<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div>Would a fund donator of this size (which may be large or small, I don't have the info on this and am quite aware that 'size' is relative :P) be eligible to be listed as a sponsor or donor? Does the fund work this way?<div><br></div><div>DSL</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 25/09/2013, at 8:24 AM, Joshua Hesketh <<a href="mailto:josh@nitrotech.org">josh@nitrotech.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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Hi guys,<br>
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The council was aware of the Memorial Prize and discussed it last
night in our teleconf.<br>
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From our draft minutes: <br>
MOTION by Joshua Hesketh that Linux Australia support the Malcolm
Tredinnick Memorial Prize to the value of $AUD1500 on the
understanding that funding for future years for the Prize would be
assessed on a case by case basis. SECONDED by Kathy Reid. Passed
unanimously. <br>
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Cheers,<br>
Josh<br>
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<div>I agree. It would be good to recognise Malcolm's efforts
in our community in this way.</div>
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<div>Michael...</div>
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Michael Davies <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:michael@the-davies.net" target="_blank">michael@the-davies.net</a><br>
Rackspace Australia</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Mary
Gardiner <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:mary@puzzling.org" target="_blank">mary@puzzling.org</a>></span>
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0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi
all,<br>
<br>
The Django Software Foundation has announced the Malcolm
Tredinnick<br>
Memorial Prize, in honour of Malcolm and remembering his
death in March:<br>
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"""<br>
Malcolm Tredinnick joined the Django project as a core
developer in<br>
early 2006. He was deeply involved in many part of Django
- most<br>
notably, the ORM, but many other internals bear his
fingerprints.<br>
Django’s support for unicode, and autoescaping in
templates can both be<br>
almost entirely attributed to Malcolm.<br>
<br>
But his contributions weren't just code. He was also a
prolific<br>
communicator. He logged thousands of messages in
django-users, helping<br>
people learn Django, sharing his expertise freely and
openly. He also<br>
logged thousands of messages in django-developers, helping
shape the<br>
framework we all use today[…]<br>
<br>
With Malcolm’s memory in mind, the Django Software
Foundation is proud<br>
to announce that with this blessing of his family, we will
be<br>
establishing an award in Malcolm’s name.<br>
<br>
The award will be a monetary prize, awarded annually, to
the person who<br>
best exemplifies the spirit of Malcolm’s work - someone
who welcomes,<br>
supports and nurtures newcomers; freely gives feedback and
assistance to<br>
others, and helps to grow the community. The hope is that
the recipient<br>
of the award will use the award stipend as a contribution
to travel to a<br>
community event -- a DjangoCon, a PyCon, a sprint -- and
continue in<br>
Malcolm’s footsteps.<br>
"""<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/sep/16/announcing-malcolm-tredinnick-memorial-prize/" target="_blank">https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/sep/16/announcing-malcolm-tredinnick-memorial-prize/</a><br>
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Since Malcolm was a long-time Australian Free Software
community member,<br>
in particular attending and speaking at LCA several times
as well as<br>
PyCon AU, I'd like to propose that LA make a donation to
this fund, of a<br>
size that suits Council's budget.<br>
<br>
This isn't really a grant request in the normal sense (<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://linux.org.au/projects/grants" target="_blank">http://linux.org.au/projects/grants</a>
) but I'm sending this to this list<br>
for member feedback in the same spirit.<br>
<br>
I guess the major negative I can see is that while
Australians would be<br>
eligible to receive the prize, realistically it's likely
that the funds<br>
would be awarded to someone elsewhere.<br>
<br>
Note re conflicts of interest: I am not a member of the
Django Software<br>
Foundation, nor did the DSF ask me to make this request
(in fact, they<br>
don't know about it). I'm not a Django contributor or
community member<br>
and am therefore exceptionally unlikely to benefit
personally from the<br>
prize in the foreseeable future.<br>
<br>
-Mary<br>
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