[Board] Student Awards - Inputs needed from the community

[Michael Smith]

Having 10 distributions to LOCs is not a lot of work for me. Mainly its
coordinating addresses and payment methods. If its just check
distributions to 10 (or so) addresses a year, no problem at all.

Mike

Michael Smith

OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
treasurer at osgeo.org




On 2/15/15, 9:03 AM, "Suchith Anand" <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
wrote:

>One suggestion is to get few OSGeo Board members to be part of the Award
>Committee and help support the OSGeo Treasurer in this.
>
>Jeff, Anne are in the Award Committee and we will welcome any other OSGeo
>Board who want to join  the Award Committee  and help with this
>initiative to just let us know.
>
>As Jeff is the OSGeo President and already busy with many activities (and
>i greatly appreciate his strong support and involvement in Geo for All),
>i dont want to overload him , so my suggestion is that if Anne as the
>OSGeo Board member and Award Committee member can help with this, it will
>be big help.
>
>Anne- let us know your thoughts on this. Thanks.
>
>Also, though the aim is 10 awards per year but again, this is something
>we can reduce to suit the OSGeo Treasurer workloads/needs and scale up in
>future years as we get more experience. I am sure it will be learning
>process for all of us and we need to be flexible and make sure there is
>mechanisms to made the necessary modification to the initiative as needed.
>
>But there are some things we can do from the start to simply things
>
>1. Agree that we award a standard amount for each event (i.e 1k USD per
>event). But we leave it to the local event organisors on how they wish to
>distribute this (for example they can award 2 prizes for 500 USD each or
>10 prizes of 100 USD each for their competitions). It will be the LOC's
>who will work out the details .
>
>2. We can inform the local event committees and arrange payments to suit
>the timings that suits the OSGeo Treasurer.
>
>Any other ideas/suggestions on this very welcome.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Suchith
>
>
>
>________________________________________
>From: Jachym Cepicky [jachym.cepicky at gmail.com]
>Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 10:28 PM
>To: Suchith Anand; Jeff McKenna; board at lists.osgeo.org
>Subject: Re: [Board] Student Awards - Inputs needed from the community
>
>Not sure, how we can help - any idea?
>
>Fri Feb 13 2015 at 21:07:25 odesílatel Suchith Anand
><Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
>napsal:
>Hi Jeff,
>
>Yes, there will be additional work on the OSGeo Treasurer and i also very
>much know it is also a volunteer position , so i can only request Mike
>(Treasurer) if he will be okay to also handle the around 10 student
>awards planned.  Will anyone else in the OSGeo Board willing to help Mike
>support this student award? We can inform the local event committees and
>arrange payments to suit the timings that suits the OSGeo treasurer.
>
>All ideas welcome.
>
>Suchith
>
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>[board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] On
>Behalf Of Jeff McKenna
>[jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com<mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>]
>Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 5:06 PM
>To: board at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org>
>Subject: Re: [Board] Student Awards - Inputs needed from the community
>
>Hi Suchith,
>
>Thanks for explaining this Student Award initiative to the OSGeo Board.
>
>Reading your thorough plan for the award, I am in full support of the
>plan, however my concern is putting so much work/responsibility on the
>OSGeo Treasurer, a volunteer position (at least 10 payments to various
>local event committees each year).
>
>Mike (treasurer), what are your own thoughts on that?
>
>-jeff
>
>
>
>
>On 2015-02-11 7:31 AM, Suchith Anand wrote:
>> Hi Maxi,
>>
>> This student award is an OSGeo initiative (though we will welcome any
>>other interested organisations to join and contribute once the structure
>>is in place) and that is why i put the proposal directly to OSGeo Board
>>and want the OSGeo to run this and made it clear that it will be the
>>OSGeo Treasurer who will be in charge of all finance. The Award
>>Committee is only there to facilitate the student awards globally. I
>>leave it to OSGeo Board and Treasuer to advice us on which will be best
>>way for this ( i do not have any expertise on finance matters).
>>
>> The 10K USD budget allocation from OSGeo budget is requested  to fund
>>student awards for at least 10 Conferences/Competitions each year
>>(including at all FOSS4G main events) world-wide with  maximum 1k USD to
>>be allocated per conference/event.
>>
>> To answer your questions
>>
>> 1. My suggestion is that it is named " Geo for All" Student Awards .
>>Obviously ICA and ISPRS are involved in Geo for All , so we will have
>>their logos also in the certificates given out by the local
>>competitions. It is also a great boost for the students CV (much more
>>important than the monetary award) that their work is recognised by all
