From jennifer at sportsconnectionaustralia.com.au  Sat Aug  3 14:02:22 2024
From: jennifer at sportsconnectionaustralia.com.au (Jennifer Sims)
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2024 04:02:22 +0000
Subject: [Grants] Grant Application from Jennifer Sims for Sports
 Connection Australia - Gender Diverse Sporting Streaming
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Did this help clarify any questions?

Want to make sure I get you the answers you need to fairly determine and well one can only hope approve our ask.

Regards

Jennifer
From: Grants <grants-bounces at lists.linux.org.au> On Behalf Of Jennifer Sims
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2024 12:05 AM
To: Kathy Reid <kathy at kathyreid.id.au>; committee at lists.linux.org.au; grants at lists.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [Grants] Grant Application from Jennifer Sims for Sports Connection Australia - Gender Diverse Sporting Streaming

I think what is important is to work through the question as best I can and help you understand thing.

Q:
- Some specifics around the cost breakdown would be helpful, for example
what equipment would be purchased to work with the OBS platform? What is
the expected lifespan of the equipment - I'm very aware that many
devices have a usable life of only 2-3 years these days (sadly). Are
there costings available for that equipment?

A:
The item being purchased is a PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) camera that would be used.
RGB Link is approximately $2000 at present.

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Q:
Would there be documentation written and made openly available so that
the solution could be replicated by other groups, therefore meaning that
the Grant, if funded, has higher impact?

A:
Absolutely, this is an important part is to help the community grow and support each other because that's the basis of "Open Source". And would be 100% something that can be committed too.
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Q:
- Are there milestones or phases for this Grant (which is 20% of the
Grants pool for this year) - for example, Step 1 might be "get OBS
working with hardware" and Step 2 might be "document the solution" while
Step 3 might be "have someone else validate the solution works with a
different event"?

A: Not specifically, it's a single item purchase. However, the follow on steps are a good point to have in place.

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And the other question was could it be replicated at the other events, ABSOLUTELY. I believe I've had discussion(s) with other LA members.

Jen
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From: Kathy Reid <kathy at kathyreid.id.au<mailto:kathy at kathyreid.id.au>>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 1:17 PM
To: Jennifer Sims <jennifer at sportsconnectionaustralia.com.au<mailto:jennifer at sportsconnectionaustralia.com.au>>; committee at lists.linux.org.au<mailto:committee at lists.linux.org.au> <committee at lists.linux.org.au<mailto:committee at lists.linux.org.au>>; grants at lists.linux.org.au<mailto:grants at lists.linux.org.au> <grants at lists.linux.org.au<mailto:grants at lists.linux.org.au>>
Subject: Re: [Grants] Grant Application from Jennifer Sims for Sports Connection Australia - Gender Diverse Sporting Streaming

Hi everyone,

The key benefit I see from supporting this Grant would be to have a
replicable and repeatable event streaming solution, that could be used
not just by Sports Connection Australia, but by other groups looking for
a similar solution. The diversity angle here that I see is about greater
audience engagement in activities, facilitated by open source solutions
- but please let me know if I've mis-interpreted that.

To this end, there are some questions which highlight how this request
could be more strongly aligned to Linux Australia's goals.

- Some specifics around the cost breakdown would be helpful, for example
what equipment would be purchased to work with the OBS platform? What is
the expected lifespan of the equipment - I'm very aware that many
devices have a usable life of only 2-3 years these days (sadly). Are
there costings available for that equipment?

- Would there be documentation written and made openly available so that
the solution could be replicated by other groups, therefore meaning that
the Grant, if funded, has higher impact?

- Are there milestones or phases for this Grant (which is 20% of the
Grants pool for this year) - for example, Step 1 might be "get OBS
working with hardware" and Step 2 might be "document the solution" while
Step 3 might be "have someone else validate the solution works with a
different event"?

I also want to acknowledge the efforts Jen and her team put into audio
visual at Everything Open 2024 in Gladstone, which was all done on a
volunteer basis. This speaks to Jen's knowledge around this space, and
the potential for this Grant to contribute to a replicable, repeatable
solution for streaming events using open source software.

