On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 23:36, Glyph <gl...@twistedmatrix.com> wrote: > You can’t fundraise for a job opening that you haven’t cleared with the > SFC as mission-aligned and properly transparent; this could get them in > trouble with the IRS. You’ll need to clear this by writing a grant proposal > and having it approved first. Please delete this posting from the sponsors > page as soon as you can, since even posting to this list probably > constitutes public advertising. >
Hi, I have remove the info. The fundraising was never active. This was still WIP waiting for some format approval. I think that I have mentioned that I have no intention to apply for any of these jobs and only volunteer to bootstrap this process. I hope nobody will get into any trouble by my actions. To me it makes no sense. How can the IRS think that SFC is at fault for a public message posted by me, someone with no affiliation to Twisted or SFC ? Cheers > On January 3, 2021 at 2:46:42 PM, Adi Roiban (a...@roiban.ro) wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 20:30, Jean-Paul Calderone < >> exar...@twistedmatrix.com> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 4:41 PM Adi Roiban <a...@roiban.ro> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I started a separate discussion to confirm the goal for a future >>>> fundraising. >>>> >>>> Top priority - Pay someone to help with the review queue >>>> Nice to have - Move server/services to Azure VM - We have at least >>>> $100 monthly allowance for Azure.... not sure if we still have the huge >>>> $2000 allowance on rackspace. >>>> Nice to have - Migrate Trac wiki to GitHub Wiki >>>> Nice to have - Migrate Trac Ticket to GitHub Issues >>>> >>> >>> I have a suggestion for another priority to be inserted above that top >>> priority - pay someone to look after the day-to-day logistics of the >>> project. For example: to triage tickets in the issue tracker (identify >>> duplicates to avoid redundant effort, classify issues by feature request vs >>> defect vs regression, etc), keep track of the release process so releases >>> are completed in a timely manner, identify and eliminate friction in the >>> development process, and identify big-picture directions / priorities / >>> roadmap items and track and coordinate efforts to achieve them. I don't >>> think someone could be hired to set the Twisted roadmap but someone could >>> be hired to solicit this information from core developers and the wider >>> community and organize it into a coherent plan. >>> >>> >> Many thanks for your comments. >> I agree. >> >> In this case, I think that for any near-future fundraising effort >> (including GitHub Sponsors) we should have a single goal: >> >> 1. Raise money to hire a project manager. >> >> That will be a part time job and the person will work on other projects. >> >> The job activities will be (non exhaustive list - feel free to suggest): >> >> * triage tickets >> * act as the release manager (the actual release has some automation) so >> this is more about communication >> * identify friction in the development process and document and try to >> get consensus for a propose solution (the actual implementation can be done >> by someone else) >> * identify big-picture directions / priorities / roadmap items and track >> and coordinate efforts to achieve them. >> * help with fundraising / communication to future sponsors >> >> -------- >> >> Do you have any idea of the required effort for a project manager for >> Twisted? >> Maybe we can start with raising money to hire someone for 10 hours per >> week. >> Please suggest a different number of hours if you think that 10 hours are >> not a good start. >> >> I think that at least for the first month, 10 hours per week is not >> much... >> but maybe after the second month, we can have 5 hours per week for >> project management >> and use extra money for the review queue or implement the top priority >> tasks identified by the project manager. >> >> --------------- >> >> Then, if we raise more than 10 hours per week, we can dedicate that money >> to code review. >> >> Then, if we ran out of reviews in the queue, use the leftover money for >> reducing operation overhead / removing roadblock. >> >> >>> Ideally this person could also look after fundraising efforts to ensure >>> that there are funds to continue to support their other activities. >>> >>> >> We have a catch-22 situation here ... we need to hire someone to work on >> fundraising ... we need to raise funds to hire someone :) >> >> I can volunteer to bootstrap this effort and try to raise initial money >> to find a project manager that can look after future fundraising. >> I don't have much free time and I am not a good project manager or >> communication manager :) >> >> Right now, I don't know who we could hire and what could be the selection >> criteria ... >> >> But I think that we can focus to see if we can raise 10 hours per week >> and then worry about finding the right person :) >> >> Helping with the review queue is great but it's a purely reactive >>> activity. This is fine so far as it goes but it leaves the project without >>> a coherent direction, which in turn makes less productive use of the >>> resources available. The project should continue to operate reactively to >>> address issues raised by the community but to really stay relevant, the >>> core Twisted team itself also needs to identify coherent future goals and >>> work to achieve them. >>> >>> Messing with CI configuration, wikis, issue tracking, etc, may also all >>> be beneficial but they're not useful goals in themselves - they should all >>> be in support of a goal like reducing operational overhead to allow >>> resources to be directed elsewhere or removing roadblocks that stand in the >>> way of other contributors having an impact. >>> <https://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python> >>> >> >> True. >> >> See the updated GitHub Sponsor page >> >> https://github.com/sponsors/twisted?preview=true >> >> Let me know what you think and if you think that is ready to make it >> public. >> >> We need feedback on everything on the preview page: >> >> * Project goal >> * Support tiers >> * Project description >> >> Cheers >> -- >> Adi Roiban >> > -- Adi Roiban
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