Create proposal(s) for the Community Fund

[tobie]

As decided by the Board and reflected in #725, the OpenJSF now has a $60K Community Fund that's intended to serve the community beyond travel funds.

The Board expects proposal from the CPC on how to use this fund.

This issue is meant as a place to track those proposals.

[jorydotcom]

At today's working CPC meeting we reached a small-group consensus on the following (see notes)

• Community Fund should primarily fund specific programs, e.g. Travel, Scholarship, Thank You, Standards Participation
• Programs should have clear requirements & processes to make approval & eligibility straightforward
• Project Maintainers should be able to request 'ad hoc' funding for things that do not fall within the established programs.
• 'Ad hoc' funding requests should have a clear evaluation rubric; Maintainers should have support from CPC to complete funding request forms
• Funding requests should have a cap; money/benefit should go to individuals while also being additive to the projects.
• There's a grey line to be mindful of - community fund should not be sole source of direct project support (e.g. hardware, surveys, code & learn)

[rginn]

Please see the overview and proposal for awarding 20 need-based scholarships for the Node.js Training and Certification program. This scholarship proposal was developed in a CPC working session, with support from the OpenJS and Linux Foundation staff, and training and certification teams. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vNdYSSzuENSlEyTU3j1XsHTx_8flos4_0oxMejH_tWs/edit?usp=sharing

[joesepi]

Doc from last working session on nov 11, 2021: https://hackmd.io/RnT9C7ClT_O3ZcNfuDweIw

[joesepi]

Please see the repo that we created at last week's working session: https://github.com/openjs-foundation/community-fund

And consider helping us make that repo better by reviewing the issues and opening any PR's that would further this work. Thanks!