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<p><font face="monospace">Hello,</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">My global position is that we have a real
and big problem regarding carbon impact of conferences, that we
should tackle as an organization concerned by environmental
topics. This is a large and complex problem, and will of course
not be solved this time.<br>
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<p><font face="monospace">But more specifically concerning the
demand, providing grants for travel will have a significant CO2
emission impact due to corresponding flights. I think the least
we can do if we were to allocate travel grants, is to include
carbon emissions compensation in the budget.</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">Best regards,</font></p>
<p><font face="monospace">Vincent</font></p>
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<div>Hi OSGeo Board</div>
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<div>I know you're in-between Boards, but I wanted to get in a
request for travel grant funding for FOSS4G 2025 now, so it
can go into the budget.</div>
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<div>FOSS4G 2025 will be held in Auckland and we're anticipating
between 500-700 attendees. We'd like to run a substantial
travel grant program, and will allocate a portion of
sponsorship funds towards the program.</div>
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<div>We will be prioritising supporting attendance from the
South Pacific, South-East Asia and South America, but will
open to anywhere. Previous programs in Oceania have supported
around 10 people per event to attend, and the event had around
150 people attending, so a little under 10%. If we can support
40+ people to attend the global event, that would be
fantastic. The total cost for this will be something like
$25-50 k USD.</div>
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<div>We'd like to request $10,000 USD from OSGeo to support this
initiative. We will be requesting a similar amount from OSGeo
Oceania, and as noted, will top this up as we achieve
sponsorship.</div>
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<div>We also note that we will not be requesting seed funding
from OSGeo.</div>
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<div>Thank you for your consideration!</div>
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<div>Kind regards,</div>
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<div>Alex and Simon</div>
<div>Co-Chairs FOSS4G 2025</div>
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<font face="verdana, sans-serif">m: +61 419 189 050</font>
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