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2014.02.01 in #132
New Secretary Elected for the Grants Committee
Makoto Nozaki has replaced Alberto Simões as the secretary of The Perl Foundation grant committee.
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2014.02.27 in #136
New Rules of Operation - Grants Committee
Makoto Nozaki, the new head of The Perl Foundation Grants Committee has announced the new rules. 1) Calls for grants will be every 2 months. 2) Grant limit is up to 10,000 USD. 3) Some other, minor issues.
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2014.06.29 in #153
Grants Committee 2014 first half
A few notes of Makoto Nozaki, the head of the Grants Committee
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2014.07.10 in #155
Grants Committee Budget
Makoto Nozaki gives us the low-down on the Perl Foundation Grants Committee; how much money they currently have, how the rest of the year looks like.
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2014.07.16 in #156
July 2014 Grant Proposals
There are two grant proposals in the wing for the Perl Foundation, Makoto Nozaki tells us. One is a book project, the other deals with improvements for the software running the Perl conferences websites.
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2014.08.21 in #161
New Grant Manager
Makoto Nozaki announces that Mark Jensen has joined the Perl Foundation Grants Committee has a grant manager.
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2015.01.01 in #180
Call For Grant Proposals (January 2015 Round)
You can submit your grant proposal to The Perl Foundation till 14 January. The grants will be decided till 30th January.
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2015.01.07 in #181
Grant Reports for December
Makoto reports on the Perl foundation grants for December. Inline::C/CPP as well as a new Perl::Lint are two improvements that should make people happy.
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2015.01.31 in #184
The Ado web framework wasn't funded
Two weeks ago we linked to the proposal for the Ado web framework. It wasn't funded, primarily because there's already a lot of choice in Perl web frameworks, so it wasn't clear this was the best use of the funds ($4500 was requested).
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2015.02.19 in #187
RFC: Limiting grant duration
Nozaki-san has proposed a change to TPF rules for grants, aimed at defining a deadline for all grant applications, beyond which projects would be deemed to have failed. If you have an opinion, please add a comment.
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2015.05 in #197
Call For Grant Proposals (May 2015 Round)
Dead-line for the TPF grant proposals is 15th May.
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2015.05.21 in #200
Deadline Extended - Call For Grant Proposals
Call For Grant Proposals (May 2015 Round) has been extended until the end of May.
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2015.07.03 in #206
Call For Grant Proposals (July 2015 Round)
The Perl Foundation keeps offering you money. Why don't you take some?
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2015.08.06 in #211
RFC: Perl software of the year award
Nozaki-san wonders whether there should be a (monetary) award for "best Perl application" each year, to try and make a bit more noise about successful Perl apps. He wants to hear what we think, so why not let him know?
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2015.09.04 in #215
Call For Grant Proposals (Sept 2015 Round)
Have a great idea how to help the Perl ecosystem? The Grant Proposals are open until the 18th of this month.
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2015.09.19 in #217
September 2015 Grant Proposals
There are 5 grant proposals being considered; four of them are related to RPerl, and the other is to document and release Plerd, a lightweight blogging platform.
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2015.11.02 in #224
Call For Grant Proposals (November 2015 Round)
The dead line to submit your grant request to The Perl Foundation is 16th November.
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2015.11.16 in #226
November 2015 Grant Proposals
There are 4 proposals and one of them looks like a scam. I let you guess which one.
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2015.12.03 in #228
November 2015 Grant Votes
A grant to merge stabilize and merge Test::Stream and Test::Simple into perl-blead has been approved.
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2015.12.24 in #231
Grants Committee Changes, December 2015
Ben Tilly is stepping down from Grants Committee, after 10 years service. Thanks to Ben. Sawyer X has volunteered to take his place.
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2016.01.02 in #232
Call For Grant Proposals (January 2016)
The application deadline for this round is 23:59 January 16th UTC
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2016.02.08 in #238
Grant Proposal: RPerl User Documentation, Part 2
Will Braswell has applied for a second grant: $1600 to continue work on the Learning RPerl user tutorial. Add your comments if you agree or disagree with this proposal being funded.
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2016.02.25 in #240
Jan/Feb 2016 Grant Votes
TPF approved RPerl User Documentation, Part 2.
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2016.03.07 in #242
Call For Grant Proposals (March 2016 Round)
The Perl Foundation is launching its round of grant proposals for March. Deadline: March 23rd.
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2016.07.02 in #258
Call For Grant Proposals (July 2016 Round)
The next round of grant proposals are due by 15th July.
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2016.12.27 in #284
TPF 2016Q4 Activity Report
A summary of Perl Foundation activity in the fourth quarter of 2016.
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2017.01.05 in #285
Call For Grant Proposals (Jan 2017 Round)
Deadline: 15 January 2017
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2017.01.10 in #287
Grant Extension Request: Maintaining the Perl 5 Core
Dave Mitchell has requested an extension of $20,000 for his Maintaining the Perl 5 Core grant.
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2017.01.25 in #288
Grants Committee needs a new member
The Perl Foundation's grants committee is looking for fresh blood.
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2017.01.25 in #288
Tony Cook's Grant Report for December 2016
The latest report on Perl 5 work done by Tony Cook.
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2017.01.29 in #288
Dave Mitchell's Grant Extended
Dave Mitchell's grant has been extended, so he can continue doing his sterling work on Perl 5.
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2017.01.31 in #289
January 2017 Grant Votes
"Standardization, Test Coverage, and Documentation of Perl 6 I/O Routines" grant has been approved
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2017.03.13 in #295
Dave Mitchell's February 2017 report
The monthly update on Perl 5 work done by Dave Mitchell, supported by a Perl 5 development grant.
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2017.04.20 in #300
Grant extension request by Tony Cook
Tony Cook has asked for an extension to his Perl 5 maintenance grant: $20k for another 400 hours of work.
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2017.07.13 in #312
See you at Barcelona.pm!
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2017.08.01 in #315
Perl 5 Core Grant Approved: Zefram maintaining the Perl 5 Core
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2017.08.03 in #315
Grant Extension Approved: Dave Mitchell Perl 5 Core
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2017.09.06 in #320
Maintaining Perl 5 Core (Tony Cook): Grant Report
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2017.09.06 in #320
Maintaining Perl 5 Core (Dave Mitchell): Grant Report
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2018.01.17 in #339
Maintaining the Perl 5 Core (Zefram): Grant Report for Dec 2017
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2018.02.08 in #342
Maintaining the Perl 5 Core (Zefram): Grant Report for Jan 2017
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2018.02.27 in #345
Public nomination/election process of TPF board members
How to become a TPF board member?
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2018.04.19 in #352
German Perl Workshop
The highlights: Meet Perl hackers and community members who I have known online for years; Talk about TPF; Visit Perl, a small town in Germany.
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