[OSGeo-Conf] [Board] travel grant discussion

Till Adams till.adams at fossgis.de
Thu May 11 13:03:41 PDT 2017


Worksforme ;-)



Am 11.05.2017 22:03, schrieb Jody Garnett:
> Hangout or IRC.
> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 1:02 PM Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de 
> <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>> wrote:
>
>     what means "meet" ?
>
>
>
>     Am 11.05.2017 22:02, schrieb Jody Garnett:
>>     Thanks Til- quick reply from phone - board has an action item to
>>     meet with conference committee next week since there was no rep
>>     in today's board meeting.
>>
>>     See mins for budget suggestions.
>>     On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 12:42 PM Till Adams
>>     <till.adams at fossgis.de <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>> wrote:
>>
>>         Dear Jody,
>>
>>         will have a look through ASAP. Hope others from confComm will
>>         also.
>>
>>         Maybe we schedule an IRC meeting for bringing this into motion?
>>
>>
>>         Till
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>         Am 10.05.2017 08:38, schrieb Jody Garnett:
>>>         Happy to share the document (see attached).​
>>>         Travel Grant Guidelines
>>>         <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jYDOd87redxMHwT-xURcBrD7xwOeAPdVVLWZtIbM7-w/edit?usp=drive_web>
>>>>>>         I have put the travel grant thing on the agenda for Thursday
>>>         board meeting; while i am sure we can handle it a rep from
>>>         the conference committee may wish to attend.
>>>
>>>         Aside: I am focused on this as part of our OSGeo inclusive
>>>         goal (so diversity and having it be broader in scope then
>>>         just the annual foss4g event. I know that will be hard to
>>>         focus on since foss4g boston has a short term need.
>>>         --
>>>         Jody Garnett
>>>
>>>         On 9 May 2017 at 23:30, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de
>>>         <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Hi,
>>>
>>>             thanks Eli for the sum up. I think the count of 9 votes
>>>             (8 x +1, 1 x +0) shows, that we have enough capacity to
>>>             run this topic.
>>>
>>>             In general I think the voting result is clear - if the
>>>             board passes over this topic to us, we are ready to go.
>>>             Then we can proceed to the next step, as Jody suggested
>>>             in his mail from 4th of May and dive into his draft
>>>             document. @Jody, could you please share this doc with us?
>>>
>>>             We have to keep Camerons thoughts in mind:
>>>             - my intention was a restriction to global FOSS4G, but
>>>             may be extended on a case by case basis to other events
>>>             too - any other opinions here?
>>>
>>>             Also I think the handbook (that needs a re-work anyway)
>>>             is a good place:
>>>             https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook
>>>
>>>             Also we should care about Michaels last email and
>>>             request to care about Narcisse Mbunzama (email from
>>>             09.05.2017)
>>>
>>>
>>>             Regards, Till
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>             Am 10.05.2017 um 02:30 schrieb Eli Adam:
>>>>             On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 1:45 PM, Steven Feldman<shfeldman at gmail.com>  <mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>             Have we got enough votes to declare a decision? So far no one has voted -1
>>>>             I count eight +1s and one +0 so that is enough.  [0]
>>>>             https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Decisions
>>>>
>>>>>             What was the expiry time for voting?
>>>>             Rereading, Till's email, I now see that he set an entirely reasonable
>>>>             timeline of May 10th, [1]
>>>>             https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2017-May/004344.html
>>>>
>>>>             I mistakenly complained about an short timespan in my response
>>>>             apparently based on a terrible misreading of the date.
>>>>
>>>>             I expect that Till will "6. The result will be clearly declared
>>>>             afterwards." [0] once the timeline expires.
>>>>
>>>>             Best regards, Eli
>>>>
>>>>             [0]https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Decisions
>>>>             [1]https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2017-May/004344.html
>>>>
>>>>>             Steven
>>>>>             07958 924 101
>>>>>
>>>>>             On 9 May 2017, at 21:05, Michael Terner<mgt at appgeo.com>  <mailto:mgt at appgeo.com>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>             Off list, as not sure of process and this emanates from Jody (i.e., I assume
>>>>>             he knows process; and may have avoided cross post to ConfDev
>>>>>             intentionally?)...
>>>>>
>>>>>             But, heads-up that from Board's perspective they're waiting for ConfDev to
>>>>>             report back, and are hoping for something by Thursday (see below)...
>>>>>
>>>>>             MT
>>>>>
>>>>>             ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>             From: Jody Garnett<jody.garnett at gmail.com>  <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>>>>             Date: Tue, May 9, 2017 at 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [Board]
>>>>>             travel grant discussion To: "board at lists.osgeo.org"
>>>>>             <mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org> <board at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>>>             <mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org> I closed the loomio
>>>>>             vote while we wait for a response from the conference
>>>>>             committee. I note that discussion is getting into
>>>>>             details (finance,scope,value,history) rather than
>>>>>             focused on the question: Is the conference committee
>>>>>             willing to accept the responsibility for a travel
>>>>>             grant program. I hope we can hear back in time for our
>>>>>             meeting Thursday, it would be good to have this well
>>>>>             underway by the end of the month (as potential foss4g,
>>>>>             foss4g-europe attendees will need to apply shortly).
>>>>>             -- Jody Garnett On 23 April 2017 at 22:25, Jody
>>>>>             Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>>>>             <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>             As noted in last weeks meeting, we have an action to move travel grant
>>>>>>             discussion to email. The motivation is to build on the work done at FOSS4G
>>>>>>             2015, FOSS4G 2016 and a few local events.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             I would like to propose:
>>>>>>             - A format, similar to code sprints, where any OSGeo event can apply for
>>>>>>             funds to run a travel grants
>>>>>>             - To repeat this is not a FOSS4G specific idea
>>>>>>             - I am interested in using travel grants to promote diversity within our
>>>>>>             community
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             A final comment is that travel grants are not a viable solution to high
>>>>>>             event costs. If we wish to offer discounts for students we should do so
>>>>>>             (rather than lean on a travel grant program).
>>>>>>             --
>>>>>>             Jody Garnett
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>>>>>
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>>     -- 
>>     -- 
>>     Jody Garnett
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