Thanks for the update. > Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 02:27:26 +0200 > From: Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> > Subject: [Ganglia-developers] Ganglia GSoC funds - $2500 in bank > To: "ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net" > <ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <54499cee.8090...@pocock.pro> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > Google has paid the money for GSoC 2014. This includes: > > - reimbursement of airfares for Robert and I to attend the summit this > weekend. I already paid out the money due to Robert. > > - a mentor stipend of $500 for each of the five projects (total $2500) > > The $2500 is currently in an account that I control and I would like to > make sure it is handled in the right way for the Ganglia community. > > Some projects simply give each mentor the $500. No mentor has requested > this but I have no objection to paying out the money in this way. > > As two of us (Robert and I) are funded to attend the summit in Mountain > View, I personally felt that the $2500 could be spread across the other > mentors and Ganglia contributors to attend conferences and give talks > about Ganglia. > > Another idea is for Ganglia to have its own bank account and use this > money as the opening balance. Organizations like Software in the Public > Interest (SPI) and the Software Freedom Conservancy can do a lot of the > administrative work to run the account. They can accept further (tax > deductible) donations into the account and pay money out. Even with > this outsourcing approach there is some overhead cost and some project > members may need to form a committee or board to oversee the expenditure. > > If that is too much effort, then it is possible to simply give the money > to a bigger open source project (e.g. Debian is raising money for > various things like DebConf and OPW) or even to give some or all of the > money to charity. The Ganglia book royalties currently go to > Scholarship America. Maybe there are other charities people would like, > e.g. those dealing with the Ebola crisis.
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