[Osmf-talk] Should OSMF run another microgrants round?

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Do realize that a project may also involve software development, not
only mapping. And not all developers need to be hardcore mappers
themselves, teaming up with helpers or just getting the gist in a few
weeks could be enough for many projects. Almost anyone can be a hobby
mapper without preconditions, while only a tiny fraction of the
population can function as a software engineer (or UX designer,
project manager, etc.). See:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Google_Summer_of_Code_ideas
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Top_Ten_Tasks
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors_functionalities_wishlist
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Research/Ideas

On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 11:16 AM Juan Jose Iglesias G
<jjiglesiasg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As a Lead mapper in my country my concern is to see grants given by Hot or OSMF to people that do not even are mappers or regular mappers, that make nice "willines" presentations, get the money and them their project never happen or become just a mere fraction of what was "sold". And looks like nobody at the "granters" control, cherck or verify that the money spent has gone really to osm efforts and not to the pouches of some "clever" guys.
>
> The granting process should also consult the local communities to verify that the applicants are really mappers and that the project has a real mean and not is just a lot of smoke and mirrors to get "easy" money.
>
> Not easy to swallow that people get good money to do NOTHING to the map, when you spent hundreds if not thousand of hours mapping for good.
>
> Those are my concerns about these grants.
>
> BsRgds
>
> JJ.Iglesias
> BOLIVIA
>
> El vie., 22 oct. 2021 17:15, Amanda McCann <amanda.mccann at osmfoundation.org> escribió:
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>> Hello OSMers,
>>
>> In 2020 (& onwards) the OSMF ran a microgrants programme ( https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Microgrants ) , and distributed about €50,000 to 12 projects. You can read the report from the Microgrants Committee here: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/File:OSMF_Microgrants_report_2020-21.odt
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>> The OSMF Board is often asked if we're going to do another round. No decision has been taken, but I and others are pleased with the results, and I am tempted to run a similar microgrants round again.
>>
>> But first I want to ask you, the OSM & OSMF membership. Do you think we should do it again?
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