On Aug 29, 2006, at 10:10 AM, Ron Teitelbaum wrote:

> The three major things that should happen are.  We should agree on  
> what task
> or event we want, and what the value of that task or event is to the
> community.  Then we should partner with someone that is willing to
> administer the project, either a business or educational  
> institution that
> may or may not have a financial stake in the project and may or may  
> not
> receive some benefit themselves.  At that point we need to have highly
> qualified community members screen applicants so that we can all be  
> assured
> that the candidate can provide the value we are looking for.  The  
> process
> should be open and transparent with frequent updates as to status.

So, here's a quick experiment - maybe more along the lines of a  
bounty than a grant.  I would love for an open source libCURL plugin  
to exist.  If there's anyone out there who would like some funding to  
do that work, contact me and I'll arrange it.

Cheers,
Avi