Rahul gives unsolicited advice

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote that I'll be giving up to 5% of my annual salary to Free and Open Source Software , and one of the projects that I'm donating to is the Python Software Foundation (PSF) . I joined PSF at the Supportimg Member - Sliding Scale tier at 25 USD membership dues + additional contribution of 25 USD per Annum - roughly 5000 INR. This was prompted by the recent decision by the PSF to pause the grants program . Like my decision to become a member of the  the TeX Users Group  (TUG), the right thing to do now is to check what the PSF doing with my money or what they've done with funds/donations in the past. The PSF announced the 2024 annual report in June of this year  - checkout the annual report itself at psf annual-report/2024 . The PSF gets, and spends, a lot more money than TUG. For instance Annual revenue was a little less than 4.3 Million USD in 2024 and annual expenditure was a little more than 5.7 Million USD The PSF awarded 297K USD ...

Last week, I wrote that I'll be giving up to 5% of my annual salary to Free and Open Source Software , and one of the projects that I'm donating to is the TeX Users Group  (TUG). I joined TUG at the "special individual membership" tier at 50 USD  - roughly 5000 INR - per annum. The right thing to do now is to check what they're doing with my money or what they've done with funds/donations in the past. Lemme rewind a little - TUG came into my radar because I came across the TUG 2025 annual conference . I was surprised and saddened to find that it happened in Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram now), Kerala, India because it's an event that we at FOSS United would have loved to support financially. I kept the TUG 2025 tab open for multiple weeks because I wanted to watch a few of the talks . Note to self : Check if anyone from India was a part of the organizing team for TUG 2025, and reach out to them. Maybe we (FOSS United) could support them in future events. ...