[Board] Request for funding for QGIS Contributor Meeting

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Dear Anita,

We had been expecting this request (see 
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2023-03-28#QGIS_2023_Code_sprint 
) so we have opened a motion:

https://www.loomio.com/p/BsmPZv98/motion-to-approve-5000-for-supporting-the-qgis-contributor-meeting

Best,
Angelos

On 4/16/23 17:30, Anita Graser via Board wrote:
> Dear board members,
>
> As vice chair of the QGIS PSC, I am writing to ask for OSGeo support for
> the upcoming QGIS Contributor Meeting:
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/25th-Contributor-Meeting-in-'s-Hertogenbosch
>
> Our excellent local organizing team have done a great job at setting up the
> event consisting of a user conference and contributor meeting and engaging
> sponsors. For the user conference days, costs are going to be covered by
> the conference registration fees. However, for the contributor meeting days
> (4 days with 57 registered participants, including one day dedicated to
> onboarding new contributors) we are looking at further costs (incl. venue,
> coffee breaks, travel support for individual contributors who do not have
> funding from their job to attend the event).
>
> We are asking for € 5,000 to support the contributor meeting and enable the
> personal interactions that keep open source communities successful and
> vibrant.
>
> If you need any additional information, please let me know.
>
> Regards,
> Anita
>
>
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos