CPANSec has a budget. How should we spend it? Salve J. Nilsen (28 Feb 2026 19:25 UTC)
Re: [cpansec-discuss] CPANSec has a budget. How should we spend it? Salve J. Nilsen (28 Feb 2026 20:58 UTC)

Re: [cpansec-discuss] CPANSec has a budget. How should we spend it? Salve J. Nilsen 28 Feb 2026 20:50 UTC

Hei all,

While we figure out how to spend this money, I have a couple expenses
that we may consider.

On 2026-02-28 20:23, Salve J. Nilsen (via discuss list) wrote:
>
> TPRF has set aside 10000 USD for CPANSec activities in 2026.

First trip: Travel & Hotel for Salve J. Nilsen, to FOSDEM 2026 + Fringe
(Brussels, Belgium)

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Flight OSL-BRU-OSL;                EUR 226.58
Hotel Bedford, Jan 27th – Feb 2nd; EUR 568.71
Code & Compliance ticket;          EUR  24.20
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Total EUR;                         EUR 819.49
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Total USD (as of 2026-02-28;       USD 968.32
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This was for participating in the events below, with the purpose of
discussing topics around supply chain security, sustainability, CRA
Stewardship & Attestations, and more.

GVIP Summit [1]
Code and Compliance [2]
FOSS license and security compliance tools workshop [3]
FOSDEM [4]
OpenSSF Package Manager Workshop [5]

Plus miscellaneous networking events.

- Salve

[1] https://www.gvip-project.org/summit01/agenda/
[2]
https://www.eclipse-foundation.events/event/code-compliance-2026/summary
[3] https://workshop.aboutcode.org/
[4] https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/speaker/salve_j_nilsen/
[5]
https://openssf.org/blog/2026/02/19/advancing-package-repository-security-through-collaboration/

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