[geomoose-psc] "A Round of Design"

[Dan Little]

I am *exceptionally* tight on time and if I am honest with myself do not
have the time to mentor a GSOC student. I'm exceptionally grateful for
everyone picking up my slack on the -users mailing list and try to keep
development moving forward. I do fully support someone else taking on a
GSOC student and can provide some light touch help with the code.

On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 5:37 PM TC Haddad <tchaddad at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> We could do a call for donations towards matching funds (couldn't hurt?)
>
> Also, not to change topics, but adding Time support could be a great GSOC
> project for the right participant. It can be described as a discrete,
> tangible task a GSOC student could tackle and make progress on, with
> initial goals, stretch goals, etc. Could be something we propose for for
> the 2023 GSOC round. Do we think that is a project we would be
> well-positioned to host? Even simply prepping to host would be a good
> incentive to bring our developer and user docs up to snuff...
>
> Google also has their "Season of Docs" program in the fall [1], maybe that
> could be a useful program to look into? (I don't understand it as well as
> the GSOC program, but maybe it is relevant?).
>
> /end tangent
>
> [1] https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 8:45 PM Dan Little <theduckylittle at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm all about collecting any recommendations we can find. I'm open minded
>> to a student or recent graduate.
>>
>> The idea of getting some matching funds together would be fantastic. I
>> agree that 3k will be a tight budget. I'd be willing to even put in a bit
>> of my own to help seed any matching funds.
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 12:03 PM Jim Klassen <klassen.js at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Expanding on that, I've wondered if we have enough interest and tasks
>>> where GSOC might be worth looking into.
>>>
>>> On 4/22/22 08:15, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>> > +1
>>> >
>>> > I also want to point out that, if we had something like 3k in the pot,
>>> that with the going-rate for a professional today, that likely means 1 day
>>> spent to learn the current architecture and then that would leave about 2
>>> days of actual effort on improvements (with that pot size).
>>> >
>>> > That does then bring the question: is that enough funding for a
>>> professional (designer or any technical position)?
>>> >
>>> > The funding amount of 3k is more geared for a student, maybe a nice
>>> 'summer job', or for a recent graduate.  (which is an excellent way for a
>>> student to get experience in FOSS4G)
>>> >
>>> > So maybe we should start planning on pinging various university
>>> contacts to spread this news.
>>> >
>>> > I hope my above feedback helps give some perspective.
>>> >
>>> > I would personally love to see a student gain experience with
>>> something like this, and make some money at it as well.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> >
>>> > -jeff
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 2022-04-21 1:00 p.m., Dan Little wrote:
>>> >> Hey folks,
>>> >>
>>> >> I would like to propose using the SharedGeo funding to hire a
>>> designer to take a swipe at GeoMoose.  While this won't be a super in-depth
>>> UX engagement due to what funding we have, it would be nice to have someone
>>> who's day-in and day-out is making the user happy do a "once over" on the
>>> application.
>>> >>
>>> >> I don't believe this requires an RFC and I do not yet have a list of
>>> recommendations for a designer.  My proposed process:
>>> >>
>>> >> 1. This vote.
>>> >> 2. Find available candidates.
>>> >> 3. Review available portfolios offline.
>>> >> 4. Discuss and Vote on engaging with one of those candidates at a PSC
>>> meeting.
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheers!
>>> >>
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