Kitty, There are two main ways we've attracted GSoC students: (1) those who are already Wesnoth developers, but find that they can contribute much more intensely to Wesnoth if their living expenses are paid for over the summer; (2) those who are new to Wesnoth and perhaps find out about it only through GSoC.
For this program, we are going to begin only through option (1). We will be looking for people who are students, and artists, and contribute good quality art to Wesnoth already. We hope that by us paying them some money, we'll be able to get them to devote some of their summer to working fully on Wesnoth. If the program is successful and we feel we are in a position to attract new artists, we may consider option (2). However, I think that option (1) will suffice for now. That said, I think you are a prime candidate for this, Kitty. If you are interested, I think we would love to have an application from you. I believe Jetryl has already contacted you about this via a forum PM. Regards, David On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 23:35 +0200, [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > that sounds like an interesting plan! Just one question: > If this works like GSoC - where and how do you plan to acquire students? > Will we post ads on art forums? And which ones? As far as I know GSoC > works because it is already well known and promoted and thus gets the > attention of interesting/talented participants. How will we get the attention > of artists not already involved in open source games? > > Greetings, Kitty > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: "Noy" <[email protected]> > > Gesendet: 19.05.09 23:00:39 > > An: dev-talk <[email protected]> > > Betreff: [Wesnoth-dev] Art Scholarship Proposal > > > > Greetings > > > > Over the past few weeks a proposal has been raised for the creation of > > a Wesnoth GSOC-like art scholarship. I've spoken to several developers > > including Dave, Jetryl and Ivanovic on this topic, and this email is > > really an compilation of those discussions. > > > > I believe the reason behind the proposal is fairly simple; If wesnoth > > desires continued growth in the future, it is essential that we > > embrace a holistic approach to our development. While enhancing GUI, > > stats server or mp security are important issues, so is art > > development. I doubt anybody can deny the exceptional contribution > > made by Kitty, Lord Bob and Jetryl to the game over the past year. > > This proposal intends to build on that by developing our young talent > > base. At the same time it is a philanthropic endevour, where we are > > offering a student the opportunity to enhance their art skills over > > the summer. > > > > Wesnoth financial situation is well suited for such a proposal. With > > the completion of this year's GSOC in September we will have an > > operating reserve of between $5,000 and $7,000 dollars. Based on this > > and some discussions, I believe there are two acceptable options; a > > single $2,500 scholarship or two at $1,500 each. This would leave at > > minimum $2,000 for other contingencies. > > > > The mechanics of the scholarship would closely resemble how we manage > > the GSOC process. We would retain the mentoring process the summer of > > code uses, with Jetryl as the lead person. However the nature of art > > as a medium in our project compared to coding requires some > > adjustments to the payment and oversight scheme. GSOC projects > > typically are end loaded; though there is constant interaction between > > the mentor and student, the project is typically finished at the end. > > As such the money is disbursed at the beginning and end of the > > project. For an art project, we would expect a number of pieces to be > > completed over the project length. Therefore a progressive payment > > scheme seems more appropriate, where money is allocated when the > > student reaches certain milestones. This transfers some of the onus > > from the student to the mentor, as the latter would need to identify > > the development path of the student. I submit that a prospective > > student would identify some areas where he or she would like to > > improve, to which the mentor would design a program around. As an > > illustrative example, if this program was run from June 1st to > > September 1st, having four milestones (one every three weeks > > consisting of a piece of art or two) might seem reasonable. Upon each > > assignment's completion funds would be disbursed. Again I'm not > > suggesting how it should be, just to illustrate how it might be > > organized. > > > > While this system may seem to be somewhat onerous compared to GSOC, > > there are several good reasons for it. First is the fact that we are > > running this for the first time and don't have an adequate > > understanding of how this may turn out. By using a progressive scheme > > we can ensure the money is being used effectively throughout. I would > > rather this be run somewhat stringently the first time and then relax > > our procedures for subsequent attempts, if we decide to repeat it in > > the future. The second reason is the unique area for art. Unlike other > > gsoc programs which are widely critiqued by all the developers, we > > only have one individual in this area. Since Jetryl is the only art > > developer involved in day to day management of wesnoth, it would be > > difficult for our community to effectively assess the scholarship's > > outcome. Having clear milestones enables us to maintain an adequate > > level of oversight that is consistent with the GSOC program. > > > > Obviously comments are welcome, but I would suggest that we move > > quickly on this proposal if it is approved. > > > > Noy. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wesnoth-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Text: GRATIS für alle WEB.DE-Nutzer: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! > Jetzt freischalten unter http://movieflat.web.de > > > _______________________________________________ > Wesnoth-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev _______________________________________________ Wesnoth-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev
