[Eg-oversight-board] Fwd: new Mozilla program to fund projects they rely on

[Sharon Herbert]

It does seem that this applies to projects that directly benefit  
Mozilla, so doesn't appear EG would qualify. If Karen has a direct  
line to confirm that, then fine to follow up, but I don't think we can  
take advantage of this, unfortunately!

Sharon
Quoting Ruth Frasur <director at hagerstownlibrary.org>:

> Should we direct Karen to learn more?  or pass right now?
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Grace Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Though when Firefox is one of the two supported browsers for the web
>> client there may be some opportunities to leverage that for further
>> collaboration/funding.
>> -grace
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Historically Evergreen uses Mozilla code not the other way around and
>>> even that connection is going away with our move to the web based staff
>>> client.  And while the modern Mozilla code base is a very different beast
>>> then what we are using I think most of us will be glad to put a tombstone
>>> up over xul 14 when the time comes.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Ruth Frasur <
>>> director at hagerstownlibrary.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What say y'all?
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Karen Sandler <karen at sfconservancy.org>
>>>> Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 5:36 PM
>>>> Subject: new Mozilla program to fund projects they rely on
>>>> To: project-reps at sfconservancy.org
>>>> Cc: Staff <staff at sfconservancy.org>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi project reps!
>>>>
>>>> I want to point your attention to the fact that Mozilla has announced an
>>>> "open source support program" where they have allocated $1 million that
>>>> they will distribute to up to 10 projects that Mozilla relies on:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/10/23/mozilla-launches-open-source-support-program/
>>>>
>>>> The program is being finalized and is described in detail here:
>>>>
>>>> https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS
>>>>
>>>> They have a list of projects that they already identify relying on,
>>>> which already includes some Conservancy projects like bro, buildbot, git,
>>>> mercurial and selenium:
>>>>
>>>> https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS/Projects_in_use_by_Mozilla
>>>>
>>>> To apply you need to team up with someone within Mozilla, and it looks
>>>> like you have to submit a formal grant request which we would be happy to
>>>> assist with. Mozilla does state that they have a reasonably strong
>>>> preference for funding legal organizations, which is good news for
>>>> Conservancy's member projects. There is also a reference to "Other Tracks"
>>>> where they will also consider security audit and remediation for key
>>>> projects in the future (though no process is identified for this at the
>>>> moment).
>>>>
>>>> The deadline for this grant process looks like it's in December, but I
>>>> think the biggest component is getting a strong advocate within Mozilla to
>>>> start working in your favor right away. Let me know if you'd like to
>>>> discuss further!
>>>>
>>>> karen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Karen M. Sandler
>>>> Executive Director, Software Freedom Conservancy
>>>> __________
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Ruth Frasur
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>>>> Library
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>>
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>> Grace Dunbar, Vice President
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>>
>
>
>
> --
> Ruth Frasur
> Director of the Historic(ally Awesome) Hagerstown - Jefferson Township
> Library
> 10 W. College Street in Hagerstown, Indiana (47346)
> p (765) 489-5632; f (765) 489-5808
>
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> Page <http://facebook.com/hjtplibrary>  and Stuff I've Read
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