+1<br><br>I believe your office of president (like a committee) have a budget to work with. <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 10:37 PM Venkatesh Raghavan <<a href="mailto:raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp">raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Board,<br class="gmail_msg">
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On 1/19/2017 4:11 PM, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
> My international travel and participation at GWF-2017 is<br class="gmail_msg">
> supported by the organizers. I may need support from OSGeo to<br class="gmail_msg">
> cover local expenses for the duration of FOSS4G-Asia (26-29 Jan., 2017).<br class="gmail_msg">
> I will report of any expenses not covered from other sources and seek<br class="gmail_msg">
> board approval from reimbursement after I return from the conference.<br class="gmail_msg">
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Regarding my participation at GWF-2017 and FOSS4G-Asia 2017,<br class="gmail_msg">
my hotel expenses from 25-29 January and registration fee<br class="gmail_msg">
for FOSS4G-Asia 2014 amounts to 341USD. This amount has<br class="gmail_msg">
not be covered by other sources.<br class="gmail_msg">
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I request reimbursement of 341USD from OSGeo Travel budget.<br class="gmail_msg">
I will send the receipts to Mike if/when this reimbursement is<br class="gmail_msg">
approved.<br class="gmail_msg">
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Best<br class="gmail_msg">
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Venka<br class="gmail_msg">
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> Best<br class="gmail_msg">
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> Venka<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 5:21 PM Venkatesh Raghavan<br class="gmail_msg">
>> <<a href="mailto:raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp</a>>><br class="gmail_msg">
>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
>> Dear Board,<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> I have a speaking engagement at GWF-2017<br class="gmail_msg">
>> coming up next week in Hyderabad, India.<br class="gmail_msg">
>> I am supposed to present the OSGeo perspective<br class="gmail_msg">
>> at the session entitled "SUSTAINING A COLLABORATIVE INDUSTRY<br class="gmail_msg">
>> ENGAGEMENT MODEL"<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> The main discussion points are as below;<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> a) Academia - Industry collaboration. Who should take the lead?<br class="gmail_msg">
>> b) Other than providing financial assistance, what are other ways for<br class="gmail_msg">
>> industry to engage closely with academia for mutual benefit?<br class="gmail_msg">
>> c) Many faculty members are still conservative when talking about<br class="gmail_msg">
>> commercialization. What are steps required to change this mindset?<br class="gmail_msg">
>> d) What are your thoughts on cooperative research involving both<br class="gmail_msg">
>> university and industry? Any known success stories?<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> Any inputs from your side is welcome. Also looking for<br class="gmail_msg">
>> major success stories that could be highlighted.<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> I will also be attending FOSS4G-Asia just after GWF-2017. I<br class="gmail_msg">
>> will miss the next board meeting flight on 2 Feb., 2017<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> Best<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> Venka<br class="gmail_msg">
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