2014.02.27 in #136New 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.
2014.07.10 in #155Grants 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.
2014.07.16 in #156July 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.
2014.08.21 in #161New Grant Manager
Makoto Nozaki announces that Mark Jensen has joined the Perl Foundation Grants Committee has a grant manager.
2015.01.07 in #181Grant 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.
2015.01.31 in #184The 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).
2015.02.19 in #187RFC: 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.
2015.08.06 in #211RFC: 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?
2016.02.08 in #238Grant 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.
2017.04.20 in #300Grant 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.
2020.08.15 in #473Outreachy internship successful completion
As previously announced, The Perl Foundation accepted Areesha Tariq as an intern for this year's internship to work on Open Food Facts. Stephane Gigandet provided mentorship for her during the entire program.
2022.02.13 in #551Outreachy participation - looking for mentors
I love the idea behind the Outreachy program and a while ago, while learning Spanish, I wanted to encourage more people living in South America to apply. So I read the Outreachy Applicant Guide. They explain that one needs to show why they should be accepted and they recommend this to be detailed. So instead of writing "I face religious discrimination" they suggest the applicant writes "I am a Muslim in France. Muslims make up less than 2.3% of France's population. I face religious discrimination.". So people at Outreachy think that Muslims in France face religious discrimination AND/OR they try to encourage people to feel that way. It is strange they thought that this should be the example on their web site on how to provide clear information.
