Clarify RelEng support for WMF Community Resources Team on software-related grant applications
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	Mar 21 2022, 11:23 PM

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The now defunct Developer-Advocacy team provided input on technology/software related grant requests: The WMF Community Resources Team has reached out to @Aklapper on a per-application basis.
@Aklapper moved from Developer-Advocacy to Release-Engineering-Team.

Have a second person who can provide such input when @Aklapper is not available.
Check and potentially improve guidelines and templates for both applicants and reviewers.
Update https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AKlapper/continuity accordingly.

Older links:

Previous program, to be discontinued: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Browse_applications
Current program: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund
Note that as of 2022, the Grants concept is in the process of being reworked.

Non-public notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cU589cNoxcpTNAqL4SWkUEPTAOgGp6DjznlS9p5pDsQ/edit#

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Aklapper triaged this task as Low priority.Mar 21 2022, 11:23 PM

Aklapper created this task.

To use for Community Resources and Technical Engagement as a base template on a per-case basis: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12wQqwv28TBrA8Vw65q309aQe5nHEfbeMujXhN4r0KQ0/edit

@Bmueller: I think we would still welcome more clarification when it comes to criteria for [not] funding projects repeatedly/continuously? Or did I miss something in meetings about this?

Unassigning myself as I have not received a reply to the previous comment yet

@Aklapper this is now a task for July-Sept, as discussed during quarterly planning. Apologies for the delay in following up here on the ticket. Melinda will be the assignee of this ticket.

Bmueller assigned this task to • mseckington.Jul 15 2022, 10:15 AM

• mseckington moved this task from Jul-Sep 2022 to Oct-Dec 2022 on the Developer-Advocacy board.Oct 4 2022, 11:50 AM

• mseckington edited projects, added Developer-Advocacy (Oct-Dec 2022); removed Developer-Advocacy (Jul-Sep 2022).

• mseckington removed • mseckington as the assignee of this task.Jan 13 2023, 4:25 PM

• mseckington subscribed.

TBurmeister removed a project: Developer-Advocacy (Oct-Dec 2022).Jan 17 2023, 8:34 PM

@TBurmeister: Hi, tasks must have at least one active team project tag or codebase project tag so a task can be found in a related bucket (task search result, workboard, etc). Thus I'm re-adding Developer-Advocacy as this task is about Developer-Advocacy (and nothing else applies).

Aklapper claimed this task.Jan 18 2023, 5:52 PM

Aklapper edited projects, added Developer-Advocacy (Jan-Mar 2023); removed Developer-Advocacy.

Current status:

Currently, proposals are still under "Rapid Funds" on a per-case basis; we use a non-public template at https://docs.google.com/document/d/12wQqwv28TBrA8Vw65q309aQe5nHEfbeMujXhN4r0KQ0/edit (covering aspects like getting input from another reviewer on completion vs money, if the result will be a Minimum Viable Product and thus if priorities are clear, thinking about potential unintended side effects, consideration of potential edge cases, what is covered and what not, etc) to request feedback from Developer-Advocacy on software related grant proposals.

Since September 2022, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund outlines software related funds.
As of today, this says "Coming soon". Thus this is not really actionable yet when it comes to potential topics / questions that applicants should cover in their proposal.

Aklapper moved this task from To triage to Backlog on the Developer-Advocacy board.Feb 15 2023, 5:45 PM

In T304380#8080456, @Bmueller wrote:

this is now a task for July-Sept, as discussed during quarterly planning.

For the records, apart from 1 meeting to discuss things a bit, this task never happened as part of some quarterly "planning" in WMF.

Since Technical Engagement no longer exists as a team / department, marking this as Declined.

Aklapper renamed this task from Clarify Technical Engagement support for WMF Community Resources Team on software-related grant applications to Clarify RelEng support for WMF Community Resources Team on software-related grant applications.Oct 9 2023, 11:08 AM

Aklapper reopened this task as Open.

Aklapper raised the priority of this task from Low to Needs Triage.

Aklapper edited projects, added Release-Engineering-Team (Priority Backlog 📥); removed Developer-Advocacy.

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