[Board] Request for funding for QGIS Contributor Meeting

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi Anita,

The motion has passed.

Best,
Angelos

On 4/21/23 20:10, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> 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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>

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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos