[OSM-dev] Restarting the EWG

[Paul Norman]

The OSMF Board is looking at restarting the Engineering Working Group 
with a revised scope to include handling paid software development. This 
scope needs to be developed with existing and new volunteers, but my 
ideas are that it would include

- Google Summer of Code,
- managing development to be paid by the OSMF by contracts and grants, and
- collaborating with other organizations for multi-organization grants.

It would do this by by
- placing calls for proposals for paid work on topics like top ten tasks;
- accepting other proposals;
- defining an approximate distribution of OSMF funds for development 
between primary/secondary/tertiary services, external services, and new 
services;
- encouraging applications from skilled individuals who aren't 
professional developers, professional contractors, companies, and others.

Once the scope and funding distribution guidelines are defined we would 
want to start with low-risk projects involving experienced people who 
need less management.

If you are interested in changing the EWG to handle these roles, please 
let me know.