[epo-core] Proposal from Scott

[Matt S Trout]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:05:23AM +0100, Mark Keating wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> Scott McWhirter has sent in the following proposal for us to consider - 
> simply vote yay or nay to it, for the record I vote Yay:
> 
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> So Cloudtone Studios would like to donate money to the Enlightened
> Perl Organization for use in a 'Special' grant.
> 
> The aim of the grant is to increase a more business centric attitude
> to Perl and the CPAN and looks to fund proposals that meet the usage
> objectives that we'll set out. Initially I'd like to start with a
> single grant of $250 USD to see how it pans out, with the aim for it
> to become a quarterly grant, perhaps with more funds down the line.
> 
> We'd like to have some say over which proposals are chosen, but with
> heavy advice from EPO and hopefully we'll all reach consensus anyways.
> 
> Our hope is to raise awareness that perl is a tool for businesses and
> that we can keep up with market needs too.
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Yes.

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