Cycle 5: Parviainen - Specreduce development

[hpparvi]

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[kelle]

Could you please confirm that the requested amount is in addition to your current contract amount of $24,461.21. So if approved, that would bring your total contract up to $47,861.21?

(This funding request should include any unfinished cycle 4 work.)

[kelle]

It would be useful for this funding request to have a budget range.

[hpparvi]

Could you please confirm that the requested amount is in addition to your current contract amount of $24,461.21. So if approved, that would bring your total contract up to $47,861.21?

(This funding request should include any unfinished cycle 4 work.)

The current contract has covered $10k of expenses from June, July, August, and September 2025, and I expect the remaining $14k to last until April 2026, assuming the current average workload of 4 hours per week. I will adjust the proposal to cover the remaining 9 months in 2026 with a range of average workloads.

[kelle]

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[eteq]

The Cycle 5 funding request process has been hugely successful! On the downside, that means our funds are severely oversubscribed. Even after the Finance Committee and SPOC have taken into consideration community feedback/voting and alignment with the roadmap, there are still more funding requests than we can afford in 2026.

We would like to stretch the budget as far as possible, and to fund as many activities as possible, while making sure the Project remains volunteer-driven. Hence, we would like to know if this project will still meet its deliverables if minimum your budget is reduced by 25%, 50%, or 100%. Or if there’s some other minimum, feel free to specify that instead.

As a reminder, there will be more funding for 2027 and we expect the Cycle 6 call for 2027 funding requests to begin in the Fall of 2026.

Thank you for your engagement and understanding as we continue to optimize our funding and budgeting processes and the balance of volunteer vs funded work! (@hpparvi )