[Board] Request for supporting a code sprint

[Jody Garnett]

Thanks Arnulf, that looks really clear - and I trust we can help out. I
really like that the budget is drawing from a wide range of sponsors (and
that you are acknowledging in-kind sponsorship which is "priceless"). This
looks to be a great activity setting up and training new QGIS developers
(which is amazing and hopefully sows seeds for next years foss4g).

Code sprint budget this year was allocated by project
<https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2017> based on our experience in
2016.  I am not sure if this will match our experience in 2017 ... but at
least we have increased sprint funding to draw from.

I have a "made a motion" in Loomio <https://www.loomio.org/d/vlbUMzcC> in
the hopes we can resolve this before the next meeting.



--
Jody Garnett

On 13 March 2017 at 09:33, Arnulf Christl <arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net>
wrote:

> Dear Board,
>
> this is a request to support a code sprint in Nairobi, Kenya focusing on
> the region of Eastern Africa. The code sprint with a total budget of 19k
> USD is planned for end of April. This funding request is for 3k USD to
> account for catering at the four day event.
>
>
> Summary:
>
> The Global Land Tool Network GLTN (of which OSGeo is a member since 2014
> [1]) has a budget to support activities of their work groups called
> "clusters". OSGeo is a member of the "Professional Cluster" [2]. In my
> function as OSGeo liaison officer I have requested a budget to organize
> code sprint to further develop the software STDM [3], create interest in
> the region and to jump-start potential contributors to OSGeo software
> projects in the Eastern Africa region. The code sprint will take place
> at the end of April and we are basically set to go. Please find the
> (draft) CfP for the code sprint at [4] to be finalized and published on
> the STDM web sites in the coming days.
>
>
> The support request including the preliminary budget is available in the
> Wiki at:
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/STDM_2017_Code_Sprint
>
>
> Thank you and best regards,
> Arnulf
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GLTN
> [2] http://www.gltn.net/index.php/about-us/gltn-partners
> [3] http://stdm.gltn.net/
> [4] http://metaspatial.net/downloads/STDM-code-sprint_invitation_v4.pdf
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