[Board] Motion: use GSoC student mobility grant at FOSDEM geospatial devroom
Marc Vloemans
marcvloemans1 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 29 10:59:02 PST 2017
Thx for the heads up, Jeff.
I am attending And will wear my Geospatial hat.
Not sure about the others’ attendance.
Kind regards,
Marc Vloemans
> Op 29 nov. 2017 om 16:44 heeft Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> het volgende geschreven:
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> Hi Madi, Johan, Anne, Marc + all the FOSDEM devroom team,
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> 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
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> Thanks,
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> -jeff
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>> 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
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>> 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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