[OSGeo-Discuss] Mentors money
Stephen Woodbridge
woodbri at swoodbridge.com
Mon Aug 28 18:09:34 PDT 2017
I think at the least we might want to consider giving that money or some
of it back to the project that did the mentoring and let them decide how
to use it with some guidelines on use. OSGeo as the sponsoring
organization should probably get some of it to defray effort of organizing.
Just my 2 cents, after mentoring 8+ students.
-Steve
On 8/28/2017 8:23 PM, Vicky Vergara wrote:
> So, then if I undertand correctly:
> Mentors money is not mentors money.
> Right?
>
> Vicky
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com
> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> We are listing GSOC as a initiative, can the participating mentors
> make a decision?
>
> I have suggestions (such as a donate to the travel grant program for
> student travel) but it should be up to the participants.
>
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 10:11 AM Massimiliano Cannata
> <massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch
> <mailto:massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch>> wrote:
>
> I believe that GSoC people should make a proposal to be
> discussed at board level, of course hints from everyone is
> welcome...
>
> Maxi
>
> Il 26 ago 2017 7:02 PM, "Marc Vloemans" <marcvloemans1 at gmail.com
> <mailto:marcvloemans1 at gmail.com>> ha scritto:
>
> Dear Vicky,
>
> Before going into your question; decisions to spend money on
> codesprints or student conference attendance has not been
> part of the Marketing Committee remit.
>
> Perhaps the Board can decide on the what/where/how of this
> type of support?
>
> Kind regards,
> Marc Vloemans
>
>
> Op 26 aug. 2017 om 18:51 heeft Vicky Vergara
> <vicky at georepublic.de <mailto:vicky at georepublic.de>> het
> volgende geschreven:
>
>>
>>
>> Hello all
>> This thread started on the osgeo mentors list.
>> By suggestion of Margherita I tried to move it to
>> marketing, but it never arrived, so I am sending to discuss..
>> Sorry I can not give you links to the different responses,
>> it so happens that OSGeo google mentors mailing list is
>> private (for what ever reason).
>>
>> Please have a look.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: *Margherita Di Leo* <dileomargherita at gmail.com
>> <mailto:dileomargherita at gmail.com>>
>> Date: Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:01 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo GSoC Mentors] Hello all
>> To: osgeo-gsoc-mentors at googlegroups.com
>> <mailto:osgeo-gsoc-mentors at googlegroups.com>
>>
>>
>> Dear Vicky, Maxi, all,
>>
>> The money that OSGeo gets from Google is this year 500USD
>> per student. Before i was admin and also before i acted as
>> a mentor, this matter was discussed among the mentors at
>> the time, whether to distribute the money among the
>> mentors or to destinate them to another use, being this
>> decision up to the organizations participating in gsoc. As
>> far as i can tell, the problem of distributing the money
>> to the mentors was to make a lot of small payments of
>> which a considerable part would be eaten by bank transfers
>> and currency changes. So it was agreed that the whole sum
>> should be used to support code sprints instead.
>> Now, if you guys think this should be discussed over
>> again, you're welcome, but this would apply to next year's
>> budget, and should be agreed upon by all mentors.
>> My personal opinion: I think it more useful to use the
>> budget for a common purpose rather than distributing it in
>> small amounts, for example if you don't like it destinated
>> to code sprints, would be to use it for financial support
>> for students to attend conferences. For example at fosdem
>> we have been organizing the geospatial session and i have
>> every year invited our gsoc students to present their
>> works but they couldn't afford the travel and accommodation.
>> Google also gives 500USD for supporting students travel to
>> conferences, you mentors will be asked to propose a name
>> of a deserving gsoc student and an event that he or she
>> would like to attend and in case of multiple names we will
>> either split the aid or choose among the students. Last
>> year if I remember correctly this call was made directly
>> to mentors by google to provide names to them of deserving
>> students, but i'm not aware if anyone of osgeo made the
>> request or got funded.
>> Back to your specific request, Vicky, I suggest you
>> address this to the osgeo marketing committee , that is
>> administering osgeo's budget, and they should be able to
>> give you an answer.
>>
>>
>>
>> Il giorno ven 25 ago 2017 alle 17:22 Massimiliano Cannata
>> <massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch
>> <mailto:massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch>> ha scritto:
>>
>> Hi Viky and all,
>> sorry to be direct (as always :-D) but..
>>
>> As far as I know, nobody ever used the mentor money.
>> They were always, silently (I hear some rumors on
>> this), retained by OSGeo as organization.
>>
>> If is possible to use that money, I think this should
>> be clearly stated along with the procedure to access it.
>> As long term istSOS mentor, i would also be interested
>> in using these money to support dissemination of the
>> project.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Maxi
>>
>> 2017-08-25 17:09 GMT+02:00 Vicky Vergara
>> <vicky at georepublic.de <mailto:vicky at georepublic.de>>:
>>
>> Hi,
>> pgRouting team members, have being participating
>> mentoring since even before I joined the team.
>> There is a FOSS4G in Argentina, and we would like
>> to use some of the money that was for mentors, to
>> support that trip.
>> Do you know how to get those funds? and/or the
>> process to get those funds?
>> The money is planned to be used in:
>> - airplane fare for 1 person
>> - hotel
>> - pgRouting, OSGeo and OSGeo-GSoC poster promotionals
>>
>>
>> Vicky
>>
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