[Board] GCI 2017: A big thank you for the hard work!

[Cameron Shorter]

Helmut,

Your logic sounds good. I'm happy if someone wants to reach out to me to 
review something at a later date.


On 11/1/18 4:58 pm, Helmut Kudrnovsky wrote:
> Dear Jody, Dear Cameron,
>
> to be honest, in my point of view, it's not ok to prepare such a blog/press release without consulting
> the GCI/GSoC team (admins and mentors) before.
>
> The GCI contest is still going on, the mentors are doing a really great job.
>
> I can't read anything about this in the blog.
>
> The students are doing cool things, e.g. promotional videos how to use QGIS or Marble,
> coding test suits for GRASS etc etc
>
> I can't see anything about this in the blog.
>
> Without mentors and students, all this wouldn't happen.
>
> Therefore I suggest, wait until the end of the contest, compile a cool result page
> and set it all up in greater context.
>
> Thanks
> Helmut
>
>
>
>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2018 um 02:13 Uhr
>> Von: "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
>> An: "Jody Garnett" <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "Helmut Kudrnovsky" <hellik at web.de>, gsoc-admin at osgeo.org, "osgeo-board List" <board at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Betreff: Re: [Board] GCI 2017: A big thank you for the hard work!
>>
>> Jody, a blog post would be a good forum for such a "press release".
>>
>> I can help with reviewing the post, if someone who has been involved in
>> GSOC can write a first draft. The post can be relatively short, maybe
>> just a couple of paragraphs.
>>
>> What I think should be covered:
>>
>> * Google has donated $$$ to OSGeo
>>
>> * OSGeo is very appreciative for this donation.
>>
>> ** (Optional) What are we going to do with this money. It makes is very
>> tangible if we can state specifically what the funding us to be used
>> for. Otherwise, we can say something less impactful, such as "It helps
>> is cover the core expenses of keeping our foundation running"
>>
>> * Some mentors have passed on their contribution to OSGeo too
>>
>> * (Optional) Google has committed $$$ to Open Source as part of GSoC
>>
>> * (Optional) The split of Google's OSGeo funding went xx%,  to OSGeo xx%
>> to Developers, xx% to ...
>>
>> * This sponsorship is  WIN/WIN/WIN situation:
>>
>> ** Helps the sustainability of Open Source - something that companies
>> such as Google depend upon.
>>
>> ** Helps attracts students to become Open Source developers
>>
>> ** Raises the profile of Open Source, which in turn benefits all
>> software communities
>>
>> ** Helps fund critical tasks that Open Source projects often have
>> challenges getting funded
>>
>> ** ...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/1/18 11:42 am, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>> We make the occasional blog post, but have rarely gone on to circulate
>>> them as a press release (I understand both paid and free services are
>>> available). If anyone knows more perhaps it is something we can
>>> improve in 2018.
>>>
>>> Cameron if you are available to make a blog post it would be a good
>>> chance to confirm you can access
>>> https://staging.www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/ and make a new entry :)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>> On 10 January 2018 at 16:34, Cameron Shorter
>>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>      This sounds very news worthy and deserves a press release.
>>>
>>>      1. It is great for developers to discover that some organisations
>>>      (Google) donate money to Open Source.
>>>
>>>      2. We should offer public good will to Google for being such great
>>>      community citizens. Lets help build the social capital of
>>>      organisations that help us. Hopefully that will encourage Google
>>>      to continue supporting us, and might even encourage other
>>>      organisations to adopt similar strategies.
>>>
>>>
>>>      On 11/1/18 6:12 am, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>>>      That is good news, I understand some mentors for GSOC also direct
>>>>      funds towards the foundation.
>>>>
>>>>      I wonder if the amount from packet publishing ever shows up?
>>>>
>>>>      --
>>>>      Jody Garnett
>>>>
>>>>      On 10 January 2018 at 11:03, Helmut Kudrnovsky <hellik at web.de
>>>>      <mailto:hellik at web.de>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>          Dear board members,
>>>>
>>>>          we would like to inform you that Google transfered some
>>>>          financal gratitude to all 25 Google Code-in 2017
>>>>          organizations for the hard work over the past couple of
>>>>          month. It came as a surprise also for us.
>>>>
>>>>          A big thank you to our mentors who are doing really a great job!
>>>>
>>>>          OSGeo`s treasurer informed us that he already received it.
>>>>
>>>>          Kind regards
>>>>
>>>>          Helmut (on behalf of the GCI/GSoC admin team)
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>>>      Cameron Shorter
>>>      Technology Demystifier, Learnosity
>>>      Open Technologies Consultant
>>>
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>>>
>> -- 
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Technology Demystifier, Learnosity
>> Open Technologies Consultant
>>
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>>

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Cameron Shorter
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