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<td>Fwd: Oceania TGP Application</td>
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<td>Alex Leith <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alexgleith@gmail.com"><alexgleith@gmail.com></a></td>
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From: Alex Leith <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alexgleith@gmail.com"><alexgleith@gmail.com></a><br>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 at 08:24<br>
Subject: Oceania TGP Application<br>
To: conference <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org"><conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org></a><br>
Cc: OSgeo - Oceania <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:oceania@lists.osgeo.org"><oceania@lists.osgeo.org></a><br>
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Hi Folks<br>
<br>
For the first time The Pacific GIS and Remote Sensing Council
(PGRSC),<br>
OSGeo Oceania and HOT OSM are collaborating to present the 2022
GIS users<br>
conference in Oceania. The conference series has been running in
Fiji for<br>
about 20 years and is the largest GIS and RS Conference in the
Pacific,<br>
with content covering applications of FOSS and open data. This
year will be<br>
enriched with additional formal integration into the FOSS4G
community,<br>
combining the annual FOSS4G and SoTM Oceania event with the PGRSC<br>
conference. Thus, a new conference name will be used to represent
this new<br>
venture: "The Pacific Geospatial Conference''.<br>
<br>
The Pacific Geospatial Conference will be held from 28th November
to 2nd<br>
December at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji and
the theme<br>
will be “Digital Platforms, GIS and Remote Sensing to anticipate
and manage<br>
impacts of Global Warming.”<br>
<br>
Following the success of our Travel Grant Program (TGP) in 2018
and 2019,<br>
OSGeo Oceania is offering a TGP for the 2022 Pacific Geospatial
Conference,<br>
aimed at enabling attendance for people who are disadvantaged by
economic<br>
circumstances and/or geography. Oceania is a vast region, with a
highly<br>
distributed population, a large proportion of which is in small,<br>
lesser-developed countries. Travelling to Fiji could be difficult
and<br>
expensive, even for local communities in the most remote areas of
the<br>
country, and visas are also costly.<br>
<br>
There is a strong need in this region for this type of program,
and there<br>
are clear economic and social benefits of spreading open
geospatial<br>
knowledge to those who stand to gain the most. The TGP’s goal is
increasing<br>
the diversity, accessibility, and reach of the conference. We want
to<br>
support worthy recipients who are interested in gaining in-depth
insight<br>
into development and application of open-source geospatial
software and are<br>
committed to making an impact in their home country, given the
opportunity<br>
provided.<br>
<br>
To support this program, we are requesting support from the OSGeo
Travel<br>
Grant Fund in the amount of USD$3,500.<br>
<br>
We are pleased to confirm we are prepared to more than match
OSGeo's<br>
contribution with our own funds. OSGeo Oceania has already
approved a cash<br>
contribution of AUD$5000 (approximately USD$3500) and we also hope
that<br>
OSGeo's contribution will act as a 'seed' for other funders, such
as NGOs<br>
and government grants.<br>
<br>
There is more information available in this document:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DYf-nTKN1NI5kAOlZHuLX1hQ750W_b_1/edit#">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DYf-nTKN1NI5kAOlZHuLX1hQ750W_b_1/edit#</a><br>
(also attached as a PDF for posterity).<br>
<br>
I look forward to hearing from you.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
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Alex Leith
Treasurer, OSGeo Oceania
m: +61 419 189 050
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