<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I have updated the wiki <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Draft_FOSS4G_Travel_Grants#Preface" class="">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Draft_FOSS4G_Travel_Grants#Preface</a> with some thoughts and additions.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We need to get moving if we are gong to give applicants a chance to apply etc in time for the conference. Here is a quick summary that could form the basis of an announcement:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><b class="">OSGeo invites applications for its Travel Grant Program for FOSS4G 2017</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="">The 2017 Travel Grant Program (TGP) will offer support to between  6 and 8 delegates to attend FOSS4G in Boston. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The TGP will provide </div><div class="">1) A Full Conference Pass (including attendance at workshops?) and access to social events</div><div class="">2) An accommodation and meals allowance of $750 for 5 days attendance or $1,000 for 7 days attendance</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Applicants will need to confirm that they can fund the costs of travel and that they have a valid visa for entry to the US when submitting an application. Conference passes and accommodation allowances will only be issued to TGP recipients once evidence of travel tickets and visas has been provided.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The TGP selection criteria will prioritise applicants from Low or Lower-Middle or Upper-Middle economies as defined by the World Bank at <a href="https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519" class="">https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Applicants should submit their application via [create a simple Google Form] detailing their experience of Open Source Geo and past activity, explaining why they wish to be considered for a grant and outlining the benefits that they and their employers will receive from their attendance.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Applications should be submitted by 19th June. Decisions will be notified on 26th June</div></blockquote><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If the Boston LOC are willing to make conference passes available for $500 we would be able to make at least 1 and possibly 2 more grants. We also need clarity on whether workshop attendance would eb included with those passes - personally i think workshop attendance will be a key benefit for TGP recipients.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I suggest we get 3-5 volunteers from ConfComm to evaluate applications. They can agree the precise criteria that they will apply, the extent to which the applicants letter/statement will score and how they will choose between closely ranked applications (subject to the broad criteria on the wiki).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hope this helps</div><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 2 Jun 2017, at 07:53, Till Adams <<a href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" class="">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
  
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    Dear michael,<br class="">
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    thanks for coming up with this again.<br class="">
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    I added a temporal WIKI page as base for further discussions and
    pleased members of ConComm to comment on this:<br class="">
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Draft_FOSS4G_Travel_Grants">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Draft_FOSS4G_Travel_Grants</a><br class="">
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    So, ConfComm please watch up this page and edit/comment!<br class="">
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    Till<br class="">
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 02.06.2017 um 01:32 schrieb Michael
      Terner:<br class="">
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i class="">Repeating
            note sent to Conference Dev in reply to Jody's comment for
            the Board:</i></div>
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            <div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="">Understood Jody.</div>
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            <div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="">I am simply
              reporting what we feel we are capable of doing. We will
              absolutely follow the wishes of Conference Dev and the
              Board and we understand and agree with the importance of
              "simplicity" and repeatability.</div>
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            <div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="">We remain on
              standby and look forward to watching this take further
              shape.</div>
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            <div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="">MT</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Jody
          Garnett <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>></span>
          wrote:<br class="">
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            .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks for
            the update. <br class="">
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            The board has done our bit with travel grant budget and
            mandate. <br class="">
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            Speaking for myself (not OSGeo or conference committee) I
            would prefer if we stick with early bird discount pricing to
            avoid setting a complicated precedent for subsequent events
            to follow. <br class="">
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            If the LOC is feeling confident you can donate or credit the
            travel grant program an appropriate amount. <br class="">
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            I know on the books it looks the same, but this way we allow
            the travel grants to reach more people this year while
            avoiding setting a moving target for fundraising.<br class="">
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                  <div dir="ltr" class="">On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 3:30 PM Michael
                    Terner <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:mgt@appgeo.com" target="_blank" class="">mgt@appgeo.com</a>>
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                      <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Just a
                        couple of updates from Boston:</div>
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                          <li class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class="">Today we
                              launched our "<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://2017.foss4g.org/volunteer/" target="_blank" class="">call for volunteers</a>"
                              which provides another "more affordable"
                              means of covering registration.</font></li>
                          <li class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class="">With the
                              success of our early bird registration,
                              the Boston team is comfortable providing
                              full conference registrations to travel
                              grant recipients for $500 (a discount
                              below Early Bird) for recipients who
                              aren't applying/accepted as a volunteer.
                              If/when our registration momentum
                              increases, we are hopeful we may be able
                              to do more.</font></li>
                          <li class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class="">We are
                              maintaining a list of people who have
                              inquired about our Travel Grant program
                              and we are ready to launch an application
                              page off of our website, or provide a link
                              to an OSGeo page on applying for a travel
                              grant.</font></li>
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                        <div class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class="">We look
                            forward to hearing how the Board and
                            Conference Dev deliberations are going and
                            are ready to assist when needed...</font></div>
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                        <div class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class="">MT</font></div>
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                      <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at
                        5:53 PM, Jody Garnett <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank" class=""></a><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>></span>
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                          <div dir="ltr" class="">It has now been another week. I
                            am writing up sponsor press releases, and
                            would love to have something to link to for
                            this travel grant program.</div>
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                                      <div class="">Jody Garnett</div>
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                            <div class="gmail_quote">On 24 May 2017 at
                              12:43, Jody Garnett <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank" class=""></a><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>></span>
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                              <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px
                                #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I am sure
                                we are all getting lots of interest
                                above travel grants for foss4g. We
                                managed to pass two motions last week -
                                is anyone from the conference committee
                                around to acknowledge the change of
                                scope/budget?
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                                <div class="">I would like to confirm we have
                                  done our bit as the osgeo board, and
                                  ask if there is anything more we
                                  should be doing. </div>
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