[Catalyst] Catalyst Documentation Grant

[Ovid]

Hi all,

As some of you may know, I oversee the Perl Foundation Grant Committee.
 There's been some interest expressed in seeing better Catalyst
documentation and we *might* be willing to provide a grant for it.  If
anyone's interested, see
http://www.perlfoundation.org/gc/grants/proposals.html

That link explains how to apply for a grant.  Just to be clear, though,
even though we'd like to provide a grant for this, there is NO
GUARANTEE WE WILL APPROVE ONE.  I just want to make that clear up front
in case there's a grant application and someone's upset if it's not
approved :)

For grants we'd like to approve but don't, here are the primary
reasons:

  * No grant amount listed.
  * No evidence that the applicant is in contact with the
    maintainer of the software they want to work on.
  * Worthwhile goal but the details seem fuzzy or unrealistic.

Grants are generally awarded in the $500 to $5000 range.  There is,
naturally, some contradictory forces at work here.  The more money you
ask for, the less chance the grant will be approved (it's possible that
we'd approve $5K for Catalyst docs, but I doubt it).  The flip-side is
that the more work you promise, the more likely we'll approve the
grant.  Yes, that means more work/less money, but TPF *is* a
non-profit.

The next round of grants will be voted on in February.

For more info on the grant process see the Perl Foundation blog: 
http://news.perlfoundation.org/2005/12/the_grant_committee_what_we_do.html

Cheers,
Ovid

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