>>three great organisations. My humble suggestion is that OSGeo Board sees
>>this Student Awards as an educational investment and responsibility and
>>should lead this. If others join we should welcome them but not keep
>>that as a requirement to start the initiative.
>>
>> 2. Any interested organisations who wish to contribute to the student
>>awards should directly contact the OSGeo Treasuer and i suggest that
>>there is a website created for the Student Awards initiative
>>
>> 3. We plan to support at least 10 conferences/events each year.
>>
>> Once we get the OSGeo Board approval, we will
>>
>> - Send out a 'Call for Student Awards' scheme widely on appropriate
>>mailing lists (osgeo discuss, etc) and also in the website of "Geo for
>>All"
>> - Only LOC of established GIS conferences including FOSS4G local
>>conferences worldwide can apply
>> - Interested LOCs to send their applications to the chair of the Award
>>Committee with details of their selection procedures
>> - Committee selects which events/conferences to fund the student award
>>based on a set of criteria (to be developed by Charlie in consultation
>>with all members)
>> - LOC to prepare certificates and tokens of appreciation
>> - Make arrangements for presenting award in coordination with LOC
>> - Maximum 1k USD to be allocated per conference/event
>> - All student award winners should write a blogpost after the event
>> - All awards and winner details to be promoted widely through OSGeo
>>channels and published at Geo for All website
>>
>> 4. In which occasion? What is the amount of the single prize?
>>
>> Though the FOSS4G main events (World, Europe, NA) are the obvious ones
>>, we can only know which all conferences/events  will apply once we send
>>the call for student awards scheme out.
>>
>> But i am sure there will be strong response. For example yesterday on
>>the sidelines of the Certification ideas tele meeting we had at Geo for
>>All, i was explaining the ideas behind the Student Awards and came to
>>know details of QGIS Developer/User meeting planned in Copenghagen. That
>>is really good opportunity and if we have structures in place, i am sure
>>the main organisor Lene Fischer will be happy to plan ideas for  student
>>competition and apply for this.
>>
>> The maximum allocation per event will be 1k USD. If the local
>>organisers are able to use this to get other sponsors etc  to increase
>>the value of the awards, it will be excellent
>>
>> I have put all my suggestions in the wiki at
>>http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ica-osgeo-isprs_award, so please
>>add/contribute your ideas on how we can improve this directly as well.
>>If you have any other specific queries, feel free to email me.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Massimiliano Cannata
>>[massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch<mailto:massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch>]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 9:53 AM
>> To: Suchith Anand; Jorge Sanz
>> Cc: board at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org>;
>>ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] [Board] Student Awards - Inputs needed
>>from the community
>>
>> Hi Suchith,
>> Thanks for leading this initiative with great passion and competence.
>>
>> As member of the board, as you ask for 10k USD, personally, I would
>>appreciate having already defined rules, but as I know the Award
>>Committee  will do a great job in that, I am more concerned in
>>understanding how moneys are planned to be spent in 2015 (where the 10k
>>come from basically) and how OSGeo is involved.
>>
>> Just, some questions that came to my mind:
>> - will be the award be in the name of the ICA-OSGEO-ISPRS?
>> - If yes, how will other association contribute?
>> - How many do you plan to assign in 2015?
>> - In which occasion? What is the amount of the single prize?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Maxi
>>
>>
>>
>> Il giorno Wed Feb 11 2015 at 10:37:15 AM Suchith Anand
>><Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><ma
>>ilto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>> ha scritto:
>> Hi Jorge,
>>
>> You understood correctly and i appreciate the excellent work of all
>>OSGeo  Directors and it is important to get feedbacks from you all so we
>>can improve the ideas.
>>
>> Yes, the details of how to run the individual competitions, who are in
>>the judging panel etc are to be left with the local organisers. Maybe it
>>is easier to explain giving an example  using the NASA WW Challenge that
>>Maria and Patrick are organising at FOSS4G -Europe 2015
>>
>> As long as the competition has a set for criteria established on which
>>they will evaluate the entries (see at
>>http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/challenge2014  )  and a panel of
>>experts http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/org_sccom  to do the
>>evaluation, it is a good example of an initiative to support for the
>>student awards. In fact, this was this competition which got me thinking
>>that it will be good if we can put in place a structure to replicate
