[Board] Statement by OSGeo to refund GSoC delegate

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Hi Madi,

Thanks for the clarification.
I will send out the letter by tomorrow morning.

Best

Venka

P.S. Hope to see a GSoC (Geospatial Summer of Code) committee
to further the great work you, Helmut and all others are doing!!

Kansha!! (It means respect in Japanese)


On 8/21/2017 6:52 PM, Margherita Di Leo wrote:
> Hi Venka, all,
>
> The fund comes from Google, and is paid to our organization as part of the
> whole GSoC budget. Google pays 2200 USD as a lump sum to refund travel
> costs for 2 delegates to attend the mentor summit. May I also notice that
> there is no such thing as a GSoC committee.
> This letter is only a formality to ease Rohith obtaining his VISA, as the
> reimbursement for the travel is not a decision to be voted about but is
> part of the agreement between Google and OSGeo as mentor organization. Hope
> this clarifies.
>
> Thanks
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Il giorno lun 21 ago 2017 alle 11:37 Venkatesh Raghavan <
> raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> ha scritto:
>
>> Hi Board,
>>
>> I think the fund come from the Project Steering Committee
>> budget for 2017 [1]
>>
>> Just want to confirm that support for Rohit's trip is
>> approved by GSoC Committee. I can sign an send
>> the letter to Rohit.
>>
>> Rohit, thanks for all your effort as a GSoC mentor.
>> I think a signed PDF will serve your purpose.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Venka
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2017
>>
>>
>> On 2017/08/21 18:24, Rohith Reddy wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am Rohith Reddy, one of the mentors for GSoC this year. I am also one of
>> the OSGeo delegates participating in the GSoC Mentor Summit 2017. I would
>> need some extra paperwork in order to make sure I obtain a visa. After
>> making some research Margherita and me found out that it would be extremely
>> helpful to have a statement by OSGeo, saying that I will represent the
>> organization and OSGeo will refund me a lump sum of 1100 USD to cover the
>> cost for airline travel. We prepared such letter
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BP38jZ9yH72p_3xyetLjeKSFuzTiq8FdysW_
>> JNE7Qrc/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> and I think if one has to sign it on behalf of OSGeo, it should be the
>> treasurer, being money involved. Do you agree? Could you please do that?
>>
>> I have my visa appointment scheduled on 24 August 2017. A signed letter
>> would be very much helpful for my visa application.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rohith Reddy.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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