[Grants-discuss] PostgresPy proposal

["Martin v. Löwis"]

James William Pye wrote:
> I am purposefully brief in my proposal, as to only provide the required
> information specified within the call. Is this the wrong idea to have?

No, it is very good if a proposal is specific and to the point. I
see that you have left the financial details out of the proposal -
I'm sure you know you will have to provide them before you submit
your proposal.

One thing that you haven't addressed is how you are going to release
things. I.e. what will be the terms under which the project results
will be made available. Will it be free software, will there be
a fee for a license, ...?

Some people have commented that they would like to see some more
"selling" in a proposal, i.e. who you are and why you are perfect
for the job (you answer this somewhat), and why the project is good
for Python (e.g. who would be using it). The nature of this
information/marketing depends on the proposal itself, of course, so
we don't have any explicit requirements.

> As I state in the proposal, I have been working on this project for some
> time, but it is a way from such a state where one would call further
> work maintenance. Is this project still eligible for a grant from the
> PSF?

Certainly.

> Am I a bit too specific with my objective and plan? I'm really not sure
> how specific the PSF wanted this.

The more specific, the better. We would like to know what we will get,
when we will get it, and what resources you need by what time.

Regards,
Martin