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    <p>foss4g oceania organising committee, <br>
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    <div class="moz-forward-container">It would be good if someone
      involved in our Travel Grant Program replied on this thread,
      noting our interest in continuing a TGP funding for next year, and
      maybe offering to help write funding guidelines.</div>
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            <td>Re: [OSGeo-Conf] OSGeo budget plan request</td>
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            <td>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 21:10:57 +0000</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td>Steven Feldman <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com"><shfeldman@gmail.com></a></td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">To: </th>
            <td>Eli Adam <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eadam@co.lincoln.or.us"><eadam@co.lincoln.or.us></a></td>
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            <td>conference <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org"><conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org></a></td>
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      Given the level of demand from applicants and indications of
      interest from regional FOSS4G events I would suggest increasing
      our request to $25k from the board on the basis that LOCs must
      match fund with hard cash plus free conference passes.
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      <div class="">We will need to establish a process for FOSS4Gs to
        apply for TGP funding but that should not be onerous and we
        could launch that in February when we know the level of funding
        that we have from OSGeo<br class="">
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              Steven<br class="">
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              line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Unusual maps in
              strange places -  <a href="http://mappery.org" class=""
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            <div class="">On 15 Jan 2019, at 18:01, Eli Adam <<a
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                <div class="">Hi Conference Committee, <input
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                <div class="">How do people feel about making the same
                  TGP request as last year?</div>
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                <div class="">Best regards, Eli</div>
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                  <div dir="ltr" class="">On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 10:21
                    AM María Arias de Reyna <<a
                      href="mailto:delawen@gmail.com" target="_blank"
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                    rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear OSGeo
                    Conference Committee,<br class="">
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                    OSGeo is reaching out to all committees, to help
                    plan our budget for<br class="">
                    2019. Teams with an annual plan (to pursue a
                    specific goal) are<br class="">
                    welcomed to send a detailed request for approval
                    (e.g.<br class="">
                    <a
                      href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Budget_2019"
                      rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class=""
                      moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Budget_2019</a>)<br
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                    A good idea is to focus on OSGeo participation, for
                    example attending<br class="">
                    the AGM or OSGeo code sprint or extending outreach
                    of the committee.<br class="">
                    Also keep in mind OSGeo goals as an organization,
                    (e.g.<br class="">
                    interoperability goal: CITE compliance or
                    participation developing new<br class="">
                    standards)<br class="">
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                    We would like to ask you to help us with budget
                    proposals to assist<br class="">
                    your committee. This will help us set aside a
                    realistic amount of<br class="">
                    funding.<br class="">
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                    Please add your project info to the budget draft at:<br
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                    <a
                      href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2019"
                      rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class=""
                      moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2019</a><br
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                    ideally by the end of January and ahead of our
                    January board meeting.<br class="">
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                    When making a budget request please keep in mind the
                    vision and goals<br class="">
                    of our foundation, along with any obligations you
                    wish to meet.<br class="">
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                    Thank you and best wishes,<br class="">
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                    On behalf of OSGeo Board,<br class="">
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                    María<br class="">
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