[Board] GCI 2017: A big thank you for the hard work!

[Helmut Kudrnovsky]

Dear Jody, Dear Cameron,

to be honest, in my point of view, it's not ok to prepare such a blog/press release without consulting
the GCI/GSoC team (admins and mentors) before.

The GCI contest is still going on, the mentors are doing a really great job.

I can't read anything about this in the blog.

The students are doing cool things, e.g. promotional videos how to use QGIS or Marble,
coding test suits for GRASS etc etc

I can't see anything about this in the blog.

Without mentors and students, all this wouldn't happen.

Therefore I suggest, wait until the end of the contest, compile a cool result page
and set it all up in greater context.

Thanks
Helmut



> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2018 um 02:13 Uhr
> Von: "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> An: "Jody Garnett" <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Helmut Kudrnovsky" <hellik at web.de>, gsoc-admin at osgeo.org, "osgeo-board List" <board at lists.osgeo.org>
> Betreff: Re: [Board] GCI 2017: A big thank you for the hard work!
>
> Jody, a blog post would be a good forum for such a "press release".
> 
> I can help with reviewing the post, if someone who has been involved in 
> GSOC can write a first draft. The post can be relatively short, maybe 
> just a couple of paragraphs.
> 
> What I think should be covered:
> 
> * Google has donated $$$ to OSGeo
> 
> * OSGeo is very appreciative for this donation.
> 
> ** (Optional) What are we going to do with this money. It makes is very 
> tangible if we can state specifically what the funding us to be used 
> for. Otherwise, we can say something less impactful, such as "It helps 
> is cover the core expenses of keeping our foundation running"
> 
> * Some mentors have passed on their contribution to OSGeo too
> 
> * (Optional) Google has committed $$$ to Open Source as part of GSoC
> 
> * (Optional) The split of Google's OSGeo funding went xx%,  to OSGeo xx% 
> to Developers, xx% to ...
> 
> * This sponsorship is  WIN/WIN/WIN situation:
> 
> ** Helps the sustainability of Open Source - something that companies 
> such as Google depend upon.
> 
> ** Helps attracts students to become Open Source developers
> 
> ** Raises the profile of Open Source, which in turn benefits all 
> software communities
> 
> ** Helps fund critical tasks that Open Source projects often have 
> challenges getting funded
> 
> ** ...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/1/18 11:42 am, Jody Garnett wrote:
> > We make the occasional blog post, but have rarely gone on to circulate 
> > them as a press release (I understand both paid and free services are 
> > available). If anyone knows more perhaps it is something we can 
> > improve in 2018.
> >
> > Cameron if you are available to make a blog post it would be a good 
> > chance to confirm you can access 
> > https://staging.www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/ and make a new entry :)
> >
> > --
> > Jody Garnett
> >
> > On 10 January 2018 at 16:34, Cameron Shorter 
> > <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     This sounds very news worthy and deserves a press release.
> >
> >     1. It is great for developers to discover that some organisations
> >     (Google) donate money to Open Source.
> >
> >     2. We should offer public good will to Google for being such great
> >     community citizens. Lets help build the social capital of
> >     organisations that help us. Hopefully that will encourage Google
> >     to continue supporting us, and might even encourage other
> >     organisations to adopt similar strategies.
> >
> >
> >     On 11/1/18 6:12 am, Jody Garnett wrote:
> >>     That is good news, I understand some mentors for GSOC also direct
> >>     funds towards the foundation.
> >>
> >>     I wonder if the amount from packet publishing ever shows up?
> >>
> >>     --
> >>     Jody Garnett
> >>
> >>     On 10 January 2018 at 11:03, Helmut Kudrnovsky <hellik at web.de
> >>     <mailto:hellik at web.de>> wrote:
> >>
> >>         Dear board members,
> >>
> >>         we would like to inform you that Google transfered some
> >>         financal gratitude to all 25 Google Code-in 2017
> >>         organizations for the hard work over the past couple of
> >>         month. It came as a surprise also for us.
> >>
> >>         A big thank you to our mentors who are doing really a great job!
> >>
> >>         OSGeo`s treasurer informed us that he already received it.
> >>
> >>         Kind regards
> >>
> >>         Helmut (on behalf of the GCI/GSoC admin team)
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> >     -- 
> >     Cameron Shorter
> >     Technology Demystifier, Learnosity
> >     Open Technologies Consultant
> >
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> Cameron Shorter
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> Open Technologies Consultant
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