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<p> | <p>'''Q:''' What does it mean to “champion” a project for a MOSS Award?</p> | ||
<p>'''A:''' Being a champion means you believe in the project and its impact. You believe that funds from a MOSS Award would make a meaningful difference in the success and effectiveness of the project. And you believe the range of funds requested in the Award proposal is appropriate. In the case of the “give=back” category of awards you should also also believe that project has meaningful impact on Mozilla’s work.</p> | |||
A champion does a few different things: | |||
* sponsors the project’s award proposal. It is akin to vouching for someone. | |||
* serves as the liaison between that project and Mozilla with regard to the award and hopefully ongoing interaction | |||
* reviews the effectiveness of the award funds after an agreed up on period to help Mozilla improve the effectiveness and impact of the MOSS Award program. | |||
<p>'''Q:''' How can I get started while the terms of the application and evaluation process are being finalized?</p> | <p>'''Q:''' How can I get started while the terms of the application and evaluation process are being finalized?</p> | ||
<p>'''A:''' Here are some things you can do immediately:</p> | <p>'''A:''' Here are some things you can do immediately:</p> | ||
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<p>'''Q:''' Can I get help with thinking about or preparing a proposal? I’m not that practiced at figuring out ranges of funding, or I’d like help in thinking about the need.</p> | <p>'''Q:''' Can I get help with thinking about or preparing a proposal? I’m not that practiced at figuring out ranges of funding, or I’d like help in thinking about the need.</p> | ||
<p>'''A:''' So far we have two identified mentors: [https://blog.mozilla.org/press/bios/david-bryant/ David Bryant] and [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/pfinette/ Pascal Finette]. David is obviously clueful about software, and he’s also signed on to assist with the topics of project needs, possible solutions and appropriate amounts. For those of you who don’t know Pascal, he launched [http://webfwd.org WebFWD] when he was a Mozilla employee and now runs Singularity University’s [http://startup.singularityu.org/accelerator/ accelerator program]. Pascal has a long history and an abiding love of working with people to build things. He has great expertise in this type of task, matching by his abiding interest in contributing to Mozilla. We’ll look into adding to this list.</p> | <p>'''A:''' So far we have two identified mentors: [https://blog.mozilla.org/press/bios/david-bryant/ David Bryant] and [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/pfinette/ Pascal Finette]. David is obviously clueful about software, and he’s also signed on to assist with the topics of project needs, possible solutions and appropriate amounts. For those of you who don’t know Pascal, he launched [http://webfwd.org WebFWD] when he was a Mozilla employee and now runs Singularity University’s [http://startup.singularityu.org/accelerator/ accelerator program]. Pascal has a long history and an abiding love of working with people to build things. He has great expertise in this type of task, matching by his abiding interest in contributing to Mozilla. We’ll look into adding to this list.</p> | ||
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<p>'''Q:''' Is there an amount of an award that is expected? Or a size that is too big or too small?</p> | <p>'''Q:''' Is there an amount of an award that is expected? Or a size that is too big or too small?</p> | ||
<p>'''A:''' In the next week we expect to identify a range within which we prefer the Awards proposals land, and to have some guidance what to do if you believe an Award really should be smaller or larger.</p> | <p>'''A:''' In the next week we expect to identify a range within which we prefer the Awards proposals land, and to have some guidance what to do if you believe an Award really should be smaller or larger.</p> | ||
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<p>'''Q:''' What’s the evaluation process?</p> | |||
<p>'''A:''' That’s in process. Input welcome. </p> | |||
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<p>'''Q:''' What’s happening by [[Coincidental_work_weeks/2015_Orlando|Orlando]]?</p> | <p>'''Q:''' What’s happening by [[Coincidental_work_weeks/2015_Orlando|Orlando]]?</p> | ||