[Board] Support for FOSS4G asia 2026

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Motion passed on Loomio:
https://www.loomio.com/p/w30XciVC/motion-to-approve-2500-usd-as-support-for-foss4g-asia-2026

On 12/6/25 22:14, Rajat Shinde via Board wrote:
> Hi Krishna,
>
> Many thanks for your email and also for your efforts in organizing FOSS4G
> Asia 2026. We discussed your request in our last board meeting and came up
> with the following suggestions.
>
> 1. Please follow the OSGeo Financial guidelines document for this request-
> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf.
> As per request, OSGeo can grant 2000$ for travel grant and 500$ for the
> code-sprint.
> 2. The marketing requirements shall be raised with the Marketing committee
> <https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/marketing-committee/>.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Best regards,
> Rajat
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM Krishna <krishna at rottengrapes.tech> wrote:
>
>> Hi ,
>> Hope you are doing well.
>>
>> We are organising FOSS4G Asia in Nashik, India from 21 January 2026 to 25
>> January 2026 and need OSGeo's support with it. You can checkout the
>> official site for this at https://foss4g.asia/2026/ and we are requesting
>> budget for following key areas
>>
>>     1. Travel grant - $3000
>>     2. Marketing and branding - $1000
>>     3. Code Sprint - $500
>>
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Krishna G. Lodha
>> Founder at Rotten Grapes Pvt. Ltd.
>> Visit www.rottengrapes.tech for exciting GIS solutions
>>
>
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President, Board of Directors
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/