On Sat, Feb 03, 2024 at 04:37:54AM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > On Thu, Feb 01, 2024 at 05:29:26AM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > > Hi all > > > > To do the STF/SPI thing properly, and make sure we do what the Community wants. > > We should do this vote: (unless lots of people reply and say we should skip the vote) > > (i am also CCing jonatan to make sure the option in the vote actually ask the GA the > > right question) > > > > The vote description will be as follows: > > The STF/SPI has suggested us to submit an Application / Scope of work before their february meeting. > > There are about 2 weeks left. > > The minimum grant is 150 000 ¤ > > The next STF meeting is expected to be in may. If we submit in february and are not selected > > we can probably try again in may. Which would increase our chances > > If we do not submit in february we can probably submit in may. > > There is no guarantee that money will be available in may, for example between october 2023 > > and february 2024 no funds where available AFAIK. > > Wiki page is here: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/SponsoringPrograms/STF/2024 > > > > > > Option A. The Application and Scope of Work from the WIKI shall be submitted to STF/SPI before the february 2024 meeting, disagreements in it shall be decided by the TC. To achieve continuity, submission shall be done by the same person as previous if possible. > > > > Option B. No Application and Scope of Work shall be submitted in february 2024 > > > > > > This is a RFC, so if you see errors in it please suggest changes > > I intend to start the vote in teh next 24h or so. Vote started, you should have received a mail if you are in the GA and you should not have received a mail if you are not in the GA 50 mails where sent and there are 50 in the script output. I hope that no messup happened in this vote Please Vote! thx [...] -- Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it. -- Thucydides