[Arm-netbook] EOMA68 Computing Devices Update: 2.7.5 Cards Under Way, NLnet, and Intel Compute Card

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 11:49 PM Paul Boddie <paul at boddie.org.uk> wrote:
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> On Sunday 5. May 2019 22.02.09 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> >
> >  .... yep :)  the good news is, the dev-process issues are resolved,
> > production just rolls off the assembly line.
>
> Great!
>
> [...]
>
> >  btw, i meant to ask you, paul: would you like to be the person that
> > applies for the NLnet Grant?  (and then subsequently acts as the
> > coordinator)?
>
> I'm not sure I'd be comfortable doing so, not least because I don't think I
> have the skill set for managing something like this, and I also don't have the
> kind of background for working with grants, applications and the accompanying
> paperwork. I have worked with people who have been involved with such things
> in academia, and my impression is that experience with these processes counts
> for a lot.

 not in this case: the application was only rejected because the NLnet
Foundation needed to tick a single box, "you're one person applying
for 2 projects, and we have a 1st-project-1st-application limit of EUR
$50k.  is there a 2nd person, living in the EU, who could be the
front-man, for... um.... EU-bureaucracy-satisfying-political-reasons,
kinda thing?"

> Maybe there are people you know with more experience with such matters, also
> with project management experience in the hardware domain, who might be worth
> approaching. I also imagine that you would really want someone closer to the
> action than people like me watching the action from several time zones away.

 mmm... again.... no, not really :)  and it's more that you're an
advocate for success, and your reputation in the software libre world,
that matters more.

l.