appium/docs/payout.md

This documentation is a note for the opencollective payout.

1. Select Submit expense

2. Select Appium in Who is paying
3. Select Invite someone and fill in a user name to pay payouts for
4. Select Invoice for Select the type of expense
5. Check the I have read and understood the instructions and conditions agreement
6. Select No, generate an invoice for me
   • Keep blank for the Additional invoice information (optional)
7. Fill in the description in the Item Description, date and amount for Expense Items
   • for TCs:
     • <year-month> contribution as a TC https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/GOVERNANCE.md#the-technical-committee and maintaining Appium project itself (development, review etc)
     • i.e. 2024-07 contribution as a TC https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/GOVERNANCE.md#the-technical-committee and maintaining Appium project itself (development, review etc)
   • for individuals
     • PR contribution: <PRs> for PRs. Community contribution in Q&A forum at https://discuss.appium.io/ for appium forums
     • E.g.
       • PR contribution: https://github.com/appium/dotnet-client/pull/810, https://github.com/appium/dotnet-client/pull/808
       • PR contribution: https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2206, https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2203 and a few PRs
       • Community contribution in Q&A forum at https://discuss.appium.io/
     • Translations
     • e.g.
       • Translation contributions for https://crowdin.com/project/appium-documentation
   • For Date
     • today
   • For Amount
     • Put the payment amount in USD
8. Fill in title in Title in Additional details
   • Expense title: <year-month> contribution payout
     • e.g. 2024-07 contribution payout
9. Submit expense
10. Update the expense url in our payout sheet
11. Approve each expense after getting a response for each expense