Kind regards,

Kathy Reid

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On 16/7/24 22:10, Linux Australia Website wrote:
> Your Email Address: jeneralpain at kingstoncityrollers.com.au<mailto:jeneralpain at kingstoncityrollers.com.au>
> Project name: Sports Connection Australia - Gender Diverse Sporting Streaming
> Grant Type: Community Grant
> Aim of the project: The aim of this project is to utilise open source software (OBS) to live stream roller derby events from around Victoria for sporting teams that do not have the financial or technological backing to share their sport with the world. Currently, roller derby gets no grant support, and we have some of the highest participation of Gender Diverse and Neurodiverse skaters. The team behind SCA are an offshoot of Kingston City Rollers which recently won a gold level award for LGBTI participation. We want to support open source, and our team came up and supported "Everything Open 2024" for an in-kind (some expenses covered by the event) to live stream the event to the world along with recording it.
> The key milestone is to provide streaming for multiple events across the year using these funds. It will allow us to purchase products that allow us to make best use of the OBS platform to live stream.
> Estimated cost breakdown of the project: The total cost is $2000 to purchase components for the live stream
> Project team details: Jennifer "Jeneral Pain" Sims - Technical Stream - jennifer at sportsconnectionaustralia.com.au<mailto:jennifer at sportsconnectionaustralia.com.au>
> Nick "Bullseye" Brown - Technical Support - nick at sportsconnectionaustralia.com.au<mailto:nick at sportsconnectionaustralia.com.au>
> Corinne "Exy" Christie - Minister for War and Finance - corinne at sportsconnectionaustralia.com.au<mailto:corinne at sportsconnectionaustralia.com.au>
> (Exy keeps Jeneral and Bullseye in check, keeps the finances and the cray ideas under control)
> "Exy" founded Sports Connection Australia as a way to bring the LGBTI support to the sporting teams. Previously there was minimal support to sporting teams but its taking much more great significance as more continues. Jennifer has provided in-kind support via SCA through to LCA for Everything Open 2024 and more.
> Nick and Jennifer both contribute to the open source software that the roller derby scoreboard operates (http://www.github.com/rollerderby/scoreboard)
> We're a big proponent of Open Source, Open Gender, Open diversity, we want no boundaries, we want everyone to come, enjoy our sport, because everyone loves the thrills and spills, and even more so, loves that roller derby is "an everyone sport, no matter your size, gender, identity, sexuality etc".
> First Name: Jennifer
> Last Name: Sims
> Email Address: jennifer at sportsconnectionaustralia.com.au<mailto:jennifer at sportsconnectionaustralia.com.au>
> A statement including a willingness to provide regular project updates on the project: As part of this project, we would be providing constant updates as required for the team to be satisified that this community grant has gone to a good home. We know that money these days is tight for everyone, (interest rates, politics mutter mutter), but we want Linux Australia to know that their support of a sport with its scoreboard, stats and other items built on the back of open source technologies, are huge, and well loved. We would make sure during any streams that we can place a "Powered by Linux Australia" or "Supported by Linux Australia" as part of this. Along with any other ideas you might have, but we'd really love to work with you.
>
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From jwoithe at just42.net  Wed Aug 14 22:37:59 2024
From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe)
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 22:07:59 +0930
Subject: [Grants] "Write the docs" sponsorship - grant application decision
Message-ID: <ZrylJ/UrwA77MIA4@marvin.atrad.com.au>

Dear Felicity

Your grant application to fund a "First Draft" sponsorship of the 2024
"Write the Docs" conference was discussed at the Linux Australia Council
meeting on 14 August 2024.  Community feedback received during the
consultation period was considered which provided contrasting views. 
Ultimately Council decided to award the grant and thus provide the
sponsorship.

Please email the Linux Australia treasurer (treasurer at linux.org.au) to
arrange payment of the sponsorship funds and determine what documentation is
required.  Note too the reporting requirements attached to Linux Australia
grants; if you have any questions about how this might look for your event
feel free to get in touch with myself or the Linux Australia Council.

Jonathan
(on behalf of the Linux Australia Council)

[1] https://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/grants/2024-July/000192.html

From jwoithe at just42.net  Thu Aug 15 08:43:57 2024
From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe)
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 08:13:57 +0930
Subject: [Grants] Sports Connection Australia - grant application decision
Message-ID: <Zr0zLQbnJNgj1VbN@marvin.atrad.com.au>

Dear Jennifer,

Thank you for your grant application for funding to purchase a PTZ camera
for use by Sports Connection Australia[1].  Your application was discussed
at a recent Linux Australia Council.  After much discussion and with
reference to feedback received through the Grants mailing list,
unfortunately the decision was made to decline the application.

One of the Linux Australia Council's tasks is to make sure that grants
provide a clear benefit to the Open Technology community from where its
membership draws and drive advocacy towards more Open methodologies and
standards.  This is especially challenging in 2024 due to the limited funds
available for grants this year.  When evaluating this grant application, a
recurring observation was that the proposed hardware purchase had limited
capacity in furthering open technologies that contribute to the system put
together by Sports Connection Australia.

Council was very supportive of the broader aims of the project: there is a
clear need for a turn-key event streaming solution (including hardware) that
is truly accessible to all organisations regardless of their situation.  A
grant application delivering clearer benefits to the Open Technology
components and their users throughout the community is likely to be more
favourably received.  Council would welcome the opportunity to discuss this
with you to help work towards a future grant application.  Please don't
hesitate to reach out to us if you would like to discuss further.

Jonathan
(on behalf of the Linux Australia Council)

[1] https://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/grants/2024-July/000185.html