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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>
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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>
</p>
<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>
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<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><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.
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<p>So all Grant expenditure needs to occur before this date.
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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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