[Qgis-psc] Grant application suggestions for next time

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi all,

Il 18/06/2018 11:56, Anita Graser ha scritto:

> Thank you for your feedback on the grant proposal process!
>  
> 
>     On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 at 03:38, Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com
>     <mailto:nyall.dawson at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>         1. Create a new github repo for submission of the grant proposals -
> 
> 
> ​​The main difference to the current approach would be that submissions
> are immediately visible instead of them being secret until after the
> submission period has ended. 
> While I don't think that people would be stealing other's ideas, that
> might cause some issues. ​

what kind of issues you expect?

> On the other hand, a general feedback round after the submissions and
> before the voting could be useful. 

agreed fully - we always promoted openness, so this looks appropriate.

>         2. Require that code-related proposals be accompanied by a QEP filed
>         at least xx days in advance of the grant application. 
> 
> 
> ​Yes, it's a good sign that many proposals this year already included a
> QEP and I think that voting members also considered the existence of a
> QEP when ranking the submissions. 
> What amount of days would you consider sufficient for discussing the
> QEP? If we introduce a general feedback period for all submissions,
> could we relax the requirement and just use that time window instead of
> having another deadline for QEPs to manage? 

agreed, we should balance between tighter rules and the need to keep
admin work as light as possible.

All the best.

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