<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">One more thing from the Boston Team...See <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">below</span> for an email that we received from Narcisse Mbunzama from the <span style="font-size:12.8px">Republique democratique du Congo...I think it helps to put a human face to this topic as a reminder of how important this program can be to individuals...And, in this case, doubly so with FOSS4G 2018 taking place in Africa...</span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">In the meantime, we will keep a list of inquiries from people like Mr. Mbunzama and let them know that we will refer them to the "travel grant application page" if/once the program is announced...Once again, thanks for all the effort and action to bring this forward...Let us know what comes next...</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">MT</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">---------- Forwarded message ----------</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">From: </span><b class="gmail_sendername" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Narcisse Mbunzama</b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><<a href="mailto:mbunzama@gmail.com" target="_blank">mbunzama@gmail.com</a>></span></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Date: Sat, May 6, 2017 at 7:12 AM</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Subject: Re: FOSS4G Abstract Submission for Presentation</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">To: Ashley Tardif <</span><a href="mailto:atardif@appgeo.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">atardif@appgeo.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Dear Ashley Tardif,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">I'm very happy to read your message about my selection to speak at</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">FOSS4G Boston 2017. I confirm that I will be available to participate</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">in this important event and bring my positive contribution during the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">event.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Due to lack of financial resource, I will appreciate if you can</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">consider my application for travel and accomodation grant to help me</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">participate in the FOSS4G Boston 2017</span></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">I'm looking forward to hear from you</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Best regards,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Narcisse Mbunzama</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Project Manager</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">DRCongo Developer Association</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">7 av, Kalemie  Immeuble Anji App 100</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Kinshasa-Gombe</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Republique democratique du Congo</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Tel: </span><a href="tel:%2B%20243%2081%2020%20200%2082" value="+243812020082" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">+ 243 81 20 200 82</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:mbunzama@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">mbunzama@gmail.com</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 9:49 AM, Michael Terner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mgt@appgeo.com" target="_blank">mgt@appgeo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Big thanks to all - Conference Dev & Board - for addressing our request in such a timely and productive manner. Particular thanks to Till for volunteering.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">We will be pleased to work with everyone on using Boston as a "beta" for this program should we be eligible. Let us know what comes next and what we can do to assist.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Thanks again...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">MT</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>+0 from me:</p>
    <p>Points to note:</p>
    <p>Does "FOSS4G" refer to "FOSS4G Global", or also "FOSS4G regional
      and local" events? I suggest this motion re managing FOSS4G travel
      grants is relevant to "FOSS4G Global" only, but may be extended on
      a case by case basis to other events too.</p>
    <p>I suggest we define the process somewhere. Probably here:
      <a class="m_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FO<wbr>SS4G_Handbook</a></p>
    <p>I'm hesitant about introducing extra responsibility to the
      conference committee, as I'm wondering whether we have sufficient
      volunteer capacity to take the extra work on. Based on Till
      volunteering to lead, I think we at least have initial capability.</p>
    <p>Warm regards, Cameron<br>
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    <div class="m_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825moz-cite-prefix">On 6/5/17 1:41 am, David Fawcett wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">+1<br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Maria
          Antonia Brovelli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" target="_blank">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
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              <div>+1</div>
              <div>Maria</div>
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                <div dir="auto" style="font-size:88%;color:#364f67">Inviato
                  dal mio dispositivo Samsung</div>
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              -------- Messaggio originale --------<br>
              Da: 신상희 <<a href="mailto:shshin@gaia3d.com" target="_blank">shshin@gaia3d.com</a>>
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              Data: 05/05/17 16:13 (GMT+01:00) <br>
              A: David Bitner <<a href="mailto:bitner@dbspatial.com" target="_blank">bitner@dbspatial.com</a>>
              <br>
              Cc: Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>>,
              Conference Dev <<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.or<wbr>g</a>>
              <br>
              Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] General mandate FOSS4G Travel
              Grants ~ Call for a VOTE <br>
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                      <div dir="auto">Thanks Till. +1 from me.</div>
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                      <div dir="auto">Sanghee </div>
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                      <div class="gmail_quote">2017. 5. 5. 오후 11:11에
                        "David William Bitner" <<a href="mailto:bitner@dbspatial.com" target="_blank">bitner@dbspatial.com</a>>님이
                        작성:<br type="attribution">
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                          <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>
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                                <div style="word-wrap:break-word">+1 :)<br>
                                  <div><span class="m_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825m_1460161580093941243m_-4298852947824744197m_-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-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">______<span class="m_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825m_1460161580093941243m_-4298852947824744197HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
                                          Steven<br>
                                          <br>
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                                          <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>
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                                            <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Steven,<br>
                                              <br>
                                              setting up the process AND
                                              selection process.<br>
                                              <br>
                                              Till<br>
                                              <br>
                                              <div class="m_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825m_1460161580093941243m_-4298852947824744197m_-724282500892862552moz-cite-prefix">Am
                                                05.05.2017 um 12:44
                                                schrieb Steven Feldman:<br>
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                                              <blockquote type="cite">Till
                                                <div><br>
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                                                <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_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825m_1460161580093941243m_-4298852947824744197m_-724282500892862552Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px">______<br>
                                                      Steven<br>
                                                      <br>
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                                                      <div>On 5 May
                                                        2017, at 07:42,
                                                        Till Adams <<a class="m_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825m_1460161580093941243m_-4298852947824744197m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>>
                                                        wrote:</div>
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                                                        <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF">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_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825m_1460161580093941243m_-4298852947824744197m_-724282500892862552moz-cite-prefix">Am
                                                          05.05.2017 um
                                                          08:31 schrieb
                                                          Jody Garnett:<br>
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                                                          <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_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825m_1460161580093941243m_-4298852947824744197m_-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">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"><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div class="m_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825m_1460161580093941243m_-4298852947824744197m_-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_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825m_1460161580093941243m_-4298852947824744197m_-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">I
                                                          raise my hand
                                                          as volunteer.</div>
                                                          <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Till</div>
                                                          <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div class="m_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825m_1460161580093941243m_-4298852947824744197m_-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="m_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825gmail_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 src="https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/application/vnd.google-apps.document" style="vertical-align:bottom;border:none"> <span style="color:#15c;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom">Travel
                                                          Grant
                                                          Guidelines</span></a></div>
                                                          ​</div>
                                                          </div>
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                                                          <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_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825m_1460161580093941243m_-4298852947824744197m_-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_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825m_1460161580093941243m_-4298852947824744197m_-724282500892862552m_-915785415877049941m_-8063637963106751274m_8596095979932083045Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">______<br>
                                                          Steven<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          </span></div>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <blockquote type="cite">
                                                          <div>
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                                                          <div>On 3 May
                                                          2017, at
                                                          13:56, Till
                                                          Adams <<a class="m_7997976505531375295m_1413156690986204825m_1460161580093941243m_-4298852947824744197m_-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>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
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                                                          <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>
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