@corlock I am still working on my past grant but I would be game to revisit past applications by other community members and try to ask if they want to re-apply. Do you think this is a good approach?

BUMP!

there seem to be tides, I wouldn't be worried about it @gmarcos87. Could also be that not so many people are replicating you I guess.

REMINDER : This is where the active grants for this month are being collected : https://hackmd.io/hz1lPcHfSJ-lo6G1qWXqZg?both

@gmarcos87 , @corlock I added your entries to that to make them easier to find.

Are we still talking about the proposals we like?

My favorites are:

• ssb documentation wayfinding walkabout: As someone who struggles a lot with documentation, I really appreciate this.
• blobs management: I think this is crucial for the future of the platform.
• ScuttleKit: This should lower the friction for building new apps and experiments. Can't wait to see what a project like this could unlock.

Adjudicator

@andrestaltz is taking on the Adjudicator Hat for May.

For those who are new, this means he's the one making the final decision on which grants receive funding. He'll be reading over threads and synthesising based on the grants values and his understanding of where we're at.

Yes @SoapDog now is the time for talking about which proposals people like and to share your reasons

My personal favorites are:

• RPi ScuttleMesh workshop
• Meta-Documentation for SSB Projects
• Blob gallery
• ScuttleKit

That's a great idea @rumkin, I really like the proposal, just needs some more thought and we just need to get to know you better

I find the blob management proposal great and I think it fits nicely into where we are now.

I also find meta documentation worth supporting. I also think it would be an interesting experiment to see what happens if we add some more structure. I think it could be a very good thing for finding out what is going on in the project and make it easier for people (both new and old), but I should caution that this could have the negative effect of making things maybe feel a bit more like work.

Reading the Rpi got be quite excited. There is already a great discussion going on. Having something that makes it really easy to turn a rpi into a scuttle pub is great and I also really like the educational aspect.

I don't have any opinion on the last two proposals. Sorry.

Selected proposals

(Andre enters the room, opens the closet, picks up the well-aged Adjudicator Hat and carefully places it on his head. Feels a bit funny, but here we go!)

How I did this

I took a careful look at the proposals for this month, and considered each one based on two criteria: Purpose and Trustworthiness. Purpose means the proposal is well aligned to the Scuttlebutt principles and would bring utility for the community (today and in the future). Trustworthiness are facts and properties that reflect how the community trusts the persons behind the proposal. Votes (like the above) count a lot for Trustworthiness, so thanks for those who took the time. Purpose and Trustworthiness are qualitative properties, not quantitative. Also note that there is small probability I have not seen all the comments in this thread simply because they could have been invisible to me (too far friend-hops for my configuration, or the distributed computing gods weren't happy with me). But I clicked like on those I have read, as a way of sending ack.

Accepted proposals

(and their Purpose and Trustworthiness)

• Meta-documentation @corlock
  • Purpose: Useful for newcomers looking for more info, example
  • Purpose: Useful for scuttlebutt.fr, example
  • Purpose: Like "protocol docs" but for the people part of SSB
  • Trustworthiness: @corlock has shown committment to the community, e.g. MC hat for ssbc-grants
  • Trustworthiness: 4/4 votes
• Blobs management @gmarcos87
  • Purpose: Blobs take a lot of space, we need to help manage that
  • Purpose: There may be undesired-content blobs in your local db that you may want to delete
  • Purpose: Will be useful for mobile apps, since one of the mobile-ssb-quests is related to this
  • Trustworthiness: @gmarcos has shown interest and development capability, as well as persistence (applied this idea to the mobile-ssb-quests)
  • Trustworthiness: 4/4 votes
• RPi ScuttleMesh workshop @benhylau
  • Purpose: Scuttlebutt (should) love meshes
  • Purpose: Overall, documentation about SSB is very welcomed by the community and early-adopters
  • Purpose: teaching SSB to people is also a form of marketing
  • Trustworthiness: benhylau has been recommended by Luandro
  • Trustworthiness: Clear deliverables
  • Trustworthiness: Already started acting %SmqFNiD...
  • Trustworthiness: 3/4 votes

Declined, for now

• ScuttleKit @jeswin
  • Purpose: improve the developer experience and help early adopters improve our ecosystem
  • Trustworthiness: good amount of preparation work, example
  • Trustworthiness: commitment, has been doing this for at least one month
  • Trustworthiness: has been a community member for more than 2 months
  • Trustworthiness: 3/4 votes
  • Why this proposal didn't pass: there was one important problem with trustworthiness. luxxor and dominic raised concerns about issues that are still to be solved before starting work on this project. The desire (improve developer experience) is really good, we all agree on that, but it's the plan which doesn't seem to be in a "yes go ahead" shape just yet. Ideas in this proposal like private groups and a SQLite-SSB interop are too early to be implemented. Maybe later, though! Remember that proposals can be resubmitted, and I think there will be better chances later on if the plan is reconsidered.
• DNS-Butt @iameli
  • Purpose: decent, focused in scope, useful like keybase is
  • Trustworthiness: proposer's GitHub portfolio looks capable
  • Why this proposal didn't pass: rather low trustworthiness and not strong enough purpose. The proposer is very new to the community, I think it would make more sense to gain mutual trust and get to know the ways of working, intentions, etc. So this means, please resubmit the proposal! About the purpose, there is some non-zero overlap with dnssb and it's not clear whether the proposal is large enough in utility to be a one-month full-time equivalent.

Actions

If your proposal was selected, then do this in order:

• Send invoice details as a private message to @dominic, either ETH address or bank details:
  • Option A: ETH address, plus mailing address for the invoice
  • Option B: bank name, bank address, account number, BIC/SWIFT code, plus mailing address for the invoice
• Create a dev diary thread in the #ssbc-grants channel
• Add your dev diary to this: %9psz2xP...

(Andre takes off the adjudicator hat and puts it back in the closet)

If you're new to this space, one way to build mana (trust, respect) is to interact with people here. As people get to know you more, and a sense for waht exchanging thoughts and feelings with you is like communication gets easier.
You don't need to be a super-socialite to interact with people, even posting a little about what you're working on, or where you're from, or what you care about is a great way to grow connections.

Not everyone will agree with this advice, and that's fine.
Listen to your butt!