[Board] R: Board Digest, Vol 128, Issue 5

Tue May 9 08:14:39 PDT 2017

Thanks Eli, i will add to the example section of my proposal.

I am so impressed with all the work that has been done by Kristin and
others. This is more what osgeo is about, wish we had a reward for
"excellence in outreach" or something.
On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 8:12 AM Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:

> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 7:58 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan
> <venka.osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > OSGeo has partially support travel grants since our
> > 2015 conference in Seoul. If my memory serves me
> > right, the LoC also came up with some additional
> > funds to support local expenses (paying shared rooms) for
> > recipients of OSGeo travel grants. I also remember that,
> > that the travel grant was not directly paid to Seoul LoC,
> > but the amount was deducted from the surplus that the
> > Seoul returned to OSGeo.
> >
> > I am of the opinion that the arrangement adopted at FOSS4G-Seoul
> > 2015 worked quite well without putting much burden on the LoC.
> >
> > Our FOSS4G-Bonn LoC requested 10KUSD as Travel support from OSGeo
> > and it was paid in advance. I am not aware how many participants
> > had their travel supported in Bonn nor do I know if the Bonn LoC
> > provided any additional funds to support the travel grantees.
> >
> > I think we need to discuss the pros and cons of the model adopted
> > in Seoul (2015) and Bonn (2016) and choose the best option.
>
> Both of these built on the Portland (2014) program,
> http://2014.foss4g.org/travel-grant-epilogue/index.html
>
> http://2014.foss4g.org/attending/discounts-and-grants/index.html
>
> Kristin did much of the 2014 Travel Grant Program and subsequently
> worked on several others.
>
> Best regards, Eli
>
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Venka
> >
> > On 5/6/2017 3:47 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear Jody and All
> >> I share the same thought:
> >>
> >>   "I am not sure how comfortable I am with OSGeo taking on 100% of the
> >> funding for this activity - I prefer to a collaborative approach with
> >> sponsors and partnerships"
> >> Let us discuss it in the next Board meeting and then we'll vote in
> Loomio.
> >> Best,
> >> Maria
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
> >>
> >>
> >> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> >> Da: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> >> Data: 05/05/17 22:08 (GMT+01:00)
> >> A: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
> >> Cc: OSGeo Board <board at lists.osgeo.org>
> >> Oggetto: Re: [Board] Board Digest, Vol 128, Issue 5
> >>
> >> Translating - "terms of reference" --> I am going to guess you mean the
> >> updating the motion that created the conference committee and provided
> it a
> >> mandate to function. Checking online<http://www.osgeo.org/conference>
> I can
> >> find "goals" but not a mandate, the
> >> wiki<https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Goals> lists
> >> responsibilities which is an improvement. Does anyone have the initial
> >> motion that created the conference committee handy?
> >>
> >> I am fine with the board handing over responsibility, conference
> committee
> >> is in a much better position (and has more appropriate experience) to
> run a
> >> travel grant program.
> >>
> >> I will push back on the board determining "level of travel grant
> funding"
> >> as I would expect this to be included as part of conference committee
> budget
> >> request, or part of an initiative budget request if you choose to run in
> >> collaboration with sponsorship. I am not sure how comfortable I am with
> >> OSGeo taking on 100% of the funding for this activity - I prefer to a
> >> collaborative approach with sponsors and partnerships.
> >> --
> >> Jody Garnett
> >>
> >> On 5 May 2017 at 10:20, Steven Feldman
> >> <shfeldman at gmail.com<mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >> I suggest that the Board extends ConfCom terms of reference and then
> >> leaves CC to work out how to implement a policy
> >>
> >> Board will need to determine the level of travel grant funding for each
> >> budget year
> >> ______
> >> Steven
> >>
> >>
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> >>   1. Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G Boston Travel Grants ~ IMPORTANT
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> >>      request (Jody Garnett)
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> >> Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 06:31:00 +0000
> >> From: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com<mailto:
> jody.garnett at gmail.com>>
> >> To: Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de<mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>>,
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> >> Subject: Re: [Board] [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G Boston Travel Grants ~
> >> IMPORTANT request
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> >> Excellent, so would the idea be to update the conference committee
> mandate
> >> then?
> >>
> >> Or would the conference committee set this up as indicative (for program
> >> visibility and sponsorship)? ... similar to how the website/rebranding
> is
> >> being taken on as a one-off by the marketing committee.
> >>
> >> That is a bit of a strategic question so it may require thought /
> >> planning.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 11:19 PM Till Adams
> >> <till.adams at fossgis.de<mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Jody,
> >>
> >> I would propose to post this responsibility to the ConfCom. Some of the
> >> past chairs already were involved in such kind of decisions.
> >>
> >> Till
> >>
> >>
> >>
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