[Board] Statement by OSGeo to refund GSoC delegate

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

On 8/21/2017 8:41 PM, Margherita Di Leo wrote:
> Thank you!

Most welcome!

P.S. And, GSoC could also be read as "Geospatial Spring of Code".
Spring somewhere could be Summer elsewhere.

>
> Il giorno lun 21 ago 2017 alle 13:20 Venkatesh Raghavan <
> raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> ha scritto:
>
>> 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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>>> Margherita Di Leo
>>>
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> Margherita Di Leo
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