[OSGeo-Conf] [Board] Any updates on travel grant foss4g push?
Till Adams
till.adams at fossgis.de
Thu Jun 1 23:53:42 PDT 2017
Dear michael,
thanks for coming up with this again.
I added a temporal WIKI page as base for further discussions and pleased
members of ConComm to comment on this:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Draft_FOSS4G_Travel_Grants
So, ConfComm please watch up this page and edit/comment!
Till
Am 02.06.2017 um 01:32 schrieb Michael Terner:
> /Repeating note sent to Conference Dev in reply to Jody's comment for
> the Board:/
>
> Understood Jody.
>
> I am simply reporting what we feel we are capable of doing. We will
> absolutely follow the wishes of Conference Dev and the Board and we
> understand and agree with the importance of "simplicity" and
> repeatability.
>
> We remain on standby and look forward to watching this take further shape.
>
> MT
>
> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com
> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the update.
>
> The board has done our bit with travel grant budget and mandate.
>
> Speaking for myself (not OSGeo or conference committee) I would
> prefer if we stick with early bird discount pricing to avoid
> setting a complicated precedent for subsequent events to follow.
>
> If the LOC is feeling confident you can donate or credit the
> travel grant program an appropriate amount.
>
> I know on the books it looks the same, but this way we allow the
> travel grants to reach more people this year while avoiding
> setting a moving target for fundraising.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 3:30 PM Michael Terner <mgt at appgeo.com
> <mailto:mgt at appgeo.com>> wrote:
>
> Just a couple of updates from Boston:
>
> 1. Today we launched our "call for volunteers
> <http://2017.foss4g.org/volunteer/>" which provides
> another "more affordable" means of covering registration.
> 2. With the success of our early bird registration, the
> Boston team is comfortable providing full conference
> registrations to travel grant recipients for $500 (a
> discount below Early Bird) for recipients who aren't
> applying/accepted as a volunteer. If/when our registration
> momentum increases, we are hopeful we may be able to do more.
> 3. We are maintaining a list of people who have inquired
> about our Travel Grant program and we are ready to launch
> an application page off of our website, or provide a link
> to an OSGeo page on applying for a travel grant.
>
> We look forward to hearing how the Board and Conference Dev
> deliberations are going and are ready to assist when needed...
>
> MT
>
> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 5:53 PM, Jody Garnett
> <jody.garnett at gmail.com <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> It has now been another week. I am writing up sponsor
> press releases, and would love to have something to link
> to for this travel grant program.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 24 May 2017 at 12:43, Jody Garnett
> <jody.garnett at gmail.com <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> I am sure we are all getting lots of interest above
> travel grants for foss4g. We managed to pass two
> motions last week - is anyone from the conference
> committee around to acknowledge the change of
> scope/budget?
>
> I would like to confirm we have done our bit as the
> osgeo board, and ask if there is anything more we
> should be doing.
> --
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>
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