>>this Student Awards for other FOSS4G and GIS events.
>>
>> Similarly , if it is a student paper compeition or poster competion etc
>>they will have different requirements and in my humble opinion the Award
>>Committee should leave the details of the competition and the selection
>>to the LOC who are organising the individual events. The Award Committee
>>main role is to facilitate and encourage the LOCs of various events in
>>their aim to give student awards and increase student participation for
>>FOSS4G. The Award Committee will also have to be flexible and learn to
>>accommodate new ideas/inputs as it grows. The reason to set up a
>>globally distributed awards committee is to make sure there is healthy
>>debates for bringing collective inputs and great ideas.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli
>>[maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.b
>>rovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 8:24 AM
>> To: Jorge Sanz; Suchith Anand
>> Cc: 
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>>geo.org<mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org>>;
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>>>
>> Subject: Re: [Board] [Ica-osgeo-labs] Student Awards - Inputs needed
>>from       the community
>>
>> Yes, Jorge this is exactly the idea. Being more detailed at this level
>>is difficult, because it depends on the events of the following years.
>>In my opinion now we are at the very beginning and it is better to
>>evaluate year by year how to use these resources. In any case there is
>>an Advisory Board in the geoforall initiative that can  discuss about
>>the specific awards. It won't be an individual decision.
>> Thanks a lot!
>> Maria
>>
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>> Inviato: mercoledì 11 febbraio 2015 09.15
>> A: Suchith Anand
>> Cc: 
>>board at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:board at lists.os
>>geo.org<mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org>>;
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>> Oggetto: Re: [Board] [Ica-osgeo-labs] Student Awards - Inputs needed
>>from       the community
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>> 2015-02-10 10:41 GMT+01:00 Suchith Anand
>><Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><ma
>>ilto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>>:
>>> Helena and all,
>>>
>>> The aim is that we are able to fund student awards for at least 10
>>>Conferences/Competitions each year  (including at all FOSS4G main
>>>events) world-wide with  maximum 1k USD to be allocated per
>>>conference/event. If there are more than 10 applications per year we
>>>have to decide which ones to fund based on the set of criteria to be
>>>established. I request Charlie Schweik as the chair of the committee to
>>>decide the award criteria with inputs from all.  Once the framework is
>>>in place, we will invite other Geo organisations including ICA, ISPRS
>>>to contribute directly to OSGeo for expanding this student awards
>>>initiative.
>>>
>>> As Patrick said, i only wanted to put the big picture with you all on
>>>this and it is up to the Board and the Award Committee to decide the
>>>details of how to do the most good with OSGEO support.
>>>
>>> Not only the FOSS4G main events (Euro, NA, World) can apply to
>>>organise student awards with this initiative but others also are
>>>welcome to submit their applications. For example, if colleagues in
>>>Mexico or South Africa  are organising a local FOSS4G or  any other GIS
>>>related conferences are organising a FOSS4G session  and wish to give
>>>student awards for the student best papers, they can send an email with
>>>all their details (website of the student competion, the panel judging
>>>the awards, criteria of their selection procedures etc) to the chair of
>>>the awards committee and the Award committee will look into the
>>>proposal against the set of criteria and make decision quickly.
>>>
>>> Hope it gives the idea of the scale we wish to expand this once the
>>>frameworks are in place.
>>>
>>> Suchith
>>
>>
>> So if I understood well, in essence this is about a series of awards
>> all over FOSS4G/Geospatial conferences to award students that have had
>> a significant contribution to Open Source. Leaving apart of the
>> details (who decides who is awarded, the amount, etc) I support the
>> idea as a consistent, regular prize that many conferences will want to
>> participate. In fact I'd expect to have some competition on which ones
>> get a prize, that will be more work for the committee, but that's
>> good!
>>
>> It will not only be a great incentive to students and teachers, the
>> outreach potential for GeoForAll idea, ISPRS, ICA and OSGeo will be
>> huge.
>>
>> Thanks Suchith for the effort on putting some light on the idea, at
>> least from my part, you guys at GeoForAll have all the support but as
>> was said on the Board meeting, we the Directors want to do our job
>> responsibly and needed more details on the general idea of the awards.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> --
>> Jorge Sanz
>> http://www.osgeo.org
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