Ubuntu Community Donations

Funding report Q4 2014

Summary

The funding over this period falls into two categories:

1) Events includes sponsorships, travel and expenses for community attendees and materials used or given away at events.

2) Equipment, which covers hardware given (or loaned) to community members to assist in their contributions to Ubuntu. Figures are in USD unless specified otherwise.

Previous reports can be viewed here.

Q4 (Jan-Mar 2015)

Carried Forward

$38,028.14

Donations made

$12,553.54

Events

$29,600.15

Equipment

$1,267.00

Total Funded

$30,867.15

Ending Balance

$19,714.69


Events

During the past quarter the community donations were used to send 15 Ubuntu members to 14 events, along with sponsorships for those events and merchandise to give away

BSP Munich

  • $139.00 travel and accommodations for Jonathan Riddell, Kubuntu team

FOSDEM

  • $639.00 travel and accommodations for Jonathan Riddell, Kubuntu team
  • $591.82 travel and accommodations for Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan, Kubuntu team
  • $1396.60 travel and accommodations for Philip Ballew, Ubuntu California
  • $1,048.57 travel and accommodations for Alan Pope, Ubuntu UK
  • $610.00 travel and accommodations for Rick Timmis, Kubuntu team
  • $166.00 travel and accommodations for Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan, Kubuntu team
  • $1,076.18 Kubuntu posters for FOSDEM party, Replacement keyboard after FOSDEM breakage, AWS usage, FOSDEM equipment, FOSDEM food, FOSDEM Kubuntu 10th anniversary party, FOSDEM travel via Jonathan Riddell, Kubuntu team

Computer Technology Conference http://comptechconf.com.

  • $100.00 event sponsorship via Todd Cole

SCALE x 13

  • $496.80 travel and accommodations for Philip Ballew, Ubuntu California
  • $1,749.90 travel and accommodations for Jose Antonio Rey, Ubuntu Peru
  • $778.00 travel and accommodations for Nathan Haines, Ubuntu California

E-identification conference

  • $1,200.00 travel and accommodations for Gunnar Hjalmarsson, Ubuntu Sweden

Myanmar Events (http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-mm/events/history/)

  • $2,000.00 for various event sponsorships, travel and accommodations via Koko Ye, Ubuntu Myanmar

Ubuntu Global Jams

San Francisco

  • $200.00 event sponsorship via Elizabeth Joseph, Ubuntu California

Oregon

  • $850.00 event sponsorship via Walter Lapchynski, Ubuntu Oregon

Kinshasa, CDR

  • $700 event sponsorship via Rene Manasse GALEKWA

Mikstura IT Foundation-8th edition of Open Source Conference in Poland

  • $1,707.60 event sponsorship via Eunika Tabak

Stumpdown Syndicate

  • $1,000.00 event sponsorship via Ben Kerensa

UbunConLA

  • $5,120.00 event sponsorship via Jose Antonio Rey, Ubuntu Peru

Akademy

  • $820.97 travel and accommodations for Jonathan Riddell, Kubuntu team
  • $1,644.18 travel and accommodations for Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan, Kubuntu team
  • $1,850.00 travel and accommodations for Aaron Honeycutt, Kubuntu team

LinuxFest NorthWest

  • $373.00 travel and accommodations for Walter Lapchynski, Ubuntu Oregon


Equipment

Community donations were used to fund services for 1 team, merchandise for 14 events, and hardware to 4 Ubuntu members.

Services

  • $290.00 for AWS usuage for Kubuntu from Sept - Nov via Jonathan Riddell, Kubuntu team
  • $162.00 for AWS usage for Kubuntu during Google Summer of Code via Jonathan Riddell, Kubuntu team

Merchandise

  • $90.00 Global Jam items via Aaron Honeycutt, Ubuntu Florida
  • $405.43 Merchandise to be awarded as prizes for a competition held at a state elementary school in Serbia promoting free software, Ubuntu in particular. The competition is arranged by the Serbian loco team via Urosevic Ladislav
  • $100.00 Merchandise for http://www.fladotnet.com/codecamp/Default.aspx via Aaron Honeycutt, Ubuntu Florida
  • $152.00 Polo shirts for booth staff at SCALE x 13 (x 10) via Nathan Haines, Ubuntu California
  • $200.00 Lubuntu team t-shirts via Walter Lapchynski, Lubuntu team
  • $881.00 T-shirt giveaways for SCALEx13 via Nathan Haines, Ubuntu California
  • $285.00 Lanyards for Ubuncon LA via Jose Antonio Rey, Ubuntu Peru
  • $200.00 10x Global Jam packs for the following:
  • Ubuntu Colorado via Emma Marshall
  • Ubuntu Arizona via Todd Cole
  • Ubuntu Oregon via Walter Lapchynski
  • Ubuntu Maryland via Ron Swift
  • Ubuntu Russia via Alex Tarakanoff
  • Ubuntu Virginia via Darrell Little
  • Ubuntu France via Philippe Cortez
  • Ubuntu Virginia via Jim Tarvid
  • Ubuntu Portugal via Tiago Carrondo
  • Ubuntu DR Congo via Rene Galekwa (held in customs, undelivered)

Equipment

  • $120.00 HDD for testing UEFI modes for Dale Beaudoin
  • $55.00 Refurbished UEFI box for ISO testing for Clayton Mile
  • $380.00 ATI graphics card to help answer forums questions for Paddy Hayes
  • $260.00 Nexus 7 for Kevin Bowring