The Grants Committee was formed in 2003 to oversee the allocation of grant funding withing the Perl Foundation. The individuals chosen to be committee members represent a wide range of positions in the Perl community, including programmers in charge of the development of Perl.
The Grants Committee open a call for grant proposals regularly as defined in Rules of Operation. In The Perl Foundation News a call for grant proposals is published with detailed dates.
For a list of members, see the Who's Who
The Grants Committee open a call for grant proposals regularly as defined in Rules of Operation. In The Perl Foundation News a call for grant proposals is published with detailed dates.
For a list of members, see the Who's Who
Grants Committee Charter
1. Purpose
The Grants Committee shall manage all Yet Another Society operations related to grants issued under The Perl Foundation. It shall be granted all powers granted to the Board of Directors relevant to these operations except:
2. Objectives
The Committee shall support the following specific tasks:
3. Membership
The Committee shall consist of at least one and at most eleven members. The Board of Directors shall always have at least one representative on the committee. The Committee shall ensure adequate membership to carry out the tasks specified in Section 2.
The initial membership of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. Members shall serve for 1 year terms. There shall be no limit to the number of terms and member may serve.
Members of the Committee shall be nominated by the Committee. New members shall be elected by a majority vote of the Committee. Any member can be removed by a majority vote of the Committee. At any time, a member can be added, removed, or replaced by the Board of Directors. In the event of the death, resignation, or removal of a member, the Committee shall be elected a new member.
4. Meetings and Reports
The members of the Committee must meet at least once per year. Due to the international nature of the Committee, these meetings will be held via email. It shall provide a report of all recent operations at least once every three months.
5. Duration
The Committee shall serve until dissolved by the Board of Directors.
1. Purpose
The Grants Committee shall manage all Yet Another Society operations related to grants issued under The Perl Foundation. It shall be granted all powers granted to the Board of Directors relevant to these operations except:
- Those that are especially denied under the Yet Another Society Bylaws.
- The sale or purchase of assets worth greater than $500.
- Borrowing money or assuming any long term liabilities.
- Entering into any contract or agreement worth more than $10,000.
2. Objectives
The Committee shall support the following specific tasks:
- Grant Applications
- Grant Management
3. Membership
The Committee shall consist of at least one and at most eleven members. The Board of Directors shall always have at least one representative on the committee. The Committee shall ensure adequate membership to carry out the tasks specified in Section 2.
The initial membership of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. Members shall serve for 1 year terms. There shall be no limit to the number of terms and member may serve.
Members of the Committee shall be nominated by the Committee. New members shall be elected by a majority vote of the Committee. Any member can be removed by a majority vote of the Committee. At any time, a member can be added, removed, or replaced by the Board of Directors. In the event of the death, resignation, or removal of a member, the Committee shall be elected a new member.
4. Meetings and Reports
The members of the Committee must meet at least once per year. Due to the international nature of the Committee, these meetings will be held via email. It shall provide a report of all recent operations at least once every three months.
5. Duration
The Committee shall serve until dissolved by the Board of Directors.
Rules of Operation
1. Grant Proposals Scheduling
3. Grants Committee Voting Schema
4. Structure
1. Grant Proposals Scheduling
- Grant proposals will be evaluated every two months. The evaluation process will take place during January, March, May, July, September, and November.
- An approved grant proposal, which has not been funded will be considered during the next evaluation, after which it will no longer be considered. The person requesting the grant may resubmit the proposal with no charges if they wish.
- Grant proposals which have been rejected must be written.
- If there are no funds available to award any grants, then the evaluation period will still count regarding grant expiration.
- If the Grants Committee funds are expired, a note will be published to the community stating that grants evaluation is stalled. The standard process will resume when funds are available, and a note will be published to the community.
- Each grantee will have a Grant Manager appointed to them to monitor the progress of the grant. Grant Managers should report at least every calendar month on progress and present the grantee's final report when the grant is completed.
- The amount requested, the funds available, and the relevancy of the proposal will be considered when evaluating grant proposals.
- Grants are paid upon completion, after a full report is evaluated by the committee, and published to the community.
- Grantees must request an interim payment of up to half the grant amount during the grant period. Such payments must be approved by the Grants Committee.
- Grantees must provide a monthly report, even if no progress has been made. This report may be published to the community.
- If the grantee does not report for two consecutive months, or if no progress is made for four months, the grant will be considered a failure and will be closed without further payment.
3. Grants Committee Voting Schema
- A grant vote shall not be valid unless at least 2/3 of the members vote.
- Each individual vote shall be a No, a 0 for abstain, or 1 through 5 for a Yes.
- The grants which have more Yes votes than No votes shall be ranked according to the sum of the votes.
- Accordingly with the available funds, the Grants Committee will agree on how many of the approved proposals to fund.
4. Structure
- The Grants Committee assigns a Grant Manager to each approved and funded grant
- Each grant's Grant Manager is responsible for collecting and posting updates on the grant and for all other interaction with the grantee
- Grant Managers do not need to be the members of the Committee.
- One voting member is the Committee Secretary. The Secretary represents the Grants Committee in the TPF Steering Committee.
- The Secretary is nominated and elected by the Committee and approved by the TPF board.
- The secretary is responsible for managing grant proposals, votes, and all other administrative business.
- There is no fixed term of the Secretary position. Its continuation is subject to an annual vote of confidence by the other Committee members.
- The Secretary does not normally cast votes in the approval process, but will vote if a tie results from the initial round of voting.
- Changes to these rules must be approved by 2/3 of the Grants Committee and by the TPF Board of Directors.
- In special circumstances exceptions to these rules may be made, being approved by 2/3 of the Grants Committee.