[OSGeo-Conf] conference committee updated mandate

[Till Adams]

Dear ConfComm,

I've made a first draft abozut the travel grant programme in the WIKI:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Draft_FOSS4G_Travel_Grants

The thoughts are mainly base on the procedure we had for 2016 in Bonn.
Feel free to add/edit/discuss.

Till



Am 17.05.2017 um 13:57 schrieb Steven Feldman:
> Good idea re “Preliminary thoughts on travel grants” wiki page
>
> My thoughts
>
>  1. Ask LOC for their Diversity Objectives and Priorities
>  2. Draft criteria specific to that LOC’s objectives (will change for
>     each FOSS4G)
>  3. Agree weighting and priorities
>  4. Grants should be partial i.e. the grantee has to have some skin in
>     the game. Perhaps we pay for conference pass and a per diem
>     towards accommodation and subsistence but delegate pays travel
>     cost (and has to show a confirmed travel booking before receiving
>     the conference pass etc, per diems could be issued at the event)
>  5. Remember Jody’s suggestion to form a Travel Grant Working Group
>     (this will enable us to make budget requests and we could co-opt a
>     small number of people rater than having everyone involved)
>
>
> MFTBY
>
> ______
> Steven
>
>
>> On 17 May 2017, at 12:02, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de
>> <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> @Steven, thanks for taking this over and also participating on the
>> board meeting. Indeed we should have a "two-level" way of refinement.
>>
>> For the first kick off, I added an item into FOSS4G's conference
>> manual "travel grants":
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook#Travel_Grants
>>
>> I agree with Cameron, that this is the place to store it.
>>
>> The question is, how do we proceed? What I can do is to write down
>> FOSS4G 2016 LOC thoughts on this in a brief manner and we start the
>> discussion based on this? I can link into a new WIKI page
>> "preliminary thoughts on travel grants", so people reading this do
>> not think, that the procedure is already fixed (what could be the
>> case, if we put it into the manual directly).
>>
>> Regards, Till
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 17.05.2017 um 12:52 schrieb Steven Feldman:
>>> I am away until 30/5
>>>
>>> I will have some internet access and will endeavour to contribute
>>> but it may be erratic.
>>>
>>> If anyone has time we will need to draft and agree the criteria
>>> against which applications will be assessed. It may be that we want
>>> to do something 'quick and dirty’ for this year’s FOSS4G and then
>>> refine afterwards
>>>
>>> Note that the motion to approve a $10k budget has still to be passed. 
>>> ______
>>> Steven
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 17 May 2017, at 01:47, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The change in responsibilities
>>>> <https://www.loomio.org/d/bPx5HejK/start-osgeo-travel-grant-program> has
>>>> passed: 
>>>>
>>>>     /The conference committee is responsible operation of:/
>>>>
>>>>       o /The annual OSGeo worldwide conference (the committee may
>>>>         also at it's discretion choose to provide some degree of
>>>>         support for other OSGeo events)./
>>>>       o /The committee will aim to make conferences roughly self
>>>>         financing. OSGeo Events share risk/profit with the
>>>>         Foundation allowing us to assist subsequent events./
>>>>       o /The conference committee is further asked to setup and
>>>>         administer a travel grant program for OSGeo events./
>>>>
>>>> Thank you to the conference committee for taking on this
>>>> responsibility. Please update the wiki
>>>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee> and website
>>>> <http://www.osgeo.org/conference> with your new mandate; and thank
>>>> you for your service and dedication.
>>>> --
>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>
>

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