<div>Excellent, so would the idea be to update the conference committee mandate then?<br><br>Or would the conference committee set this up as indicative (for program visibility and sponsorship)? ... similar to how the website/rebranding is being taken on as a one-off by the marketing committee.<br><br>That is a bit of a strategic question so it may require thought / planning.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 11:19 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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Hi Jody,<br>
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I would propose to post this responsibility to the ConfCom. Some of
the past chairs already were involved in such kind of decisions.<br>
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Till</div><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><br>
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<div class="m_-915785415877049941moz-cite-prefix">Am 04.05.2017 um 17:07 schrieb Jody
Garnett:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">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>
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<div>On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 11:32 PM Till Adams <<a href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank"></a><a class="m_-915785415877049941moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> I raise my hand as
volunteer.</div>
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Till</div>
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03.05.2017 um 18:10 schrieb Jody Garnett:<br>
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<div>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>
<div><br>
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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_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:396px;height:18px;max-height:18px;background-color:#f5f5f5;padding:5px;color:#222;font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;border:1px solid #ddd;line-height:1"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jYDOd87redxMHwT-xURcBrD7xwOeAPdVVLWZtIbM7-w/edit?usp=drive_web" style="display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;padding:1px 0px;border:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align:bottom;border:none" src="https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/application/vnd.google-apps.document"> <span style="color:#15c;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom">Travel
Grant Guidelines</span></a></div>
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<div>--</div>
<div>Jody Garnett</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 3 May 2017 at 07:59, Steven
Feldman <span><<a href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">I fully support
Michael’s request.
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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>
<div> <span class="m_-915785415877049941m_-8063637963106751274m_8596095979932083045Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">______<br>
Steven<br>
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<div>On 3 May 2017, at 13:56, Till Adams
<<a class="m_-915785415877049941m_-8063637963106751274moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>>
wrote:</div>
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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>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br>
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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>
</ol>
<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>
<div><font face="tahoma,
sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<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>
<div><font face="tahoma,
sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma,
sans-serif">Sincerely, MT
& the BLOC</font></div>
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<div>-- <br>
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2017</div>
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