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

[Paul Boddie]

On Monday 6. May 2019 02.56.03 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> 
>  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?"

Well, I don't think I would feel comfortable putting my name on an application 
just to enable it to navigate the bureaucracy. Although I am familiar with 
this initiative, I am just like many of the other people on this list who are 
supporters of it, in one way or another. It would feel dishonest for me to act 
as a kind of front figure, especially because that is precisely how I would 
perceive my own involvement.

[...]

>  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.

There must be others you have been working with who might satisfy the 
requirements. I might also add that I am living in an EEA country that is not 
in the EU. I doubt that this would make a huge difference, but it is still 
worth noting. Of course, were I living in my country of birth, it would be 
anyone's guess as to how long I and my fellow residents might have left in the 
EU thanks to factors beyond my control, but that is another sordid story.

As far as reputations go, I don't have any notion of what mine is, besides me 
writing a fair amount on a selection of different topics. But I would hope 
that being somewhat independent from particular initiatives might be a part of 
it.

We both have some familiarity with one individual - you more than I, in fact - 
who had a reputation for frequently communicating with their audience, having 
some kind of following and far more influence than I might have. But after 
some unfortunate outcomes with projects, including one which saw $100000 go 
via a crowdfunding platform into a Swiss bank account where it has been 
resting ever since, we don't hear very much from them any more. (Note that I 
don't blame that individual for the continuing inactivity of that sum of 
money, but their reputation has not exactly blossomed as a consequence.)

I do want to see this initiative deliver results because this would empower 
everyone who has been waiting for those results. After all, the initial 
campaign is, and was always going to be, the start of something more 
significant. But my role in this initiative is not significant enough for me 
to act in any official capacity, sad to say.

Paul