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<div>+1 Gerald or/and Jeff. Best!</div>
<div>Maria</div>
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From: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com> <br>
Date: 26/07/2017 15:30 (GMT+01:00) <br>
To: zoo-psc@lists.osgeo.org <br>
Subject: Re: [ZOO-PSC] Requesting funds to go the FOSS4G 2017 <br>
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<div class="PlainText">On second thought, my email just adds confusion to this. Please
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disregard it.<br>
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I am +1 for Gérald going to Boston.<br>
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Have a nice week everyone,<br>
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-jeff<br>
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On 2017-07-26 10:14 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:<br>
> Dear Gérald and ZOO-PSC members,<br>
> <br>
> I have been quiet on this issue, because I agree with the points made by <br>
> Markus, Daniel and others; and, I'm very disheartened by the high costs <br>
> of FOSS4G Boston.<br>
> <br>
> Yesterday I received a direct message from the Boston co-chair, Michael <br>
> Terner. He said that the local committee noticed my big smile at <br>
> FOSS4G-Paris, and they would like to offer a complementary "full pass" <br>
> for the registration to me. They would also like me to be there to <br>
> present this year's Sol Katz award.<br>
> <br>
> That is a kind offer. And one that made me really think, of somehow <br>
> attending (very similar to Gérald's situation). A full registration is <br>
> a thousand Canadian dollars, yikes. Unfortunately the Canadian dollar <br>
> is very low compared to the USD.<br>
> <br>
> Part of my thinking on this, is also the fact that I'll be working on <br>
> the ZOO-Project these coming weeks, before Boston, to add ZOO into the <br>
> base MS4W installer.<br>
> <br>
> And on my mind also is how useful it was for me to be at the ZOO-Project <br>
> workshop in Paris, where I spoke for about an hour on MapServer and ZOO <br>
> to the workshop attendees.<br>
> <br>
> Therefore I've been looking and looking for a cheap flight since I <br>
> received Michael's invite yesterday. The best I can do is to arrive <br>
> Monday evening, in time for the ZOO-Project workshop (Tuesday <br>
> afternoon), and hope to sleep on someone's hotel room floor for the <br>
> week, and attend the code sprint on Saturday. The flight cost would be <br>
> 470 USD. I would not be buying rounds of beer there of course, and <br>
> cutting costs wherever I can.<br>
> <br>
> So I am proposing to join in on Gérald's use of the code sprint funding, <br>
> only to cover the cost of my flight (I can sleep on Gérald's hotel room <br>
> floor likely, to cut costs).<br>
> <br>
> I do worry that the OSGeo Board might not approve the use of this <br>
> funding for the one-day FOSS4G-Boston sprint, for the ZOO team (which I <br>
> think both Markus and Daniel said as well); but on the other hand, it <br>
> can't hurt to try.<br>
> <br>
> What do others think of this idea?<br>
> <br>
> This is definitely confusing. Especially as I realize that the 2k might <br>
> just be enough for to cover Gérald's flight and hotel costs.<br>
> <br>
> But I do want to stress that I strongly feel that Gérald should be at <br>
> FOSS4G Boston. He deserves this after so much work for FOSS4G-Paris.<br>
> <br>
> -jeff<br>
> <br>
> <br>
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> <br>
> On 2017-07-10 10:31 AM, Fenoy Gerald wrote:<br>
>> Dear ZOO-PSC members,<br>
>> I do apologize to come back to you so late about this specific query <br>
>> but at this point there is no other way around, so I have to send you <br>
>> this email.<br>
>><br>
>> I would like to request for funds for being able to attend the FOSS4G <br>
>> 2017 in Boston. Indeed, as you have probably noticed we have been <br>
>> accepted for both the ZOO-Project and the MapMint workshop.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks to this acceptance, we got free tickets to attend the <br>
>> conference. Then for the MapMint workshop we asked for refund after <br>
>> the conference, this should make 750 $US when this money is send.<br>
>><br>
>> Still, this does not even cover the fees I have advanced already for <br>
>> the flight tickets …. (bought in january this year for having cheap <br>
>> price).<br>
>><br>
>> I have also booked a hotel, but for the first time in my life when <br>
>> preparing my journey to the global FOSS4G I have selected a hotel that <br>
>> I can cancel few days before the conference. Only the hotel for the <br>
>> minimum number of nights is around 1200€ which sounds not very <br>
>> reasonable for someone like me that is only willing to promote the <br>
>> software.<br>
>><br>
>> Obviously there will be a Code Sprint there, and we have filled the <br>
>> fund request to OSGeo at the end of the last year (if I recall <br>
>> correctly the dates) for attending code sprint.<br>
>><br>
>> So I would like to request for the full amount of money that we have <br>
>> asked to the OSGeo, so 2000€, for attending the global FOSS4G this year.<br>
>><br>
>> I hope to hear from you and we can accept my proposal, in other case I <br>
>> will have to inform the FOSS4G LOC that both MapMint and ZOO-Project <br>
>> workshops and the ZOO-Project presentation will be canceled. Looking <br>
>> at the price for attending the conference, I still wonder if our place <br>
>> is there or not as selecting attendees on the money they are able to <br>
>> expense during the summer period is probably far from our initial <br>
>> vision … ( when I say « our place » I mean a place for any free <br>
>> software).<br>
>><br>
>> I hope to hear your thoughts on this matter.<br>
>><br>
>> Best regards,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Gérald Fenoy<br>
>> <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Djay">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Djay</a><br>
>><br>
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