From russell at coker.com.au Mon Jan 8 22:00:08 2024 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:00:08 +1100 Subject: [Grants] Re: RISC-V hardware for software development - grant application decision In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3480069.qSoW2BAyJ8@xev> On Thursday, 21 December 2023 11:58:16 AEDT Jonathan Woithe wrote: > > 2/ I appreciate the feedback, though I must confess to feeling > > disappointed in the lack of discussion. I had assumed, erroneously, the > > grants process would be a dialog with questions/answers, to help > > refine/strengthen the proposal, and provide Council with answers to its > > questions. ... > > This is a fair comment. It is worth noting that it's not just Council who > can ask questions on the grants list: any Linux Australia member can > subscribe to the Grants list and make suggestions and ask questions. For > better or worse, this time of year is very busy for Council as we work to > finalise the year's activities, put the annual report together and prepare There is nothing stopping us from submitting future requests for related things in the next grant period and I plan to do so. After Everything Open I think I will have a stronger case and additionally I anticipate that the ongoing changes in the computer industry will show the value of such things. I have just bought a LicheePi is in transit now, when I get it going I'll make it available over the Internet to David and to other people I can trust not to do anything reckless. I will also provide VM access to people who I don't know as well as a VM should give less potential to damage the somewhat expensive hardware. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From jwoithe at just42.net Tue Jan 9 09:31:46 2024 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 09:01:46 +1030 Subject: [Grants] RISC-V hardware for software development - grant application decision In-Reply-To: <3480069.qSoW2BAyJ8@xev> References: <3480069.qSoW2BAyJ8@xev> Message-ID: Hi Russell On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 10:00:08PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Thursday, 21 December 2023 11:58:16 AEDT Jonathan Woithe wrote: > > > 2/ I appreciate the feedback, though I must confess to feeling > > > disappointed in the lack of discussion. I had assumed, erroneously, the > > > grants process would be a dialog with questions/answers, to help > > > refine/strengthen the proposal, and provide Council with answers to its > > > questions. ... > > > > This is a fair comment. It is worth noting that it's not just Council who > > can ask questions on the grants list: any Linux Australia member can > > subscribe to the Grants list and make suggestions and ask questions. For > > better or worse, this time of year is very busy for Council as we work to > > finalise the year's activities, put the annual report together and prepare > > There is nothing stopping us from submitting future requests for related > things in the next grant period and I plan to do so. This is correct, and I encourage you to just that. Feel free to get in touch with Council before submitting your application to discuss your ideas and refine the application. Regards jonathan