@ncoghlan has stated that seeking funding through the Packaging-WG is viable, so I will be withdrawing this proposed amendment. While I am still of the opinion that it’s quite unfortunate that PyPA has literally no way to spend any of its own money, this is something that is better addressed when the inaugural Packaging Council is elected and is ready to govern PyPA.
Thank you all for the discussion. While this ultimately went nowhere, I do think it was valuable to talk about money before we have the same conversation in a few months time when it’s time to set the working relationship between the PC and the PyPA.