[Board] Motion: use GSoC student mobility grant at FOSDEM geospatial devroom
Margherita Di Leo
diregola at gmail.com
Tue Nov 28 06:08:29 PST 2017
Thanks!
On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Motion passed.
> Thanks all.
> https://www.loomio.org/p/3mDhc7Z8/motion-to-use-gsoc-student
> -mobility-grant-at-fosdem-geospatial-devroom
>
>
> On 11/27/2017 04:10 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>
>> 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/piper
>>>>> mail/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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> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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