Introduction
Facts and Figures
It is the first year that the TYPO3 Association distributes the yearly budget in a new way. The whole process has been described a while ago in the following news article: <link http: typo3.org news article submit-your-2013-budget-application-now>typo3.org/news/article/submit-your-2013-budget-application-now/ Before the meeting started, the cashier of the TYPO3 Association informed the EAB that the available money to be used by budgets in 2013 is expected to be EUR 475.000,00.Contrary to this, all applications which were handed in by the community were building a sum of EUR 1.369.736,73. To compare this number: The budget in 2012 was EUR 561.883,25. Based on the TYPO3 Associations members opinion the EAB discussed each budget application in detail on the 8th and 9th of January 2013. The EAB contacted some of the budget applicants to clarify questions and discuss alternatives. Finally, a spreadsheet was sent to the TYPO3 Association Board containing the details of each budget application and the granted budget sums (acknowledgement by the TYPO3 Associations General Assembly assumed). As next steps the budget applicants will be informed about the status of their application. Accepted budgets will receive a confirmation in addition to a letter signed by the EAB. The BCC will receive a copy of the granted budgets. The EAB will be working with the BCC and the TYPO3 Association cashier to ensure the correct usage of the granted funds. Funds can be withdrawn by the EAB if usage is not within agreed limits. Budget owners have to indicate changes to conditions of the application and let these changes be confirmed by the EAB. Budget owners have no right to grant money to other funded projects.
About the decision taking
Taking decisions is always difficult. We took care of keeping a good balance between continuity and renewment. Our main focus was to reach out to as many people in the projects and teams while staying on track with the upcoming requirements that only few see as necessary. All decisions were taken in full consent and with the best expectations.Budget details
Security Team
Product - Helmut Hummel - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/40 Based on the acceptance in the member poll, we have accepted the application as is.TYPO3 v6
Product - Oliver Hader - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/51 Based on the acceptance in the member poll, we have accepted the application as is.TYPO3 Deployment (v6 and beyond)
Product - Tobias Liebig - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/50 Based on the acceptance in the member poll, we have accepted the application as is.Server - TYPO3 Infrastructure Maintenance
Other - Michael Stucki - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/41 Based on the acceptance in the member poll, we have accepted the application as is.TYPO3 documentation rendering maintenance and further developments
Other - François Suter - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/20 Based on the acceptance in the member poll, we have accepted the application as is.Extbase
Product - Anja Leichsenring - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/26 Based on the acceptance in the member poll, we have accepted the application as is.Extension Builder
Product - Nico de Haen, Rens Admiraal - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/54 Based on the acceptance in the member poll, we have accepted the application as is. Due to the fact that there will be much more working time as the team has asked funding for, we will also grant the few hours of working time.TER Development
Product - Fabien Udriot - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/57 Based on the acceptance in the member poll, we have accepted the application as is.Certification
Other - Dominic Brander - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/17 The certification budget application still included some costs which were only needed for self-organized certifications. As certifications are organized by an external partner now, we adapted the budget accordingly. Besides that, the application has been accepted without further cuts.TYPO3 Conference Europe 2013
Event - Jürgen Egeling - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/43 Based on the acceptance in the member poll, we have accepted the application as is.T3DD13
Event - Sebastian Böttger - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/45 The T3DD is one of the most important events organized by the TYPO3 Association as it is a lighthouse event in our community. Members of the different projects meet to discuss actual statuses of the development and further steps for the products to be taken. It is also an event where new contributors can be identified, bugs squashed and community batteries recharged. Historically the event was hosted at educational institutions and therefore room costs were usually low. This year's budgetary situation does not allow us at the moment to decide easily on the application received. We acknowledge that the 2012 event was successful on a first financial outcome. Looking at the 2012 Budget we saw that the planned budget was at 40.000 EUR. Expenses for the event were at 81.000 EUR and income was 91.000 EUR. Therefore