Funding request: TypeScript integration

The Neos Project Finances & Fundraising
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Hey Dmitri,

Thanks for the detailed writeup :slight_smile:

I would be perfectly happy to go forward with this, but we can only spend what we have on the
bank account. There, it looks as follows:

  • End of August, we had about 40k on the bank account
  • we voted for the following budgets until end of 2018:
    • 12k documentation sprint
    • 4k Release Management Neos 4.2
    • 4k Release Management Neos 4.1
    • 16k current phase Neos CR
  • this means we had 4k left.
  • Funding Request: Trademark Administration coincidentally is about 4k.
  • this means the 40k are fully planned by now.
  • I then checked what we earned from end of August to now: about 5400 €. we need to check whether this money is already needed e.g. for running the Neos CIC or so. @tobias @robert can you say something about this?
  • furthermore, there is a small travel budget for Neos Sprint Salzburg I think, which I cannot find right now (and which is not yet invoiced).

So that means we right now do not have an extra 6000 € on the bank. I could imagine the following two options:

1) We could re-allocate some of the already-allocated budgets (if they are not fully spent in 2018)

  • I wouldn’t touch Release Management & Legal Budgets as of now.
  • I’ll check with the Documentation team if they are still having a sprint this year and will invoice as planned - if they do, they’ll of course can spend their full budget as voted :slight_smile:
  • I’ll check tomorrow with the others involved in the CR rewrite; it might be an option to shift some funds to you; and then get an additional CR rewrite budget to the beginning of 2019 (as we have regular income due to the recurring badges) :slight_smile:

2) Alternatively, we could try to fundraise the 6k from various Neos agencies, e.g. by selling a special badge.

Don’t get me wrong, I’d really like to see the TypeScript UI funded; but it is just crucially important that we do not overspend & have a clear view about the financial situation.

@tobias: Is the calculation I did above sound for you, or did I mis-calculate anything? (i.e. am I actually correct that we have 5400 € more than what we had at the end of August, where you posted that we had about 40k? Or did you already calculate this in?)

@robert / @tobias: do you expect additional further funds needed for either running the CIC or paying lawyers?

@dimaip: What would be your suggestion with the above financial situation in mind?

All the best,
Sebastian :upside_down_face:

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