Perfect, thanks for hustle on this one Till. <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 11:36 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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    Dear Jody,<br>
    <br>
    in the moment this is my suggestion, so the opinion of just one
    member of ConfComm. I call up a vote in ConfComm, so we have a
    decision. Afterwards, we can discuss your thoughts.</div><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><br>
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    Till</div><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><br>
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    <div class="m_321873327607830616moz-cite-prefix">Am 05.05.2017 um 08:31 schrieb Jody
      Garnett:<br>
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      <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>
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          <div>On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 11:19 PM Till Adams <<a href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank"><a class="m_321873327607830616moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a></a>>
            wrote:<br>
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            <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hi Jody,<br>
              <br>
              I would propose to post this responsibility to the
              ConfCom. Some of the past chairs already were involved in
              such kind of decisions.<br>
              <br>
              Till</div>
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              <div class="m_321873327607830616m_-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 class="m_321873327607830616m_-915785415877049941moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank"><a class="m_321873327607830616moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a></a>>
                    wrote:<br>
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                    <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> I raise my
                      hand as volunteer.</div>
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                      <br>
                      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>
                          <div>​<br>
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                                  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"><a class="m_321873327607830616moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank">shfeldman@gmail.com</a></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_321873327607830616m_-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_321873327607830616m_-915785415877049941m_-8063637963106751274moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank"><a class="m_321873327607830616moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a></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>
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                                              </div>
                                              <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>
                                              <div class="gmail_default">
                                                <ol>
                                                  <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>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>-- <br>
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                                                      FOSS4G Boston
                                                      2017​</div>
                                                  </span></em><br>
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                <div>-- <br>
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                  <div>--
                    <div>Jody Garnett</div>
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  </div></blockquote></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">--<div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div>