### email 3
- On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net>
- wrote:
- >
- >
- > On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, Andrey Miroshnikov via Libre-soc-dev <
- libre-soc-dev at lists.libre-soc.org> wrote:
- >> Hi Luke,
- >>
- >> Based on our conversation on bug #701, Luke suggested to start a mailing
- list thread which we can use as part of documenting RfP submission in
- general. This will then be added to:
- >> https://libre-soc.org/HDL_workflow/libresoc_bug_process/
- >
- > ah. yes. ok
- >
- > so first thing: the secret URLs are to be respected and treated
- > as plaintext passwords. you DO NOT put them on the internet
- > or send them to people on publicly logged Libre-SOC resources.
- >
- > https://bugs.libre-soc.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1126#c48
- >
- > second: you click the "submit" button then fill in your
- > bank details and name from the dropdown. then you put
- > in the amounts, under each milestone.
- >
- > third: you go to the bugtracker and fill in the TOML field
- > with "name={amount: NNNN, submitted=YYYY-MM-DD}" in that
- > EXACT format, because it is machine-readable.
- >
- > ***EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE EDITING
- > FINANCIAL BOOKKEEPING RECORDS***
- >
- > if you are uncertain STOP DO NOT PROCEED ASK FOR ADVICE
- > IMMEDIATELY. it is best that you WAIT until someone on
- > IRC can walk you through the process, or set up a conference
- > call with screen-sharing to REVIEW YOUR CHANGES ***BEFORE***
- > YOU HIT THE BUGZILLA SUBMIT BUTTON.
- >
- > fourth: you run the budget-sync program LOCALLY on your
- > personal machine, and if it produces errors and you know
- > how to correct them then do so, but if not STOP, do NOT
- > attempt further changes, instead IMMEDIATELY ask for help
- > on both IRC and the mailing list. this is a REQUIRED
- > (mandatory) action. do NOT if you make a mistake "just leave it"
- > as your actions will have consequences for everyone who then
- > also tries to run budget-sync.
- >
- > fifth: find your own task_db/yourname.mdwn file,
- > return to the NLnet RFP and cut/paste the relevant
- > autogenerated sections into the "results" form.
- >
- > you *do not* repeat DO NOT have to write a long-winded
- > report: you can write one *if it is useful to the project* but
- > should in no way feel "obligated to write one just for NLnet".
- > if you do write one it should be placed PUBLICLY onto
- > Libre-SOC resources, and the *URL* given in the associated
- > bugreport under comment #0 (which you can of course edit
- > to include it).
- >
- > basically NLnet are flexible and trusting but MUST have
- > ACTUAL EVIDENCE of completion of the milestone, whatever that
- > may be, such that an EU Auditor is satisfied that no fraud
- > has taken place (yes, this *has* actually been attempted in
- > the past, by scammers).
- >
- > sixth: hit the submit button, review the page and then
- > submit the RFP.
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>
> seventh: the MoU Signatory will have been notified by email,
> and should review the submission. DO NOT just "click yes",