On May 8, 2007, at 5:23 PM, Bruce Van Allen wrote:
> On 5/7/07 Chris Nandor wrote:
>> Have you considered a Perl Foundation Grant?
>
> On 5/7/07 Tim Bunce wrote:
>> Seconded, FWIW.
>
> On 5/8/07 Tom Yarrish wrote:
>> This just came through on my RSS reader.....
>> http://news.perl-foundation.org/2007/05/calls_for_proposals.html
>
> Let's get behind this. Sherm could do some work that moves CB forward,
> maybe the ".scriptingbridge" metadata.
>
> I can't send money right now -- I freelance and am also currently in a
> trough. But I've done lots of editing and grant-writing, so if you
> need
> that kind of help to tighten up a proposal, let me know.
That would certainly be a help. I've never written a proposal like
this before. I'd like to learn, so I'd prefer to write at least the
first draft myself, but feedback from someone with experience would
be very valuable.
> Also, I notice that the Perl Foundation guidelines don't mention
> letters
> of sup****t, but if Sherm submits a proposal, letters to vouch for
> him &
> CB would probably help (now Chris, don't auto-bury them ;-).
I think he only does that for Red Sox polls. :-)
> I think we can confidently answer the "Benefits to the Perl Community"
> issue.
That's my biggest concern. CB is mostly of use to the subset of the
community who are using Macs, and need to write GUI apps. My concern
is whether that's a big enough subset to warrant a grant.
> Maybe Apple could make a grant to TPF -- tax-deductible 'n' all --
> designated for this project...
I'll ask my sponsor at Apple about it.
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