-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Patrick Schleizer wrote: > Seems like the honest way "no funding yet, may or may not work out, > send your application and quote so we can sort funding out" is less > effective than the usual "let's just collect applications and then > see how it works out".
Honesty is extremely important. I simply don't think that the specific approach that you've taken is going to work very well. Funding takes ~a while~, even with a funder who is actively interested in your project. With Cupcake, I submitted a concept note in March of 2013, was awarded a formal grant/contract in November, filed my first invoice in December, and received first payment in late December. Major funders in this space are working hard to speed up this process, but you are still likely looking at six months *at a minimum* from grant application to being able to pay someone. In my opinion, sending out a call for volunteers for these positions, knowing that *maybe* they could turn into paid positions later, is a far stronger argument. It also attracts a different group of people. And for the record, I agree that being dishonest and collecting applications with no funding to back them is super shitty. When I was looking for a job, I ran into that several times and it's pretty outrageous. ~Griffin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTMH5aAAoJEAPPSgqzx5pjKOgIAIk1CY673HkqWJ1biC+m6PZJ oUk6neHMc+h2IDUZQFXe/0NAxltcIEhwBz4pQD5k5c2Ht/EJiKpjTH0Doe+acImm hbV++8iQkzKkgUyXTdVb6rAhOOZwCU/l22PGjt21837Ga1mntYqwO3eIs9oiDfa+ hB+v3P1UcZ6b+jBk+W5rXRL4Ix1XYx/qmXmDrfPCSAdgaCFXSo3AAodu22KfJEmv igwr5GYcdiXhhexLDdqfAv/svDapKk9oMUbRSUFwYGCW4rJT4B1o3agR/7lCB1ng +4EmU8qjc5iyIyAkiJkLSw4Xnsd9paIAazStg5Y03NlCSflXZP8mmwYYteaLnEs= =6Mcf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
