[okfn-discuss] Setting up 2 Funds (for F/OSS and Open Knowledge)

Fri Jul 14 19:18:19 UTC 2006

Tom Chance wrote:
> Ahoy,
> 
> Quoting Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>:
> 
>> The idea is to set up two funds:
> 
> 
> It sounds like a potentially great idea to me. It would be worth talking 
> to the
> Association for Free Software, who started a similar scheme a while back
> allocating grants to UK developers. The money came from the UKFSN, a 
> hosting
> company, and was on a fairly small scale. I'm sure they'd have lots of 
> useful
> advice on this matter!

If there were already a 'F/OSS fund' around we could just to contribute 
to that. Of course it would be nice to have some input as to where the 
money went so that it fit with OKF usage. Any tips on who exactly to 
contact (or feel free to contact them directly on the OKF's behalf).

~rufus