Thanks Till, can you dive into that draft document and come back here with feedback?<br><br>One open question is who should take the responsibility for approving event applications. Should the board handle it like code sprints, is the conference committee interested in the responsibility, do we want a new committee with yourself as chair? Etc ...<br><br>If there is a dedicated group then it would open up a few alternate approaches to the one proposed. <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 11:32 PM Till Adams <<a href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I raise my hand as volunteer.</div><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><br>
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<div class="m_-8063637963106751274moz-cite-prefix">Am 03.05.2017 um 18:10 schrieb Jody
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<div dir="ltr">We covered this in last months board meeting, so
far we need volunteers willing to take part.
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<div>You many not be specifically happy with the direction thus
far (travel grant fund available to all osgeo events, focused
on diversity, event organizers apply similar to code sprints).</div>
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<div>I have draft I am working on based on discussion thus far
(using code sprint guidelines as a starting point).</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 3 May 2017 at 07:59, Steven Feldman
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<div>It is time for OSGeo to establish a transparent
policy on travel grants, to fund them and most
importantly to administer them<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">As
you all can see we've been very busy
assembling our program (<a href="http://2017.foss4g.org/accepted-presentations/" target="_blank">225 accepted talks</a>,
out of 423 submitted) and rounding out the
sponsorship for the conference (<a href="http://2017.foss4g.org/sponsor/" target="_blank">>$200k of commitments</a>).
And now, with 2 weeks to go before the
Early Bird expires, registration is
starting to pickup with ~200 registrations
processed.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">And,
with registration on people's minds we
have started to get the inevitable
requests for financial support (e.g., and
accepted speaker who's company cannot pay;
graduate students looking for support;
etc.) and we expect those requests to
continue. The Boston LOC (BLOC) would
dearly like to have a "Travel Grant
Program", but as was pointed out in
earlier threads (I believe by both Steven
Feldman and Jody Garnett) it is difficult
for the host LOC to run such a program.
For instance:</div>
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<li><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">We
do not yet know our financial
condition. With registrations being
notoriously late, we won't know
if/how much $'s are available for
such a program for some time.</font></li>
<li><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Administering such
a program takes time, and our
primary focus is on producing the
conference and the workshops.</font></li>
<li><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Decisions
on criteria for choosing recipients
and the amount of individual grants
can be delicate and the
criteria/objectives may differ
between the BLOC and OSGeo</font></li>
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<div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">As
such,<b> the BLOC would like to make a
formal request that OSGeo establish
and administer a travel grant
program for the Boston 2017 event</b>.
We would gladly collaborate and help
advertise the program (e.g., on our
website and through referrals), but we
would concur that this program should
be established and funded by OSGeo. We
have high hopes that the proceeds from
Boston will reimburse OSGeo's
investment in subsidizing attendance
from certain communities. And, we too
will be looking to offer other
opportunities for financial support
through our volunteer program, and
potentially a "need-based"
registration discount (if our Early
Bird registrations give us increased
confidence in our financial success).</font></div>
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<div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Thank
you in advance for considering this
request. Please let us know if you
have any questions.</font></div>
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<div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Sincerely,
MT & the BLOC</font></div>
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