[OSGeo-Conf] TGP's in 2019

[Till Adams]

Hi Eli,

good idea. I do not expect to get hundreds of applications, so that may
work ;-)

Cheers, Till

Am 08.02.19 um 17:12 schrieb Eli Adam:
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 6:07 AM Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:
>> Dear CC!
>>
>> We just got the confirmation from the board, that we have 25k US $ in
>> 2019 for our Travel Grant Programmes.
>>
>> The idea is, that we want to dedicate 50-60% of this to the TGP of the
>> global event (so this year for Bucharest - in case they apply for a TGP
>> ;-)).
>>
>> The idea for the rest of the money is to give out a call to the
>> community, that regional events can apply also for some TGP funding,
>> given that they accept the application criteria (as defined in [1]).
> [1] is a great work and covers the topic well.
>
>> I'd like to push out that call quite fast and give a 3 or 4 week
>> timeframe for organizers to apply. This gives every event owner the same
>> chance and we do not have a "first comes, first serves" - which
>> definetely would prefer events, that takeplace earlier in the year... .
>>
>> In case we have more requests than money, we need a clear and
>> transparent decision process, which is the main task I fear.
>>
>> Any comments on this or ideas on how to define a decision process?
> Vaguely take the total funds and divide by the total approximate
> attendance and allocate that way.  An event with ~400 attendees will
> get twice as much as ~200 attendees.
>
> Best regards, Eli
>
>>
>> So far, I wish you all a nice weekend!
>>
>> Till
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] Steven and John Bryant workd hard on a draft of the application
>> criteria
>> (here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kzu9z_4BRMzCc5y9SsE7--GnShL30kPGnh7gXlqJspQ/edit?usp=sharing)
>> It will go live on the OSGeo wiki over the weekend.
>>
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