the 2013 budget application with 81.000 EUR is just simply reflecting the status of the 2012 event. What makes us feel uncomfortable is the possible risk that we did not want to put on the organizers back. Looking more deeply in the application made us think on how to justify the costs for a location that had some disadvantages compared to educational locations. Additionally the event date seemed to be too short in respect of the needed organisational and communication efforts to be taken. We shortened the financial event volume by 50% because we cannot support the financial risk of this size. This also means that the event cannot be organized at the planned location. A fallback option is still to be considered, more details about this will be communicated soon by the event team.typo3.org content refresh and improval
Communication - Boris Hinzer - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/21 Based on the acceptance in the member poll, we have accepted the application as is.Grid Elements 2.0 Part 1
Product - Jo Hasenau - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/31 The project is already funded on base of crowdfunding, therefore the application was already withdrawn by the applicant.Professional Services Listing on typo3.org (PSL)
Other - Frederic Gauss - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/39 Based on the acceptance in the member poll, we have accepted the application as is.General Communication Budget
Communication - Søren Schaffstein - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/53 Based on the acceptance in the member poll, we have accepted the application as is.Open Source License Taskforce
T3A Core - Olivier Dobberkau - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/55 Based on the acceptance in the member poll, we have accepted the application as is.T3BOARD
Event - Adrian Zimmermann - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/42 Based on the acceptance in the member poll, we have accepted the application as is.Expenses Lawyer
T3A Core - Alain Veuve - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/34 We consider this budget as mandatory for our organisation, so we decided to grant it as is.Community Management
Communication - Ben van 't Ende - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/19 Because of the tight budget situation and on base of the polling results, we will grant 75% of this application.TYPO3 Active Contributors Meetups (T3DD/T3CON)
Travel - Oliver Hader - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/13 Because of the tight budget, we decided to remove paying T3CON tickets from this application. Active contributors should apply for holding a talk at the conference and would then get a free ticket. Besides that, we accept the application.Google Summer of Code 2013
Other - Tobias Liebig - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/33 After talking to the applicant, we agreed to cut the worktime for the setup sprint. It will be done on a voluntary base instead. Travel and hotel costs will be covered.If our project application will be accepted by Google, the rest of the budget will be granted, too.
Otherwise, the idea of organizing our own TYPO3 summer of code should be considered and could possibly be backed up by the rest of this budget.
Grid Elements 2.0 Code Sprint Part II
Product - Jo Hasenau - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/32 While the result of the acceptance poll was not distinctive, we still accept this budget application as is, because we would like to support code sprints as much as possible by taking over enabling costs.Expenses Accounting
T3A Core - Alain Veuve - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/52 We consider this budget as required to run the TYPO3 Association, therefore we have accepted it as is.Agile TYPO3 “Phoenix” and FLOW3 Development
Product - Karsten Dambekalns - <link http: forge.typo3.org boards topics>forge.typo3.org/boards/15/topics/37 Despite the difficulty of balancing the fact of the importance and the voting results, we could bring all factors together to a matching decision. We consider the clearly readable signal by the members to prioritize the TYPO3 CMS project more. On the other side, we consider the importance of Neos and Flow for further innovations to the whole project. In summary, the budget was cut by 50%. To specifically foster the development of Neos, we have split up the budget into Neos and Flow parts, like requested by the EAB already during the first feedback phase:This results in 1 Flow sprint and 3 Neos sprints which we will approve. Additionally, payment of development working time was only granted for work on Neos. The EAB will work together with the Neos development team to specify the upcoming working packages, which are related to the financed working hours. The TYPO3 Association has limited resources, paying the development costs of a stable framework cannot be provided unless there is more income (more members).
We are impressed of the first stable TYPO3 Flow releases, but we’re aware that many more features are yet to be built. For the future, we hope to see more contributions to TYPO3 Flow coming from sponsored customer projects, and will support the TYPO3 Flow team to make this happen.