[OSM-dev] Restarting the EWG

[François Lacombe]

Hi Paul,

Thank you for this announcement.

Wouldn't improving OSM API with valuable features be appropriate with such
a funding?
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.7

How does OSMF feel about that?

All the best

François

Le jeu. 19 nov. 2020 à 17:13, Paul Norman via dev <dev at openstreetmap.org> a
écrit :

> 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.
>
>
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