Here's where things currently stand wrt TPF and funding for Perl 6 related activities:
* TPF is now active again. Special thanks to Nat Torkington for being so responsive when I conveyed the list's concerns to him.
* An on-line survey of the Perl community will be made available in the very near future. It will be an opportunity for the whole community -- including those of us primarily concerned with Perl 6 -- to offer guidance to TPF as regards funding priorities.
* A number of new grants will be announced soon. These will probably include one or more grants targeted at Perl 6 design and/or implementation.
* TPF has been keeping a low profile over the last few months but has not been idle. Since last fall, they continued to fund Larry through the end of the year, helped with YAPC::Europe, are in the process of getting the next YAPC::America running, gave a small grant to Dan, and are currently looking at funding some Perl Monks site upgrades.
* The issue of accepting donations targeted to a particular area (e.g. Perl 6) has been raised and is being discussed.
Once again, as soon as that survey is available, I will inform the mailing list.
Damian