[Board] Motion: use GSoC student mobility grant at FOSDEM geospatial devroom

[Angelos Tzotsos]

2 more votes needed to approve this motion.

Angelos

On 11/21/2017 06:47 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> I have opened a thread on Loomio for approval:
> https://www.loomio.org/d/J81IU29z/use-gsoc-student-mobility-grant-at-fosdem-geospatial-devroom 
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>
> Best,
> Angelos
>
> On 11/08/2017 06:19 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
>> If its just 1 then its really no problem.
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>> Mike
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>> -- 
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>> Michael Smith
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>> OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
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>> treasurer at osgeo.org
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>> From: Margherita Di Leo <diregola at gmail.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 10:06 AM
>> To: Michael Smith <michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>, osgeo-board List 
>> <board at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Board] Motion: use GSoC student mobility grant at 
>> FOSDEM geospatial devroom
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>>
>> Mike,
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>> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Michael Smith 
>> <michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> For a limit of how many total grants?
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>> It would be 1 grant for 1 student
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>> I see its already been added to the board meeting agenda, that’s good.
>>
>> One thing that was a problem at FOSS4G2017 was trying to provide 
>> funding for multiple students, many wanted cash, which, while 
>> problematic, was doable at foss4g. I won’t be at FOSDEM to do this. 
>> Is it possible for OSGeo to fund the housing at FOSDEM directly for 
>> however many? Something to consider.
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>>
>> We can just set the conditions for reimbursement beforehand and they 
>> have to accept them.
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>> Thanks,
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>> Mike
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>> On 11/8/17, 9:36 AM, "Board on behalf of Jeff McKenna" 
>> <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on behalf of 
>> jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
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>>      Madi has clarified that this 500 USD is for 1 student's travel.  
>> -jeff
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>>      On 2017-11-08 9:38 AM, Margherita Di Leo wrote:
>>      > Dear OSGeo Board,
>>      >
>>      > I would like to propose a motion to be discussed at your earliest
>>      > convenience. I'm not sure how to do that, I assume I can write 
>> it in
>>      > this mailing list?
>>      > This is my proposal.
>>      > In the payment issued by Google for GSoC 2017, they accounted 
>> 500 USD as
>>      > a grant for GSoC students mobility. This money should be used 
>> as a
>>      > travel grant for GSoC students that would like to present 
>> their work to
>>      > conferences.
>>      > I would like to propose that OSGeo use this money for the 
>> geospatioal
>>      > devroom at FOSDEM 2018 [1,2,3]. Why FOSDEM? Because for 
>> several years I
>>      > tried to invite GSoC students to present, they replied that 
>> they could
>>      > consider it only if there was a sort of economical aid. FOSDEM 
>> is a free
>>      > event and the amount of $500 should decently cover 
>> accommodation and
>>      > travel at least within Europe, but would make it also possible 
>> to join
>>      > from outside Europe with a small addition from their own pocket.
>>      > Please let me know should you need any additional information /
>>      > clarification.
>>      > Thank you in advance
>>      >
>>      > Kind regards,
>>      >
>>      > [1] https://fosdem.org/2018/
>>      > [2] 
>> https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2017-October/002633.html
>>      > [3] Last year's geospatial devroom:
>>      > https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/track/geospatial/
>>      >
>>      > --
>>      > Margherita Di Leo
>>      >
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
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