[Grants] New Zealand Open Source Society Grant Request

[SM Motahar]

Hi Steven,

Just came across this. Is there any direct contribution to the growth of
Australian open source developers ?

I have my students with a lot of potential doing casual works and they all
have lots of ideas looking for small stipend to action it.

Regards,
Mohammad


On 7 August 2018 at 12:25, Steven Ellis <steven.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:

> We've look at the current technology options being used by LA, and in part
> it comes down to local capability within the NZOSS team. I did raise the
> pathway LA was taking during our selection model and we've headed off down
> a different route.
>
> Also our membership model is somewhat different from LA as we're funded by
> membership, grants and sponsorship rather than via events. We're currently
> operating on a very low paid membership base and can't afford potentially
> expensive infrastructure. If it wasn't for donated hosting from Catalyst
> IT's Cloud we'd have some real issues, hence the request for funding.
>
> We're currently focused on going live with our new environment
>  - Odoo - for membership management
>  - Stripe - for online payments
>  - Drupal as the NZOSS frontend
>
> In addition we're provided a bunch of shared services for a number of NZ
> based community events and open source projects via our
>  - RocketChat
>  - GitLab
>  - NextCloud + CollabraOffice
>
> The concern is being able to pay for this infrastructure as we're
> currently working of historical capital.
>
> A couple of key current goals are
>  - to make becoming a "paid" member easier
>  - allow better access to some core facilities like the GitLab and
> RocketChat environment.
>  - boost our advocacy program
>
> Steven
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 11:40 AM, Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe at just42.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Steven
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 08:16:16AM +1200, Steven Ellis wrote:
>> > NZOSS Mission Statement - The NZOSS exists to "share the freedom of open
>> > source software, open standards, and open information for the benefit of
>> > New Zealand."
>> > :
>> > In order to grow we need to re-invest in our infrastructure and grow the
>> > awareness of the society. The 2015 linux.conf.au helped raise
>> awareness of
>> > Open Source technologies and capabilities and we can't afford to loose
>> > momentum. With the return of linux.conf.au in 2019 to NZ we've got a
>> > perfect opportunity to expand the awareness of Open Source, Open
>> Hardware,
>> > Open Govt and Open Data.
>> >
>> > Our short term plan is to improve our membership management system while
>> > continuing to support out Open Source awareness and outreach.
>> >
>> > NZOSS have monthly council meetings and the minutes/actions can be made
>> > available to the Linux Australia Council.
>> >
>> > Request is for the sum of NZD $5000 to enhance our infrastructure to
>> > increase membership growth and sustainability whilst continuing our
>> current
>> > local advocacy.
>>
>> Could you clarify what infrastructure you are planning to enhance in the
>> event the grant application is successful?  Is it solely the membership
>> management system you mentioned earlier, or are other items conceptually
>> included as well?  Has any preliminary planning been done, and if so, are
>> you able to outline where you think things might head if the grant were
>> successful?  For example, do you have a specific membership system in
>> mind?
>>
>> On the subject of the membership management system, I note that LA is in
>> the
>> process of reviewing and modernising its membership management system.
>> Has
>> NZOSS spoken to LA about possibly sharing the outcome of this process?
>> The
>> aims of the two organisations are quite similar, so it seems plausible
>> that
>> a membership system which suited LA would at least form a solid base for
>> NZOSS as well.
>>
>> To be clear, I'm not suggesting the sharing of a single membership
>> management system instance since the two organisations are completely
>> separate entities.
>>
>> Having both organisations use the same software (with the necessary local
>> customisations) would possibly provide a number of benefits: more people
>> in
>> the region being familiar with the system, the opportunity to share
>> maintenance costs of the basic platform, and so on.
>>
>> Regards
>>   jonathan
>>
>
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Seyed Mohammad Motahar
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