<div dir="ltr">For FOSS4GNA we got a lot of folks asking us why we didn't have student scholarships or discounts after we had already set the budget and our ticket prices. Given the fixed budget, the compromise that we worked out was to reserve some of the <i>budgeted for</i> free volunteer slots for students with the requirement that those students would also need to act as session moderators, registration desk help etc. We were able to add a couple additional student slots through some sponsor funds/spots. Students were required to fill out a form and were semi-randomly chosen (we round-robined schools so we didn't bring in just students from one school).<div>
<br></div><div>Whatever you do -- budget for it before setting your prices. Don't just do it ad hoc.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 8:44 AM, David Fawcett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david.fawcett@gmail.com" target="_blank">david.fawcett@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 dir="ltr"><div><div><div>For FOSS4G NA 2013, we had interested students apply and then had a random drawing for selection (with a limit of one student per institution). As part of the scholarship, the students were expected to do help with tasks at the conference. <br>
<br></div>If I remember correctly, some of these spots were funded out of the main budget and some others were added through the donation of spots by sponsors. Len Kne ran it. I can get additional information if you need it.<br>
<br></div>The info page is still up: <a href="http://foss4g-na.org/student-opportunities/" target="_blank">http://foss4g-na.org/student-opportunities/</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">David.<br></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Jacob Greer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jacobmgreer@gmail.com" target="_blank">jacobmgreer@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 dir="ltr">OSCON does various scholarship programs through sponsors (for example Github sponsored "<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20px">women and minorities who are passionate about open source"). </span><a href="http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013/public/content/scholarships" target="_blank">http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013/public/content/scholarships</a></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Darrell Fuhriman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darrell@garnix.org" target="_blank">darrell@garnix.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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One thing I've seen come up recently is discussion of providing scholarships to worthy folks who may not be able to otherwise attend.<br>
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I'd like to explore the idea some, but I'm not really sure what a program would look like.<br>
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Any thoughts (or resources)?<br>
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Darrell<br>
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