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    <p>Hi Niki, <br>
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    <p>It's a little more nuanced than that. In 2015 and 2016, Linux
      Australia auspiced GovHack. We provided insurance coverage and
      banking infrastructure, as we do for several events, such as
      WordCamps and DrupalSouth, which are aligned with our open source
      ideals. <br>
    </p>
    <p><br>
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    <p>In most cases, Linux Australia retains the profits of these
      events in exchange for absorbing the risk inherent in running an
      event, and to help provide seed funding for future events. In the
      case of GovHack, we did not retain any of the funds that were
      surplus to event requirements, and these funds were returned to
      GovHack, with the intent that GovHack would be able to run as an
      independent entity - which indeed it is now doing. We also
      provided what was essentially in-kind sponsorship for GovHack - by
      paying the GST that GovHack incurred from sponsor payments that
      was processed through Linux Australia - to the value of about $6k.
      <br>
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    <p>While we understand GovHack's ideals, we are cautious about
      providing further support in 2018. <br>
    </p>
    <p><br>
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    <p>Firstly, it's unclear who is paid what within GovHack, such as
      Director's salaries or fees - which is important given that
      GovHack is largely government-supported, and utilises a huge
      amount of volunteer labour. In contrast, Linux Australia's
      constitution allows for any organisational member to be provided
      with our full books to review. Transparency and openness is a core
      Linux Australia value. As an entirely volunteer organisation, it
      would be difficult for us to justify a grant to our community
      where that grant was supporting a for-profit entity where these
      details were not clear - even though, again, we understand the
      open data remit that GovHack has. <br>
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    <p>We're also observing some changing community perceptions of
      hackathons in general - for example, the perception that
      hackathons try to get "free work" from participants with no
      ongoing mechanism to commercialise the prototypes made, the
      increasing number of hackathons in the Australian marketplace, the
      reduced prize money available for hackathons versus the time
      commitment sought, the workload placed on volunteers and so on. <br>
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    <p>Kind regards,</p>
    <p>Kathy<br>
    </p>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/04/18 13:22, Projects PP wrote:<br>
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        <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Thank you for getting
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        <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">We have previously
          received grants in the past for our event GovHack. <span
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        <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">We understand the
          application process required and would like to request to <span
            style="font-size: 12pt;">the council</span><span
            style="font-size: 12pt;"> for any feedback or direction in
            terms of how we should take this.</span></p>
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              Linux Australia President <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:president@linux.org.au"><president@linux.org.au></a><br>
              <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 19 April 2018 10:16 AM<br>
              <b>To:</b> Projects PP; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:council@linux.org.au">council@linux.org.au</a><br>
              <b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:grants@lists.linux.org.au">grants@lists.linux.org.au</a><br>
              <b>Subject:</b> Re: [LACTTE] 2018 Grants Program</font>
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            <p>Hi Niki, <br>
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            <p>Many thanks for your enquiry. <br>
            </p>
            <p>The Grants Program runs until our end of financial year -
              which is 30 September 2018.
              <br>
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            <p>So all Grant expenditure needs to occur before this date.
              <br>
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            <p>Kind regards, <br>
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            <p>Kathy<br>
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            <div class="x_moz-cite-prefix">On 19/04/18 11:45, Projects
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                <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Just reaching
                  out to confirm what the closing date for the 2018
                  Grant application were?</p>
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                <p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Thanks,</p>
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Kathy Reid
President
Linux Australia

0418 130 636

<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:president@linux.org.au">president@linux.org.au</a>
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