Is there a url which we can use to inform student artists about this grant?
David White wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ Wesnoth-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev
