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    <p>Jody,</p>
    <p>just to clarify this:</p>
    <p>- I guess, you mean 6k for 2017, not 2018?<br>
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    <p>- are these 6k part of the 2017 budget for global TGP?<br>
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    - if so, is it possible to rededicate this money for FOSS4G TGP
    2018?<br>
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    Thanks for your fast reply,<br>
    <br>
    Till<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 15.11.2017 um 09:47 schrieb Jody
      Garnett:<br>
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        <div>Till you have 6k from 2018 avaialble; since this was
          sponsored funds it should carry over and be used for
          conference committee planning. Does this change the amount
          requested for TGP supporting osgeo events?<br>
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        aside: I usually reference FOSS4G TGP, supporting LOC, and
        Global TGP supporting our events and activities world wide<br>
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                  <div>--</div>
                  <div>Jody Garnett</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On 14 November 2017 at 23:49, Till
          Adams <span dir="ltr"><<a
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          wrote:<br>
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              <p>Dear board,</p>
              thanks for reaching out to us for our budget plans for
              2018. The only budget the conference committees requests
              are funds for the travel grant programme (TGP). In general
              we would request the board to raise our resources as
              follows:<br>
              <br>
              - 20k US$ for TGP for global FOSS4G<br>
              <br>
              - 10k US$ for other TGP activities<br>
              <br>
              (For the latter we still owe a concept, how to perform
              this, it's on my list).<br>
              <br>
              Why raising TGP for FOSS4G? As you all noticed, there have
              been long discussions on "how to enable as many attendees
              as possible to join a global FOSS4G" in the past and I
              think it's still going on. One focus on this have been
              fees for the conference itself, but looking over the total
              costs including flight, accommodation, entrance fee and
              food, it is clear, that joining a FOSS4G, depending on
              where it is, can easily cause costs up to 3k US$ and even
              more.<br>
              <br>
              If we as foundation really want to enable more people to
              join these events, we have to put more energy and money in
              here. I think, the success-stories of the past TGP's are
              good examples for this.<br>
              <br>
              We as Conference Committee are especially aware of the TGP
              and put an emphasis on this topic by encouraging the teams
              of future FOSS4G's to explain how they want to implement
              the TGP and what they can/are willing contribute to it
              (starting crowd fundings, offer reduced fees for grantees
              or whatever).<br>
              <br>
              I'd suggest the following:<br>
              <br>
              Raise the TGP for global FOSS4G's to 20k US$, if the LOC's<br>
              <br>
              - offer reduced fees for the TGP (e.g. Early Bird for all
              grantees, as TGP normally decides later)<br>
              <br>
              - make efforts to raise the budget by other activities
              such as crowd funding and/or requesting community
              members/participants to pay a surplus (e.g.)<br>
              <br>
              For 2018 I think that could be quite easy by just
              rededicating the not-used 10k US$ from our 2017 budget,
              that were reserved for non-global FOSS4G TGP's, as there
              haven't been any ;-)<br>
              <br>
              If a general raise seems to be difficult, I'd like to
              request at least to raise the funds for TGP for the "other
              regions" conference, as they are prone to attract people
              from parts of the world, where we are not that strong as
              in Europe or NA. I think the Dar conference is a good
              example for this.<br>
              <br>
              Happy to answer your questions, <span class="">
                <p>Till<br>
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                  09.11.2017 um 09:10 schrieb María Arias de Reyna:<br>
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                    <div dir="ltr">Dear fellow member,
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                      <div>I am reaching you (on bcc) because you are
                        the official contact of one of the commitees of
                        OSGeo: <a
                          href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.osgeo.org/<wbr>content/foundation/board_and_<wbr>officers.html</a></div>
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                      <div>We are trying to collect the budget requests
                        for each commitee before the next board meeting
                        (21st of November) to make sure we can approve
                        them before the start of the year. If your
                        commitee has any request for budget for 2018,
                        this is the time and place to do so.</div>
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                      <div>To send it, you can either answer this email
                        or send the budget directly to the board mailing
                        list. Either way, it will end up in the board
                        mailing list.</div>
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                      <div>Some resources that may help you on this
                        task:<br>
                         * <a
                          href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2017"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.osgeo.org/<wbr>wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2017</a></div>
                      <div> * <a
                          href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2018"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.osgeo.org/<wbr>wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2018</a></div>
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                      <div>At this moment (next two weeks) it doesn't
                        have to be very detailed (although it will help
                        us). We just need to know your plans for next
                        year to make sure we can allocate money for all
                        of our needs. And if we can't, we need to
                        discuss priorities. </div>
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                      <div>If you have any questions, don't hesitate to
                        ask. Please, contact your fellow commitee
                        members to make sure nothing important is
                        missing on your budget request.</div>
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                      <div>Thanks for your collaboration,</div>
                      <div>María.</div>
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