[Board] [Marketing] Fwd: Request for funding for Early Career Researcher support for GISRUK 2023
Angelos Tzotsos
gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com
Fri Apr 21 10:00:34 PDT 2023
Hi,
Motion has just passed on Loomio.
https://www.loomio.com/p/ANgf8nBd/motion-to-approve-750-for-supporting-gisruk-2023
I am sorry we missed the deadline.
Best,
Angelos
On 4/14/23 00:04, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> A reminder has been sent through Loomio.
>
> On 4/11/23 20:27, Nick Bearman via Board wrote:
>> Hi Board,
>>
>> I understand a motion on this has been added to
>> https://www.loomio.com/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board. Thanks to everyone who
>> has voted.
>>
>> I am being pressed by GISRUK for a decision and payment by 13th
>> April, as the conference starts on next week on the 18th! Please
>> could we progress a decision on this soon.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Nick.
>>
>> On 3/23/23 10:24, Nick Bearman via Board wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Adam, everyone,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the note about the agenda - I have spotted it now. I'm
>>> still working out the processes, so apologies if I missed checking
>>> something before sending the email.
>>>
>>> I will be the first to admit the academic sector is not perfect -
>>> far from it. (If you know of a perfect working environment, let me
>>> know!). The current series of UCU strikes in the UK academic sector
>>> being a prime example of this. In fact, I have left academia and am
>>> now working as a freelance consultant. (I will happily share my
>>> experiences with anyone who is interested!)
>>>
>>> As I am sure you have seen, we use the term ECR to define as anyone
>>> in a precarious employment position: "masters students, PhD students
>>> or post-docs (prior to getting a permanent lectureship position,
>>> i.e. tenure)". Approx 15 years ago we used the term "Young
>>> Researchers" instead, but this was quite rightly replaced with ECRs,
>>> as the term "young" discriminates against those who have had a
>>> career break, or who have joined academia later in their careers.
>>>
>>> I'd happily replace ECR with "ECRs / precarious research workers" or
>>> even "precarious research workers" if you wish.
>>>
>>> Clearly we need to and want to restrict the support to those not in
>>> permanent employment, as a significant proportion/all of those
>>> people are privileged (depending how you define privileged) so if
>>> you have some alternative wording, please do suggest this!
>>>
>>> I'm not sure whether I will be able to make it to the board meeting
>>> or not, but if I can I will.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Nick.
>>>
>>> On 22/03/2023 20:09, Adam Steer wrote:
>>>> Hi Nick, all
>>>>
>>>> This is on the agenda for the next board meeting (28/3).
>>>>
>>>> I need to be very blunt about my own opinion on this: I've just
>>>> spent 2.5 years seeing and experiencing "ECR" used as a tool to
>>>> gaslight and punch down on precarious research workers. I'm
>>>> personally happy if I never hear or see the term again, because
>>>> it's just another way to enshrine existing privilege in the
>>>> academic system and extend the current broken philosophy of how
>>>> academia works.
>>>>
>>>> Remove the EC part and things look much better ;)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Adam
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> https://iamadamsteer.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2023, 02:52 Nick Bearman
>>>> <nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello Board and Marketing,
>>>>
>>>> How are we progressing with a decision on this?
>>>>
>>>> The GISRUK conference is soon (18th - 23rd April 2023) so I would
>>>> like
>>>> to confirm whether you have ok'd the funding.
>>>>
>>>> From the comments I've heard, it's sounding positive. GISRUK are
>>>> also
>>>> keen to show OSGeo's support, and have added the logo to their
>>>> website
>>>> already! https://gisruk.org/gisruk-2023/
>>>>
>>>> If you need any more information, please ask me.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>> Nick.
>>>>
>>>> On 27/02/2023 10:04, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) wrote:
>>>> > Hello board,
>>>> >
>>>> > I hope you are all fine.
>>>> >
>>>> > I forward this mail from Nick Bearman to the board.
>>>> >
>>>> > The GISRUK event is already listed at
>>>> https://www.osgeo.org/events/21631/
>>>> > Marketing committee will support with material.
>>>> >
>>>> > For the budget request we thought to ask the board to decide
>>>> about the
>>>> > financial support.
