<div dir="ltr">Big +1 from me!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 7:32 AM, Steven Feldman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">+1 :)<br><div>
<span class="m_-724282500892862552Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">______<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>Steven<br><br></font></span></span>

</div><div><div class="h5">
<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 5 May 2017, at 13:07, Till Adams <<a href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-724282500892862552Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
  
    
  
  <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
    Steven,<br>
    <br>
    setting up the process AND selection process.<br>
    <br>
    Till<br>
    <br>
    <div class="m_-724282500892862552moz-cite-prefix">Am 05.05.2017 um 12:44 schrieb Steven
      Feldman:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite">
      
      Till
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Arte you suggesting that CC approves events to be
        included in the travel grant program and/or runs the process to
        select the individuals who wish to benefit from the grants?<br>
        <div>
          <span class="m_-724282500892862552Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px">______<br>
            Steven<br>
            <br>
          </span>
        </div>
        <br>
        <div>
          <blockquote type="cite">
            <div>On 5 May 2017, at 07:42, Till Adams <<a href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank"></a><a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>>
              wrote:</div>
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            <div>
              
              <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hi
                ConfComm,<br>
                <br>
                as you've seen in the past days, Michael from BLOC
                started a discussion how to proceed with the travel
                grants, Jody was involved for the board and the board
                accepted to take over the whole travel grant
                responsibility to OSGeo. This means, we now can (and
                should) setup a formal and unique procedure for ALL
                FOSS4G events for travel granting. In my eyes, this is a
                big step forward (my thanks to Michael to start this
                discussion again ;-)). <br>
                <br>
                My suggestion is, to give our ConfComm the mandate to
                have the responsibility for approving event
                applications.<br>
                <br>
                So my call for a vote is: "Should ConfComm take over
                responsibility for approving event applications" ?<br>
                <br>
                Please vote until 10.05.2017 24h CET<br>
                <br>
                Till<br>
                <br>
                <br>
                <br>
                <div class="m_-724282500892862552moz-cite-prefix">Am 05.05.2017 um 08:31
                  schrieb Jody Garnett:<br>
                </div>
                <blockquote type="cite">
                  <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>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div><br>
                    <div class="gmail_quote">
                      <div>On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 11:19 PM Till
                        Adams <<a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>>

                        wrote:<br>
                      </div>
                      <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                        <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
                          Hi Jody,<br>
                          <br>
                          I would propose to post this responsibility to
                          the ConfCom. Some of the past chairs already
                          were involved in such kind of decisions.<br>
                          <br>
                          Till</div>
                        <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><br>
                          <br>
                          <br>
                          <div class="m_-724282500892862552m_-915785415877049941moz-cite-prefix">Am

                            04.05.2017 um 17:07 schrieb Jody Garnett:<br>
                          </div>
                          <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>
                            <div class="gmail_quote">
                              <div>On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 11:32
                                PM Till Adams <<a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank"></a><a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>>

                                wrote:<br>
                              </div>
                              <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                                <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> I raise my hand as
                                  volunteer.</div>
                                <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><br>
                                  <br>
                                  Till</div>
                                <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><br>
                                  <br>
                                  <br>
                                  <div class="m_-724282500892862552m_-915785415877049941m_-8063637963106751274moz-cite-prefix">Am


                                    03.05.2017 um 18:10 schrieb Jody
                                    Garnett:<br>
                                  </div>
                                  <blockquote type="cite">
                                    <div>We covered this in
                                      last months board meeting, so far
                                      we need volunteers willing to take
                                      part.
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <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>
                                      <div><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>I have draft I am
                                        working on based on discussion
                                        thus far (using code sprint
                                        guidelines as a starting point).</div>
                                      <div>​<br>
                                        <div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:396px;height:18px;max-height:18px;background-color:#f5f5f5;padding:5px;color:#222;font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;border:1px solid #ddd;line-height:1"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jYDOd87redxMHwT-xURcBrD7xwOeAPdVVLWZtIbM7-w/edit?usp=drive_web" style="display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;padding:1px 0px;border:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align:bottom;border:none" src="https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/application/vnd.google-apps.document"> <span style="color:#15c;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom">Travel Grant
                                              Guidelines</span></a></div>
                                        ​</div>
                                    </div>
                                    <div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all">
                                      <div>
                                        <div class="m_-724282500892862552m_-915785415877049941m_-8063637963106751274gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">
                                          <div>
                                            <div>
                                              <div>
                                                <div>--</div>
                                                <div>Jody
                                                  Garnett</div>
                                              </div>
                                            </div>
                                          </div>
                                        </div>
                                      </div>
                                      <br>
                                      <div class="gmail_quote">On 3 May
                                        2017 at 07:59, Steven Feldman <span><<a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank"></a><a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>></span>
                                        wrote:<br>
                                        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                                          <div style="word-wrap:break-word">I fully support
                                            Michael’s request. 
                                            <div><br>
                                            </div>
                                            <div>It is time for
                                              OSGeo to establish a
                                              transparent policy on
                                              travel grants, to fund
                                              them and most importantly
                                              to administer them<br>
                                              <div> <span class="m_-724282500892862552m_-915785415877049941m_-8063637963106751274m_8596095979932083045Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">______<br>
                                                  Steven<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                </span> </div>
                                              <br>
                                              <div>
                                                <blockquote type="cite">
                                                  <div>
                                                    <div class="m_-724282500892862552m_-915785415877049941m_-8063637963106751274h5">
                                                      <div>On 3
                                                        May 2017, at
                                                        13:56, Till
                                                        Adams <<a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank"></a><a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>>



                                                        wrote:</div>
                                                      <br class="m_-724282500892862552m_-915785415877049941m_-8063637963106751274m_8596095979932083045Apple-interchange-newline">
                                                    </div>
                                                  </div>
                                                  <div>
                                                    <div>
                                                      <div class="m_-724282500892862552m_-915785415877049941m_-8063637963106751274h5">
                                                        <div>
                                                          <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">As you all can see we've been very
                                                          busy
                                                          assembling our
                                                          program (<a 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 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>
                                                          <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div class="gmail_default" 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>
                                                          <div class="gmail_default">
                                                          <ol>
                                                          <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>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>-- <br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div class="m_-724282500892862552m_-915785415877049941m_-8063637963106751274m_8596095979932083045gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10px"><strong>Michael Terner</strong></span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
                                                          <em style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10px">Executive Vice President
                                                          <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;display:inline">​ & Chair
                                                          FOSS4G Boston
                                                          2017​</div>
                                                          </span></em><br>
                                                          <span style="font-size:9px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Applied
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