[Bsod-mentors] Last Minute Proposal Rush

[Tim Wakeham]

Ok here is where we're at currently :

Stephen Swaney(stivs) - Python Scripting
tbaldridge at gmail.com

Mal(some NaN guy)  - Game Engine
mal at candointeractive.com

Ryan Dale - Character Animation
ryandale at udel.edu

Robert Christian(wavez) - Rigging
blender4ever at gmail.com

Felipe Bergamin Boralli - Physics Simulation
felipeboralli at redecasd.ita.br

Matt Ebb(broken) - Wiki Restructure
matt at mke3.net

James Marvin(Jimmey__) - Materials
jimmey1000 at hotmail.com

Enrico Valenza(EnV) - Space Tutorials
env at enricovalenza.com

Phillip Richdale - Mesh Modeling
office at richdale.de

I've kept Rob and Ryan's proposals seperate, as Ryans is a character
animation proposal and Rob's is rigging only which will be far more in depth
about the rigging component, I guess we can discuss whether they should be
two seperate projects or not, I think personally they should be.

Enrico Valenza's proposal is more tutorial like and specific to a certain
topic, Space, but I think it's worth looking at, he has written tutorials
and has some great work, and the depth of the doc I think would be great,
looking at the proposal.  I think having a major walkthrough of all the
basic sections of Blender would be very beneficial, so long as he
understands that everything will have to be explained, not just a step by
step tutorial, but really providing the user with transferable knowledge,
that is the theory behind what is being done.

I know we've got at least one more proposal coming shortly, so that would
bring it up to 10 nicely, if it's a different topic, otherwise we're at 8,
and can fill the other two grants with translation projects.

-Tim


On 6/9/06, Tim Wakeham <tim.wakeham at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Eugene,
>
> Well, supposing that we get more than 10 proposals, then we'll discuss it
> as a group as to what gets in and what doesn't, and if necessary I'll make
> the final call if we can't all agree.
>
> You've also missed at least one in there...I can't see which one it is,
> I'll have to check back through my logs, since I'm compiling a list as we
> speak.
>
> Felipes proposal is on the definites list (assuming <10 proposals) though
> we will have to make sure he understands it must be targetted at users and
> not someone with a math/physics degree ;)
>
> I'm gonna exercise executive rights and accept Stephen Swaney's python
> proposal over Timothy Baldridge's, for two reasons, most importantly, he is
> a blender python developer and knows his stuff, less so the fact that I know
> him(as a fellow developer, not friendly/no favourtism here) and know he will
> do a great job.
>
> As for Enrico's proposal, I'm of two minds....on one side I agree with
> everything you have said, on the other side, I think it's a good idea in
> that it would describe from beginning to end how to create a scene in
> Blender, covering all the basics.  It needs further thought, supposing we
> get less then 10 proposals, which is looking likely, than I think this may
> be worth including.
>
> Tim
>
> btw - I will post a list of the proposals in the near future, just
> searching for them all still :)
>
> On 6/9/06, Eugene Reilly < etr9j at blendernation.com> wrote:
>
> >  Wow, some good one came in at the last minute.
> >
> > My thoughts:
> >
> > Enrico's "Space Scene" proposal doesn't really appeal to me since it's
> > more a tutorial for a very specific setting and covers topics too broadly.
> >
> > The others that came in sound great, and I can't believe the luck that
> > they all cover several different concepts too!
> >
> >  I think there are the following that are acceptable proposals:
> >
> > -Matt's Wiki Formatting
> > -Phillip's Modeling
> > -James' Materials
> > -Rob's Armature/Rig
> > -Ryan's Animation
> > -Mal's Game Engine
> >
> > There is also the issue of the two python proposal's (Tim Baldridge's
> > and Stephan Swaney's).  I suppose only one is necessary, but I'll let you
> > guys make the call which one will likely be the better of the two.
> >
> > And of course, I'll still throw in the "maybe" proposal of Felipe's Math
> > and Physics.
> >
> >  Tim, how are we going to make the final decisions?  Will you take
> > charge of that?  I ask becuase I would like to do a write up on
> > BlenderNation of the accepted proposals once they are chosen.
> >
> >
> >
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