<div dir="ltr">FYI<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeff McKenna</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 3:31 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Board] Application for a sponsorship by OSGeo to 4th GRASS Community Sprint<br>To: <a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org">board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><br><br>Thanks Margherita, I've added this to the agenda of next week's Board<br>
meeting (<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2013-06-13" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2013-06-13</a>)<br>
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-jeff<br>
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On 2013-06-06 10:21 AM, Margherita Di Leo wrote:<br>
> Dear Board,<br>
><br>
> I would like to apply for a sponsorship by OSGeo for the upcoming 4th<br>
> GRASS Community Sprint [1]. Following the guidelines [2], I provide the<br>
> following information:<br>
><br>
><br>
</div>> *Basic Information*<br>
><br>
> * Audience: how many people are expected? ~20 people<br>
> * Region: is the sprint localized to a specific region? It's a global<br>
> event<br>
> * Projects: is the sprint to work on just one specific project, or is<br>
<div class="im">> it for multiple projects? Developers and contributors are committed<br>
> to be working for improving the GRASS GIS project and the interfaces<br>
> to QGIS, GDAL, PostGIS, R statistics, Sextante, gvSIG, OGC Services<br>
> (esp. WPS) and more.<br>
</div>> * Length: how many days will the sprint cover? 7 (12-18 July 2013)<br>
> * Venue: where will the sprint be held? will food be provided? will<br>
<div class="im">> overnight lodging be provided? The sprint is following the<br>
> Geoinformatics conference, 11-12 July 2013, Czech Technical<br>
> University in Prague, Czech Republic. With the sponsors' donations<br>
> we will try to cover some expenses for meals and accommodation.<br>
><br>
</div>> *Expected Expenses*<br>
><br>
> * what is the expected cost per attendee, for travel, lodging, and<br>
<div class="im">> food? Travel costs really depend on the travel distance, we expect<br>
> participants mainly from Europe. For accommodation and costs, please<br>
> refer to [3]. For general info about common items and food prices,<br>
> please see [4]<br>
</div>> * what is the expected cost for the venue (such as conference room,<br>
<div class="im">> wifi support, snacks, etc)? In average the overall cost of GRASS<br>
> community sprints has been kept very low, the venue is kindly<br>
> offered by the Czech Technical University of Prague. Snacks and<br>
> drinks are to be provided by sponsorship.<br>
><br>
</div>> *Expected Revenues*<br>
><br>
> * what is the expected registration fee, if any, for each attendee? No<br>
> registration fees<br>
> * what is the expected amount of third-party sponsorships? The<br>
<div class="im">> previous GRASS community sprint gathered 780 eur from third parties<br>
> sponsorship, as documented in [5]<br>
</div>> * what in-kind donations are expected (such as donated use of a<br>
> conference room)? Conference room.<br>
> * what is the desired amount of OSGeo sponsorship? 750 USD<br>
><br>
> *Profit / Loss / Risk*<br>
><br>
> * What is the expected profit of the event, if any? where will any<br>
<div class="im">> surplus money go? There is no expected profit. We don't expect any<br>
> surplus, but if any, it will be kept for a future GRASS community<br>
> sprint.<br>
</div>> * Under what circumstances might the event incur a loss? how will this<br>
<div class="im">> risk be mitigated? In the case that sponsors' donations would be<br>
> low, the remaining costs will be covered by the participants.<br>
><br>
> Thank you and best regards.<br>
><br>
><br>
> [1] <a href="http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013" target="_blank">http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013</a><br>
> [2] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Code_Sprint_Guidelines" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Code_Sprint_Guidelines</a><br>
> [3] <a href="http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013#Accommodation_and_Costs" target="_blank">http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013#Accommodation_and_Costs</a><br>
> [4]<br>
> <a href="http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013#Weather_and_Common_Item_Prices" target="_blank">http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013#Weather_and_Common_Item_Prices</a><br>
> [5] <a href="http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Genova_2013#Thanks_to_our_sponsors" target="_blank">http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Genova_2013#Thanks_to_our_sponsors</a><br>
><br>
> --<br>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div><font color="#666666">Best regards,</font></div><div><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div><font color="#666666">Margherita DI LEO </font></div><div><font color="#666666">Postdoctoral Researcher</font></div>
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