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my vote is +1<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 05.05.2017 um 08:37 schrieb Till
Adams:<br>
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Dear Jody,<br>
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in the moment this is my suggestion, so the opinion of just one
member of ConfComm. I call up a vote in ConfComm, so we have a
decision. Afterwards, we can discuss your thoughts.<br>
<br>
Till<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 05.05.2017 um 08:31 schrieb Jody
Garnett:<br>
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<div>Excellent, so would the idea be to update the conference
committee mandate then?<br>
<br>
Or would the conference committee set this up as indicative
(for program visibility and sponsorship)? ... similar to how
the website/rebranding is being taken on as a one-off by the
marketing committee.<br>
<br>
That is a bit of a strategic question so it may require
thought / planning.</div>
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<div>On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 11:19 PM Till Adams <<a
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hi Jody,<br>
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I would propose to post this responsibility to the
ConfCom. Some of the past chairs already were involved
in such kind of decisions.<br>
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Till</div>
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04.05.2017 um 17:07 schrieb Jody Garnett:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Thanks Till, can you dive into
that draft document and come back here with feedback?<br>
<br>
One open question is who should take the
responsibility for approving event applications.
Should the board handle it like code sprints, is the
conference committee interested in the responsibility,
do we want a new committee with yourself as chair? Etc
...<br>
<br>
If there is a dedicated group then it would open up a
few alternate approaches to the one proposed. <br>
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<div>On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 11:32 PM Till Adams <<a
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> I raise my
hand as volunteer.</div>
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Till</div>
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03.05.2017 um 18:10 schrieb Jody Garnett:<br>
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<div>We covered this in last months board
meeting, so far we need volunteers willing
to take part.
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<div>You many not be specifically happy with
the direction thus far (travel grant fund
available to all osgeo events, focused on
diversity, event organizers apply similar
to code sprints).</div>
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<div>I have draft I am working on based on
discussion thus far (using code sprint
guidelines as a starting point).</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 3 May 2017 at
07:59, Steven Feldman <span><<a
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fully support Michael’s request.
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<div>It is time for OSGeo to establish
a transparent policy on travel
grants, to fund them and most
importantly to administer them<br>
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Steven<br>
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<div>On 3 May 2017, at
13:56, Till Adams <<a
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style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">As you all can see we've been very
busy assembling our
program (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://2017.foss4g.org/accepted-presentations/" target="_blank">225
accepted talks</a>,
out of 423 submitted)
and rounding out the
sponsorship for the
conference (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://2017.foss4g.org/sponsor/" target="_blank">>$200k of
commitments</a>).
And now, with 2 weeks
to go before the Early
Bird expires,
registration is
starting to pickup
with ~200
registrations
processed.</div>
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style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">And, with registration on people's
minds we have started
to get the inevitable
requests for financial
support (e.g., and
accepted speaker who's
company cannot pay;
graduate students
looking for support;
etc.) and we expect
those requests to
continue. The Boston
LOC (BLOC) would
dearly like to have a
"Travel Grant
Program", but as was
pointed out in earlier
threads (I believe by
both Steven Feldman
and Jody Garnett) it
is difficult for the
host LOC to run such a
program. For instance:</div>
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<li><font
face="tahoma,
sans-serif">We
do not yet know
our financial
condition. With
registrations
being
notoriously
late, we won't
know if/how much
$'s are
available for
such a program
for some time.</font></li>
<li><font
face="tahoma,
sans-serif">Administering such
a program takes
time, and our
primary focus is
on producing the
conference and
the workshops.</font></li>
<li><font
face="tahoma,
sans-serif">Decisions
on criteria for
choosing
recipients and
the amount of
individual
grants can be
delicate and the
criteria/objectives
may differ
between the BLOC
and OSGeo</font></li>
</ol>
<div><font
face="tahoma,
sans-serif">As
such,<b> the BLOC
would like to
make a formal
request that
OSGeo establish
and administer a
travel grant
program for the
Boston 2017
event</b>. We
would gladly
collaborate and
help advertise the
program (e.g., on
our website and
through
referrals), but we
would concur that
this program
should be
established and
funded by OSGeo.
We have high hopes
that the proceeds
from Boston will
reimburse OSGeo's
investment in
subsidizing
attendance from
certain
communities. And,
we too will be
looking to offer
other
opportunities for
financial support
through our
volunteer program,
and potentially a
"need-based"
registration
discount (if our
Early Bird
registrations give
us increased
confidence in our
financial
success).</font></div>
<div><font
face="tahoma,
sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font
face="tahoma,
sans-serif">Thank
you in advance for
considering this
request. Please
let us know if you
have any
questions.</font></div>
<div><font
face="tahoma,
sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font
face="tahoma,
sans-serif">Sincerely,
MT & the BLOC</font></div>
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