[Board] Request for OSGeo Budget 2018

[Till Adams]

Jody,

just to clarify this:

- I guess, you mean 6k for 2017, not 2018?

- are these 6k part of the 2017 budget for global TGP?

- if so, is it possible to rededicate this money for FOSS4G TGP 2018?

Thanks for your fast reply,

Till

Am 15.11.2017 um 09:47 schrieb Jody Garnett:
> Till you have 6k from 2018 avaialble; since this was sponsored funds
> it should carry over and be used for conference committee planning.
> Does this change the amount requested for TGP supporting osgeo events?
>
> aside: I usually reference FOSS4G TGP, supporting LOC, and Global TGP
> supporting our events and activities world wide
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 14 November 2017 at 23:49, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de
> <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>> wrote:
>
>     Dear board,
>
>     thanks for reaching out to us for our budget plans for 2018. The
>     only budget the conference committees requests are funds for the
>     travel grant programme (TGP). In general we would request the
>     board to raise our resources as follows:
>
>     - 20k US$ for TGP for global FOSS4G
>
>     - 10k US$ for other TGP activities
>
>     (For the latter we still owe a concept, how to perform this, it's
>     on my list).
>
>     Why raising TGP for FOSS4G? As you all noticed, there have been
>     long discussions on "how to enable as many attendees as possible
>     to join a global FOSS4G" in the past and I think it's still going
>     on. One focus on this have been fees for the conference itself,
>     but looking over the total costs including flight, accommodation,
>     entrance fee and food, it is clear, that joining a FOSS4G,
>     depending on where it is, can easily cause costs up to 3k US$ and
>     even more.
>
>     If we as foundation really want to enable more people to join
>     these events, we have to put more energy and money in here. I
>     think, the success-stories of the past TGP's are good examples for
>     this.
>
>     We as Conference Committee are especially aware of the TGP and put
>     an emphasis on this topic by encouraging the teams of future
>     FOSS4G's to explain how they want to implement the TGP and what
>     they can/are willing contribute to it (starting crowd fundings,
>     offer reduced fees for grantees or whatever).
>
>     I'd suggest the following:
>
>     Raise the TGP for global FOSS4G's to 20k US$, if the LOC's
>
>     - offer reduced fees for the TGP (e.g. Early Bird for all
>     grantees, as TGP normally decides later)
>
>     - make efforts to raise the budget by other activities such as
>     crowd funding and/or requesting community members/participants to
>     pay a surplus (e.g.)
>
>     For 2018 I think that could be quite easy by just rededicating the
>     not-used 10k US$ from our 2017 budget, that were reserved for
>     non-global FOSS4G TGP's, as there haven't been any ;-)
>
>     If a general raise seems to be difficult, I'd like to request at
>     least to raise the funds for TGP for the "other regions"
>     conference, as they are prone to attract people from parts of the
>     world, where we are not that strong as in Europe or NA. I think
>     the Dar conference is a good example for this.
>
>     Happy to answer your questions,
>
>     Till
>
>
>
>
>     Am 09.11.2017 um 09:10 schrieb María Arias de Reyna:
>>     Dear fellow member,
>>
>>     I am reaching you (on bcc) because you are the official contact
>>     of one of the commitees of
>>     OSGeo: http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html
>>     <http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html>
>>
>>     We are trying to collect the budget requests for each commitee
>>     before the next board meeting (21st of November) to make sure we
>>     can approve them before the start of the year. If your commitee
>>     has any request for budget for 2018, this is the time and place
>>     to do so.
>>
>>     To send it, you can either answer this email or send the budget
>>     directly to the board mailing list. Either way, it will end up in
>>     the board mailing list.
>>
>>     Some resources that may help you on this task:
>>      * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2017
>>     <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2017>
>>      * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2018
>>     <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2018>
>>
>>     At this moment (next two weeks) it doesn't have to be very
>>     detailed (although it will help us). We just need to know your
>>     plans for next year to make sure we can allocate money for all of
>>     our needs. And if we can't, we need to discuss priorities. 
>>
>>     If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Please, contact
>>     your fellow commitee members to make sure nothing important is
>>     missing on your budget request.
>>
>>     Thanks for your collaboration,
>>     María.
>>
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