[Board] Request for support of FOSS4G SotM Oceania community day

[Till Adams]

Cool, I guess Steven wil be in Dar as well, so we should find some time
for this ;-)


Till



Am 31.07.2018 um 13:02 schrieb María Arias de Reyna:
> Hi,
>
> We already started on FOSS4GE this conversation about future of TGP
> with Steven Feldman and how to escalate it. He has some interesting
> ideas we should discuss. 
>
> El mar., 31 jul. 2018 12:56, Jeff McKenna
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>
> escribió:
>
>     Hi Till,
>
>     Thanks for this advice, I agree with this plan.  I also think a
>     decision
>     structure for handling TGP must be set up as soon as possible (and
>     if it
>     is not the Board or the Conference Committee, then maybe a new
>     committee/team of volunteers, who manage this TGP process).  -jeff
>
>
>
>     On 2018-07-31 6:40 AM, Till Adams wrote:
>     > Dear @Board, @ConfCom
>     >
>     > AFAIK there is still some TGP money left (we spent 10 out of 20k
>     on the
>     > global TGP, but nothing for any regional event yet). I would
>     suggest to
>     > accept this request, as it is not too much money and then use it in
>     > order to promote this as a "sign" to other regional/local event
>     > organizers...
>     >
>     > What we need is a procedure on how to decide on such requests in
>     general
>     > - if we make a frist comes/first-run serves on TGP money, we will
>     > probably run out of money quite early and events earlier in the
>     year are
>     > prefered.
>     >
>     > Perhaps we could get the regional events on requesting for money in
>     > advance before a defined deadline, so we can have an overview on all
>     > regional events that request for TGP money once a year and then
>     decide
>     > on it? Maybe somehow difficult to handle, but in the end the same
>     > procedure as the call for locations for the global event.
>     >
>     > Maybe a point to be discussed in Dar?
>     >
>     > Till
>     >
>     >
>     > Am 30.07.2018 um 17:26 schrieb Jeff McKenna:
>     >> Hi Alex & FOSS4G-SotM Oceania committee,
>     >>
>     >> Please note that the OSGeo Board meeting this Wednesday (maybe
>     >> Thursday your time) has been moved to an hour earlier.
>     >>
>     >> time:
>     >>
>     https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2018&month=8&day=1&hour=15&min=0&sec=0
>     >> agenda: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2018-08-01
>     >>
>     >> -jeff
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> On 2018-07-08 10:52 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>     >>> Hi Alex, John,
>     >>>
>     >>> OSGeo is happy to support community day events such as this; I've
>     >>> added it to the next Board meeting agenda, that will occur on 1st
>     >>> August.  It would be great to have you or John attend the IRC
>     meeting
>     >>> then, to discuss this topic for approval (exact time of the
>     meeting
>     >>> is still to be confirmed):
>     >>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2018-08-01
>     >>>
>     >>> For others: the request is for 1,475 USD
>     >>>
>     >>> Thanks Alex!
>     >>>
>     >>> -jeff
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>> On 2018-07-08 7:34 AM, Alex Leith wrote:
>     >>>> Dear OSGeo Board members
>     >>>>
>     >>>> I am writing on behalf of the FOSS4G SotM Oceania Conference
>     >>>> Committee. Myself (Alex Leith) and John Bryant are chairs of this
>     >>>> conference organising committee, and we have our inaugural event
>     >>>> planned for November this year in Melbourne, Australia. For more
>     >>>> information, see: https://foss4g-oceania.org/.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> In accordance with the code sprint sponsorship guidelines here:
>     >>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Code_Sprint_Guidelines we would
>     like to
>     >>>> submit an application for sponsorship for our 'Community
>     Day', which
>     >>>> will include code sprints on various OSGeo and related
>     projects, in
>     >>>> addition to mapathons on OpenStreetMap. The specific
>     activities will
>     >>>> be community driven.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Our application document is here:
>     >>>>
>     https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fKPn5tF8z3edeiidlPBShA5H3xR0mstdKyqG-VwlRrQ/edit?usp=sharing.
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> We would welcome discussion of this sponsorship request, and John
>     >>>> and I can make ourselves available to you for this.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> I look forward to hearing from you.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Kind regards,
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Alex Leith
>     >>>> FOSS4G SotM Oceania Co-Chair
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