[OSGeo-Conf] TGP's in 2019

[Eli Adam]

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 8:07 AM Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would counsel that we prioritise grants to those where we are
> underrepresented in both economic and gender terms - see the OECD
> Development Assistance Countries list [1]. While trains can be useful in
> the short term, we need to really consider the balance between being
> environmentally conscious and bringing those from the frontier of where we
> need to be and have the most impact. This will be achieved through
> empowering those through the TGP.  In less diplomatic terms, if we're not
> going to hold conferences with more regularity in SSE Asia, Latin American
> and the Caribbean, and Africa, we need to facilitate their travel to Europe
> and North America - that will mean flights 99% of the time.
>
> Just my $0.02...
>
> [1]
> http://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-standards/DAC_List_ODA_Recipients2018to2020_flows_En.pdf
>
>
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 10:13, Jonathan Moules <
> jonathan-lists at lightpear.com> wrote:
>
>>  >  Any comments on this or ideas on how to define a decision process?
>>
>> I'd suggest one criterion for the decision is to prioritise sustainable
>> forms of transport. I.e. flying would be last, trains first.
>> For official EU numbers:
>>
>> https://www.eea.europa.eu/media/infographics/co2-emissions-from-passenger-transport/view
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jonathan
>>
>
Right now, both of these are criteria that will be set by the LOC running
that individual TGP.  See details in
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Travel_Grant_Programme_Cookbook

Eli


>
>> On 2019-02-08 14:07, Till Adams 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]).
>> >
>> > 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?
>> >
>> >
>> > 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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