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[edit] Red Hat
Red Hat has set aside some budget for TOS, and Mel Chua manages that budget on behalf of Red Hat. (Other groups, individuals, and companies can run their own TOS budgets too, I just oversee the money that Red Hat chips in.)
[edit] How this budget works
Requesting funding:
To request funding, write up a proposal and send it to the TOS mailing list. We request, comment on, and approve all proposals in public. You can see sample proposals below.
Terminology:
- Granted refers to the original amount set aside for the item.
- Spent refers to the total money actually spent for the item so far.
- Remaining refers to how much money remains in the grant (typically "original allocation" minus "spent". If an item is closed out with money remaining unspent, "current remainder" is set to $0 and the remaining money is returned to the general pool available for grants.
Example:
It is agreed to allocate $500 towards printing shirts and cards for a conference.
| Project | Granted | Spent | Remaining | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference swag | $500 | $0 | $0 |
Some time later, when the tshirts are actually printed, they cost $450.
| Project | Granted | Spent | Remaining | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference swag | $500 | $450 | $50 | Awaiting card purchase. |
Some time after that, the cards are printed and cost $25.
| Project | Granted | Spent | Remaining | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference swag | $500 | $475 | $25 | Awaiting reimbursement to Joe Smith. |
After all the materials are delivered and all parties reimbursed, the grant is closed, and the remaining $25 is returned to the general pool.
| Project | Granted | Spent | Remaining | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference swag | $500 | $475 | $0 | Item closed. |
Calculating the remaining budget for the year:
The amount of money left free for new grants is calculated by adding the sums of the "Spent" and "Remaining" columns, and subtracting that number from the budget for the year.
[edit] 2012
Fiscal year 2012 is from March 1st, 2011 to February 28, 2012. The total allocated for education for this fiscal year is $48,000 USD.
| Project | Granted | Spent | Remaining | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mihaela Sabin SIGCSE travel grant | $599 | $599 | $0 | Awaiting deliverables. |
| Matt Jadud SIGCSE travel grant | $573.41 | $573.41 | $0 | Awaiting deliverables. |
| Grant Hearn SIGCSE travel grant | $1467.77 | $1467.77 | $0 | Awaiting deliverables. Remainder of rollover from FY11 grant. |
| POSSE Basics Raleigh 2011#Budget | $3300 | $859.20 | $2440.80 | Still in planning stages. |
| Total | $5940.18 | $3499.38 | $2440.80 |
- Original budget: $48000.00
- Less (spent + remaining): -$5940.18
- Remaining budget: $42059.82
[edit] 2011
Fiscal year 2011 was from March 1st, 2010 to February 28, 2011.
[edit] TOS
This is for general TOS expenditures - swag, infrastructure, travel for non-POSSE alumni. We have a total of $8,000 USD available between now and March 1st, 2011. The current spend is as follows:
| Project | Expenditure | Remaining allocated | Spent | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCon 2010 | Swag | $0 (original $500) | $196.22 + $25.34 = $221.56 | Markers & cards |
| LinuxCon 2010 | Travel for Sebastian Dziallas | $0 (original $320) | $197.40 + $136.20 = $333.60 | request email |
| SIGCSE 2011 | Travel for Sebastian Dziallas | $322.90 (original $695) | $110.40 + $261.70 = $372.10 | request email |
| Total | $322.90 | $927.26 | Allocated/spent so far: $1250.16 | |
| Remaining | (original $8000) | $6749.84 |
[edit] POSSE alumni grants
This is for equipment, travel/visitors, and other things in support of POSSE alumni teaching open source at their home institutions. We have a total of $32,000 USD available between now and March 1st, 2011. The current spend is as follows:
| Project | Remaining allocated | Spent | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Jadud, Allegheny College - Participating Through Video | $0 (orig. $3000) | $3000 | First funding proposal submitted; still working out the process. Reimbursed the full amount of grant (total was slightly over the projected grant). Done. |
| Taylor Rose, RIT - Travel to EoF3 | $122.21 (orig. $1000) | $877.79 | Remaining budget to be used for taxi and food, all spending completed - waiting for Mel to square up the books. |
| Stephen Jacobs, RIT - conference travel to Hong Kong | $0 (orig: $3250.00) | $2961.12 | Done. Trip report |
| Stephen Jacobs, Android Phones, Tablets | $5,996 requested | 4 Phones, 4 Xoom tablets, cases, styli, Estimate based on average costs of unlocked phones and advertised price of unlocked tablets going on-sale tomorrow | |
| Chris Tyler, Seneca College - SBR600 Travel and Equipment | $3000 (orig: $3000) | $0 | Grant approved by matching funds organization, waiting for invoice from Seneca. |
| Grant Hearn - SIGCSE travel, South Africa TOS ambassadorship | $1323.41 (orig: $3000) | $1676.59 = $130 (conference registration) + $1,538.90 (plane) + $7.69 (transaction fee, plane) | Hotel needs to be booked. |
| Original budget | $32,000 | ||
| Less total spent/allocated | -$NEED_TO_RECALCULATE | -$NEED_TO_RECALCULATE | -$NEED_TO_RECALCULATE |
| Remaining | $NEED_TO_RECALCULATE |
We are still working out what we can and can't fund, but please ask so that we can figure this out together. For instance, equipment is an easy yes; conference travel to present a class you're teaching with open source community participation is also an easy yes; travel funding for an open source community member your class is working with remotely to come and visit your class in person during the term is a very easy yes. Directly writing a check to a school to fund a course without being able to see exactly what that budget goes towards, probably harder, but we'll discuss.
[edit] POSSE
[edit] POSSE 2011 cohort course budget
[edit] Heidi Ellis
- $633.98 -- 2 barebones computers as standardized hardware as class development and test platform for GNOME Accessibility adaptations to the Cheese webcam software Mel Chua 04:12, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Steven Huss-Lederman
- $846.05 -- Development/hosting server Being processed through finance Mel Chua 04:19, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
[edit] FY 2009
| POSSE event | Allocated | Spent | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSSE 2009 | $12,000 | Close to that - don't have exact numbers | POSSE 2009 Planning#Budget |
| POSSE APAC | did not track, but <$12k | ||
| Original budget | ? (Max?) | ||
| Less total spent/allocated | |||
| Remaining |
[edit] FY 2010
| POSSE event | Allocated | Spent | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSSE Worcester State | $4980 | $5400 | POSSE Worcester State planning#Budget |
| POSSE RIT | $6130 | $5970 | POSSE RIT Planning#Budget |
| POSSE South Africa | $7000 | POSSE South Africa Planning#Budget | |
| Original budget | ? (Max?) | ||
| Less total spent/allocated | |||
| Remaining |