Hi Daniel, On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Daniel Kinzler <[email protected]>wrote:
> There's no pre-set time limit at all, we don't plan to discontinue the > funding > as long as the project works. "Things" may always come up, so I suppose I > can > only tell you that we won't withdraw from the project for at least a year > (more > likely, we will stick with it for much longer). However, in case it fails > for > some reason, it would be bad if someone got stuck for payments for an > entire > year. So, don't sign a hosting contract that is binding for more than 3 > months, > because 3 month is the max WMDE would continue to pay for in case the > project fails. > Ok, fair enough. 3 months is the "wrap up limit". My thinking now is we can get a better deal by going longer -- quarterly might actually work out to a decent box. Sounds good. I'm (supposed to be) on vacation right now, I'll check out the > projects you came up with next week. > Hey, no e-mail checking on vacation. :) I think we should give people some time to put together some proposals anyways -- I want some "shovel ready" projects, that can show real benefit to the community. > > Ok. I think we're coming up with guidelines, which I'm happy to enforce. > > [...] there will be a monthly report on all projects. Individual projects > MUST > > report in at least every other month, and MAY report every month. > > Make that "SHOULD report every month". > I too would like to see each project report in more often. Maybe we make it "MUST" for the first 3 or 6 months, and relax it once things are more established. I think we could actually morph the "REPORT" into a "Project update newsletter", and everyone wants to point out how shiny their project is. (Maybe we submit it to one of the general blogs/etc). > I'd say three projects with two people committed to each would be a good > start. > More are better, fewer might still be acceptable, depending on details. I think we're on the same page, here. So, let's try to aim for 3 "shovel ready" projects -- projects that are just wanting for space/hardware/something, not things that are just neat ideas. Minimum 2 participants, more is better. I'll start researching providers and such, and solicit some projects on EN. If any other participants want to translate this and post it on other Wikiversities, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Gerald.
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