[maemo-developers] about SoC organization reward

[From: Jussi Kukkonen]

Quim Gil wrote in his blog on April 14th:
> One more thing: SoC organizations get also some money to run the
> program. The only legal organization behind maemo is Nokia. For
> obvious reasons, it doesn't make any sense that this company receives
> a single SoC cent. I have been asking in maemo-developers for an
> organization willing to receive this money, unsuccessfully. Do you
> have a good idea? Let us know.

Well, I was looking at the quite interesting GUADEC 2007 programme and
thought how nice it would be to attend (and how impossible it is with my
current budget)... So, here's my proposal:

  Give travel stipends upon request to maemo community members who'd
  like to go to a maemo-related conference during this year. A fixed
  amount per person, $400 or $500, would be easiest. GUADEC is probably
  the most wanted event and it is in July, so the stipend approvals
  should happen pretty fast. My off-the-cuff timeline:
     May 21-31: Discussion and a decision about this proposal
     June 7:    Requests sent to whoever makes the decision
     June 14:   Stipend receivers announced

Practical details: The amount of money received from Google is 500 USD
per completed  SoC project (hopefully that's $2000) and it will be paid
shortly after August 31, 2007.

Open issues: who makes the decision about this?

Links:
* SoC FAQ about payments:
  http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60322&topic=10731
* GUADEC
  http://www.guadec.org/



So, what do you think?
  -Jussi