I would like to share the feedback I got. I am currently discussing with some friends what this means and how I will continue with my open source envolvment.
together with the board we have reviewed your idea for “Maintenance of my extensions (Georg Ringer)”. Thank you for handing in this idea(s) and thank you for your patience.
During the last years the TYPO3 Association used the reserve (created by the entrance fee for the members) for creating a higher yearly budget than the actual income by the membership fees. The strategy of this and the next years is, that the yearly costs of the TYPO3 Association should be covered by the income (which are the memberships) and to leave the rest of the reserve untouched.
Although the costs of the development of TYPO3 are covered by the income of the TYPO3 GmbH, this leads to a smaller budget compared to the last years.
The goal for the TYPO3 Association for this year is to finance ideas which will increase the numbers of members of the TYPO3 Association. Although your idea is interesting for the TYPO3 Project itself, we did not see a direct impact for fostering the memberships of the TYPO3 Association. The board has decided to not accept your proposal.
But: This years budget has still room for some ideas to be financed. We encourage you to hand in a new proposal, the board will grant some budgets during this year as there are more funds available as expected.
We have learned a lot during this year’s budget process and will continue to improve. Expect that the process for 2023 will start much earlier.