[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:
> 
> 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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