs to be in the grant procedure description. >> > > I think it's a good idea to promote this grant program. It can be > considered a letter of interest. Maybe emails with a prefix like "[STUDENT > GRANTS]". > Sounds good. [...] > >> > - Final report: the report in the wiki seems fine to me, could also be >> > the trac wiki where all the GSoC reports live too. >> >> I agree, but this raises the more fundamental question whether in the >> long run we want to continue with two wikis, especially with the trac >> wiki, knowing that we do not use trac for anything else anymore. >> > > I agree. We should somehow consolidate the two wikis. > I also agree. Markus > El lun, 15 nov 2021 a las 13:07, Moritz Lennert > > (<[email protected]>) escribió: > > > >> Dear all, > >> > >> Following the discussions at today's PSC I've written a first draft > >> of a > >> call for student grants: > >> https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Student_Grants [1]. > >> > >> Several points still need clarification (see comments in > >> [brackets]). > >> Feel free to edit as you see necessary. > >> > >> If we really want to go forward with this still before Christmas, > >> then > >> we need to have the final version ready by end of next week the > >> latest. > >> > >> Enjoy your weekend ! > >> Moritz > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> grass-psc mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-psc [2] > > > > > > Links: > > ------ > > [1] https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Student_Grants > > [2] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-psc
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