[Board] Motion: use GSoC student mobility grant at FOSDEM geospatial devroom
Margherita Di Leo
diregola at gmail.com
Wed Nov 29 07:51:54 PST 2017
Hey Jeff,
Thanks, I’d love to attend but unfortunately this year I can’t be at FOSDEM
in person. I hope that others can make it.
Cheers
Il giorno mer 29 nov 2017 alle 16:44 Jeff McKenna <
jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> ha scritto:
> 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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