[Qgis-psc] Follow-up: supporting community members impacted by Covid19

[Nyall Dawson]

On Thu, 7 May 2020 at 00:40, Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Since our meeting yesterday ran over time, we decided to take this point
> to the mailing list:
>
> The idea, raised by Tim, was if we as a community could help members who
> are impacted by the Covid crisis. Community members who are having a
> hard time getting paying work right now could be encouraged to apply for
> the grant programme. These applications could receive preferential
> treatment when it comes to voting which applications will be funded.
>
> Obviously this idea is at an early stage and not every step is clear
> already. The call for grant proposals as published right now is open
> until May 24th:
> http://blog.qgis.org/2020/04/26/qgis-grants-5-call-for-grant-proposals-2020/
>
> Looking forward to hearing what you think!

While I understand and appreciate the thinking behind this, reading
this makes me quite nervous. I think this could very easily be open
for abuse/manipulation if very careful policies and tests aren't put
into place to ensure that it remains fair and controversy free...

Nyall