[OSM-dev] Restarting the EWG

[Bo Percival]

Hi Paul and all,

while I'm not sure we're best positioned to steward them, a few members of
the HOT tech team (including myself) are definitely interested in
attending/supporting the redux of these meetings.

Kindness,

Bo


Le mer. 13 janv. 2021 à 13:50, Paul Norman via dev <dev at openstreetmap.org>
a écrit :

> I'm just going to reiterate the call for interested people to contact
> me. I'm not on the board, but restarting or forming a working group
> isn't something that needs to the board to start off
>
> On 2020-11-19 8:09 a.m., Paul Norman via dev wrote:
> > 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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