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

Jeff McKenna jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
Wed Nov 29 07:44:27 PST 2017


Hi Madi, Johan, Anne, Marc + all the FOSDEM devroom team,

It would be great to have a representative of OSGeo attend the 
"Foundations Dinner" there on Feb 2nd @7pm:  see 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGD_uKDEvFGh6kd_WNW7mNUg-wM6PJalAg66vV-PgGHcziPA/viewform

Thanks,

-jeff





On 2017-11-28 10:08 AM, Margherita Di Leo wrote:
> Thanks!
> 
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com 
> <mailto: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
>     <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
>                 <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 <mailto:treasurer at osgeo.org>
> 
> 
> 
>                     From: Margherita Di Leo <diregola at gmail.com
>                     <mailto:diregola at gmail.com>>
>                     Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 10:06 AM
>                     To: Michael Smith <michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com
>                     <mailto:michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com>>
>                     Cc: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>                     <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>, osgeo-board
>                     List <board at lists.osgeo.org
>                     <mailto: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
>                     <mailto: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
>                     <mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of
>                     jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>                     <mailto: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
>                     <https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2017-October/002633.html>
>                           > [3] Last year's geospatial devroom:
>                           >
>                     https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/track/geospatial/
>                     <https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/track/geospatial/>
>                           >
>                           > --
>                           > Margherita Di Leo
>                           >
>                           >
> 
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