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

[Jeff McKenna]

Note that only Vasile's vote is missing now (and there is a December 1st 
deadline related to this).  -jeff



On 2017-11-26 6:59 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> 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 
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Angelos
>>
>> On 11/08/2017 06:19 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
>>> If its just 1 then its really no problem.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> Michael Smith
>>>
>>> OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
>>>
>>> treasurer at osgeo.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike,
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Michael Smith 
>>> <michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> For a limit of how many total grants?
>>>
>>>
>>> It would be 1 grant for 1 student
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> We can just set the conditions for reimbursement beforehand and they 
>>> have to accept them.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>>      Madi has clarified that this 500 USD is for 1 student's travel. 
>>> -jeff
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      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
>>>      >
>>>      >