This is a forwarded email from Praveen.
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/Hi, //
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/Today we had a good discussion with new ICFOSS director Sabarish K and
the discussions are still continuing at //#icfoss:matrix.org//matrix
channel. //
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/Sabarish K: frame a guideline for funding, fixing criteria Naveenpf:
community grants can be split as //
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/1. Project grant/
/2. Events and Travel grant //
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/Project grant proposals can be invited once in a month in a year. //
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/Events and travel grant proposal invited anytime. //
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/Grants committee should be formed with community members. All depends
on yearly budget for community grant./
/Structure for fund expenditure reporting template should be in place.
(can be reused from wikimedia grants reporting)/
/Hrishi: Adding to this, Travel support can be of two types./
/1. Grants //
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/2. interestless loans //
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/The second one should be easy to work out. Few years back I was in need
of a travel support when I had an opportunity to present one of my
projects in a prestigious event abroad. The organizers were reimbursing
the travel expenses but I had to advance it to make the arrangements. I
tried to get support from many such govt programs (including startup
mission) in vain. If such a travel support can be arranged, it is not an
expense per say. As the candidate will repay it when she gets the
reimbursement. //
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/Sabarish K: This is a good suggestion, biggest task before me is to
frame meticulously charted guidelines for each of the external funding
progs. Otherwise it may be the Next Story of Nepotism.. //
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/Navenpdf: Open proposals, community endorsements, diverse grant
committee and open reporting will help //
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/You can see his responses to our demands we send to last ICFOSS
director here
//https://pad.disroot.org/p/ICFOSS_New_Director_Response_To_Old_Points//If
you'd like to volunteer to be part of this team to draft guidelines for
funding from ICFOSS, please reply. //
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/We can send him the list of people volunteered in a week's time (by
next Wednesday 22nd July. There are also other promises from him like
funding font development which I hope someone will take up. See the pad
linked above or join the matrix group to see all the points. //
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/Thanks //
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/Praveen/
Please express your responses in the matrix group /#icfoss:matrix.org/.
With Regards,
Athul
