This documentation is a note for the opencollective payout.

1. Select `Submit expense`

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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)`
8. 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
9. Fill in title in `Title` in `Additional details`
    - Expense title: `<year-month> contribution payout`
        - e.g. `2024-07 contribution payout`
10. Submit expense
11. Update the expense url in our payout sheet
12. Approve each expense after getting a response for each expense