[Board] Request for funding the GeoStyler Code Sprint 2025

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Thank you for your request,

Your request has been added in the draft budget 2025 wiki page:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2025

Please check the Notes section of
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2025#Code_Sprints
once the budget is finalized.

The board will add specific answers to the budget requests under the 
Notes column.

Best regards,
Angelos



On 12/16/24 15:28, Jan Suleiman via Board wrote:
> Dear OSGeo board members,
>
> we hereby request for a funding of 3675 € for the GeoStyler Code 
> Sprint 2025.
>
> *Basic Information*
>
> Since 2022 the GeoStyler community holds an annual GeoStyler Code Sprint.
>
> Audience: 15-20 people
> Region: Everyone from everywhere may participate, since this will be a 
> hybrid event (online and on-site)
> Projects: GeoStyler
> Length: 4-5 days
> Venue: Probably Switzerland (final decision pending). We provided 
> lunch, a small breakfast and some snacks for the participants in the 
> last years, and plan to do so again for 2025. Overnight lodging will 
> not be provided but we hope for OSGeo to partially fund the travel 
> expenses.
>
> *Expected budget*
>
> Expected costs per person: 735 €, consisting of
>
> - travel: 200 €
> - accommodation: 500 € (125 € per night, 4 nights)
> - food: 35 € (10 € breakfast, 20 € lunch)
>
> General costs: 1000 €, consisting of
>
> - social event: 500 €
> - snacks and beverages: 500 €
> - location: 0 € (location will be sponsored by the host)
>
> Overall costs: approx. 12025 € (assuming 15 participants).
>
> We ask OSGeo for funding a third of the participants' travel expenses, 
> which adds up to 3675 € (assuming 15 participants).
>
> The registration will be free of charge. We will also ask the 
> German-speaking local OSGeo chapter FOSSGIS for funding a third of the 
> participants' travel expenses. Additionally, we will ask the 
> participants' companies for covering the rest of their participants' 
> travel and accommodation expenses, respectively. The social event will 
> be covered by the OpenCollective budget of the GeoStyler project. We 
> will ask the participants' companies for covering the costs for snacks 
> and beverages.
>
> *Profit / Loss / Risk*
>
> We do not expect any profit from the Code Sprint, but want to make 
> sure that all costs are covered.
>
> We do not expect financial risks, since the venue will be provided to 
> us free of charge.
>
> Please let us know, if you need additional information or if you have 
> any questions.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Jan
> for the GeoStyler community
>
>
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-- 
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President, Board of Directors
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/