[Board] Open Geoscience budget proposal 2022

[Peter Löwe]

Angelos, board,

I just dug up some more info on the concept of "Open Science Awards" from the records of past OSGeo-hosted events held at EGU conferences. The debriefing of the last pre-Covid OSGeo Townhall in 2019 (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/EGU_Townhall_2019#Lessons_learned) states this as lessons learned to improve future events:
"The ESSI (Earth and Space Science Informatics) medal is financially supported by ESRI, which receives due recognition and mentioning at the annual (ESSI) division meeting. Since EGU has is discouraging ideas for new medals, OSGeo could consider new ways to provide some funding support for the ESSI division to get public recognition: A price for ECS (Early Career Scientists) doing innovative software ?"

Best,
Peter

<peter.loewe at gmx.de>


> Gesendet: Samstag, 05. Februar 2022 um 10:24 Uhr
> Von: "Angelos Tzotsos" <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> An: "Peter Löwe" <peter.loewe at gmx.de>
> Cc: board at lists.osgeo.org
> Betreff: Re: Aw: Re: [Board] Open Geoscience budget proposal 2022
>
> Dear Peter,
> 
> Thank you for the clarifications.
> 
> Best,
> Angelos
> 
> On 2/4/22 15:17, Peter Löwe wrote:
> > Dear Angelos,
> >
> > the "Open Science Awards" are currently just a concept. This item was added to the budget propsal pre-Covid, with the intent to develop such a concept for conferences like EGU GA and AGU similar to other formats for early career scientists (https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/division-outstanding-ecs-award/). Since the AGU/EGU events were virtualised due to Covid, there has been no effort up to my knwoledge to go ahead. Because of the Omicron wave, EGU GA 2022 has been rescheduled to the end of May as a hybrid event, but I see a risk that the event has to be completely virtualised again, which might postpone the advancement towards Open Science awards further. Once we can go ahead and develop a concept for such Awards at EGU/AGU, the Board will of course be consulted timely for guidance.
> >
> > Please note that since the beginning of the Pandemic no expenses of any kind have been claimed by the Open Geoscience group.
> >
> > Best,
> > Peter
> >
> > <peter.loewe at gmx.de>
> >
> >
> >> Gesendet: Freitag, 04. Februar 2022 um 14:03 Uhr
> >> Von: "Angelos Tzotsos" <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> >> An: board at lists.osgeo.org, "Peter Löwe" <peter.loewe at gmx.de>
> >> Betreff: Re: [Board] Open Geoscience budget proposal 2022
> >>
> >> Dear Peter,
> >>
> >> During our budget discussion, there was a question about the Open
> >> Science Awards:
> >> We would like to have some more information about the history of the
> >> award, the events where it is usually presented, the participation and
> >> the process e.g. how is the decision to give the award taken.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Angelos
> >>
> >>
> >> On 1/27/22 18:43, Peter Löwe via Board wrote:
> >>> Dear Board,
> >>>
> >>> please find the budget proposal of the Open Geoscience Committee here in the wiki:
> >>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Geoscience_Committee/budget_2022#Open_Science_Committee_Budget_Planning_2022
> >>>
> >>> Please let me know if you have any questions.
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>> Peter
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> <peter.loewe at gmx.de>
> >>>
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> >> -- 
> >> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
> >> President
> >> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> >> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
> >>
> >>
> 
> 
> -- 
> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
> President
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
> 
>