>>>> >
>>>> > I think Nicks goal to develop greater links between OSGeo:UK
>>>> and the
>>>> > academic community in the UK is great. So I would support the
>>>> support
>>>> > for the event.
>>>> >
>>>> > See you Astrid
>>>> >
>>>> > -------- Originalnachricht --------
>>>> > Betreff: [Marketing] Request for funding for Early Career
>>>> Researcher
>>>> > support for GISRUK 2023
>>>> > Datum: 27.01.2023 13:12
>>>> > Von: Nick Bearman <nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk>
>>>> > An: Marketing <marketing at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>> >
>>>> > Hello,
>>>> >
>>>> > As Chair of OSGeo:UK, I am trying to develop greater links
>>>> between
>>>> > OSGeo:UK and the academic community in the UK. I organised a
>>>> very
>>>> > successful FOSS4G:UK Local 2022
>>>> > (https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2022local/) with approximately 300
>>>> > attendees across the UK. We managed some engagement with the UK
>>>> GIS
>>>> > academic community (two venues out of nine being hosting by
>>>> > universities and 16 respondents out of the 108 who responded to
>>>> the
>>>> > survey identifying as students or academics). However, I think
>>>> we can
>>>> > do more with the academic community in the UK, and I think they
>>>> could
>>>> > be a great source of people and contributions to OSGeo
>>>> (global and
>>>> > local) and open source projects more generally.
>>>> >
>>>> > The annual Geographical Information Science Research UK (GISRUK)
>>>> > conference is happening in Glasgow, UK on 18th - 23rd April 2023
>>>> > (https://gisruk.org/gisruk-2023/) and strongly supports ECRs
>>>> (Early
>>>> > Career Researchers). ECRs are typically masters students, PhD
>>>> students
>>>> > or post-docs (prior to getting a permanent lectureship
>>>> position, i.e.
>>>> > tenure). GISRUK run a series of workshops and sessions for ECRs
>>>> and I
>>>> > would like OSGeo to sponsor one or more of these. Typically
>>>> GISRUK
>>>> > attracts around 100-150 participants, and usually ~50 of these
>>>> are ECRs.
>>>> >
>>>> > I am asking for US$750 (~GBP£606) to support this. I would
>>>> suggest we
>>>> > use this to sponsor an ECR evening session (e.g. pizza or
>>>> similar).
>>>> > This usually takes place at the beginning of the conference, to
>>>> > facilitate their networking and integration into the wider
>>>> conference.
>>>> > Any surplus could also be used to support ECR scholarships,
>>>> which
>>>> > would pay for the registration fee for any ECRs who do not have
>>>> > funding from their university to attend the conference.
>>>> >
>>>> > I appreciate I am not being very specific yet, but I think
>>>> there is
>>>> > scope for some negotiation with the GISRUK organisers.
>>>> Attached is
>>>> > their 'standard' information for sponsors, but I think we could
>>>> > probably get a stand, session sponsorship and maybe some
>>>> scholarships
>>>> > with the $750.
>>>> >
>>>> > In terms of support from the marketing committee, I already
>>>> have a
>>>> > role up banner from the code-sprint (thanks Astrid!) and a few
>>>> left
>>>> > over stickers and print outs from FOSS4G & FOSS4G:UK. I think
>>>> some
>>>> > OSGeo:UK stickers would be good (OSGeo:UK can pay for those)
>>>> and I am
>>>> > open to suggestions as to what else might be good. I suspect
>>>> stickers
>>>> > would go down well with this audience.
>>>> >
>>>> > For full openness, I am on the GISRUK National Steering
>>>> Committee,
>>>> > with responsibility for ECRs (Business). We also have a ECR
>>>> (Academic)
>>>> > rep, James Haworth. I am also Treasurer of the RGS-IBG GISc
>>>> Research
>>>> > Group, who are contributing to the scholarships as well.
>>>> >
>>>> > I hope this covers my request in enough detail. If you have any
>>>> > questions, please do ask!
>>>> >
>>>> > Best wishes,
>>>> > Nick.
>>>> >
>>>> >
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>>>>
>>>> -- Nick Bearman
>>>> +44 (0)7717745715
>>>> nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
>>>>
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>>> nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
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