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.
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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