First of all, thanks to the few communities that have replied in due time. As we would like to get all requests from all communities, we have extended the deadline to December 20, in order to have the budget ready in early 2021 (attention: no further delays).
We are asking native language communities to provide the following: 1. A list of objectives you would like to pursue in 2021. Please avoid wishful thinking, and stick to achievable objectives. A few examples: organize a virtual meeting with public administrations to educate them about LibreOffice and ODF; organize a local Virtual LibreOffice Conference; support local groups organizing activities – from remote – in schools and universities; etc. 2. For each objective, provide a rationale and a sensible amount of money. Again, we are spending donations money, and we must be extremely cautious both with requests and with approvals. Requests missing a rationale or spending details (easy to understand) will not be approved. 3. For requests equal or exceeding 1,000 euro, you must provide the outline of a project, because a large amount of money is probably covering different expense chapters (infrastructure, suppliers, OOP money) and budget approvers should be allowed to have a clear picture of what they approve. Examples of activities which TDF will provide a budget for: 1. virtual community events (aimed at getting face-time for contributors) 2. marketing activities (aimed at representing the project to the outside world) 3. community events in presence (only if possible according to the local law) 4. targeted projects (for instance, promoting LibreOffice in schools) In addition, we ask you to provide a list, if any, of infrastructure related requests, such as - for example - additional computing power or new services for your native language community. The idea is to have a good plan for 2021 as soon as possible, while keeping the administrative overhead low, and have two authorizers responsible for the final approval of the budget. TDF BoD will provide a budget bucket for marketing and a budget bucket for community. Budget requests will be associated to the relevant budget, and then approved by budget approvers (according to the availability of funds). ## Before sending any budget request, please read carefully TDF reimbursement policies: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Policies/Community_Refunds. The updated deadline for the submission is December 20, 2020. Submission should be sent to treasu...@documentfoundation.org, with copy to so...@libreoffice.org, flo...@documentfoundation.org and it...@libreoffice.org. -- Italo Vignoli - LibreOffice Marketing & PR mobile/signal +39.348.5653829 - email it...@libreoffice.org hangout/jabber italo.vign...@gmail.com - skype italovignoli GPG Key ID - 0xAAB8D5C0 DB75 1534 3FD0 EA5F 56B5 FDA6 DE82 934C AAB8 D5C0 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: l10n+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy