<div dir="auto">Thank you, Angelos. And please pass on our thanks to the Board on behalf of our local organising committee 🙂</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>Alex Leith</b><br></font></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">m: +61 419 189 050</font><div><a href="https://auspatious.com" target="_blank"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">https://auspatious.com</font></a></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 at 4:52 am, Angelos Tzotsos <<a href="mailto:gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com">gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Alex,<br>
<br>
The FOSS4G 2025 TGP budget has been approved.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Angelos<br>
<br>
On 12/13/24 00:15, Alex Leith via Board wrote:<br>
> Hi OSGeo Board<br>
><br>
> I know you're in-between Boards, but I wanted to get in a request for<br>
> travel grant funding for FOSS4G 2025 now, so it can go into the budget.<br>
><br>
> FOSS4G 2025 will be held in Auckland and we're anticipating between 500-700<br>
> attendees. We'd like to run a substantial travel grant program, and will<br>
> allocate a portion of sponsorship funds towards the program.<br>
><br>
> We will be prioritising supporting attendance from the South Pacific,<br>
> South-East Asia and South America, but will open to anywhere.<br>
> Previous programs in Oceania have supported around 10 people per event to<br>
> attend, and the event had around 150 people attending, so a little under<br>
> 10%. If we can support 40+ people to attend the global event, that would be<br>
> fantastic. The total cost for this will be something like $25-50 k USD.<br>
><br>
> We'd like to request $10,000 USD from OSGeo to support this initiative. We<br>
> will be requesting a similar amount from OSGeo Oceania, and as noted, will<br>
> top this up as we achieve sponsorship.<br>
><br>
> We also note that we will not be requesting seed funding from OSGeo.<br>
><br>
> Thank you for your consideration!<br>
><br>
> Kind regards,<br>
><br>
> Alex and Simon<br>
> Co-Chairs FOSS4G 2025<br>
><br>
><br>
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-- <br>
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD<br>
President, Board of Directors<br>
Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br>
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