From till.adams at fossgis.de  Wed Nov  1 12:34:02 2017
From: till.adams at fossgis.de (Till Adams)
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 20:34:02 +0100
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [Board] Fwd: [rfp 2019] extension of the proposal
 period by one week
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Hi,

I thought, that the final approvement is done by the board, although it
is suggested to follow the proposal of the conf comm.

That was because I asked the board,

Till


Am 30.10.2017 um 04:09 schrieb Jody Garnett:
> If I understand your email - you are letting the board know about the
> change of schedule and reminding us that the board is asked to make a
> motion to recognize the resulting selection).
>
> (So similar to how the board recognized projects when they graduate
> incubation).
>
> I do not see any conflict for Maria and Vasile voting; the board does
> not have any say in the selection process.
>
> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 7:52 AM Maria Antonia Brovelli
> <maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>
>     I already voted as member of CC. I don't see reasons for voting as
>     Board, as the two teams agreed on that decision.
>
>     Best
>
>     Maria 
>
>
>
>     Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest
>     by you:
>
>     http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
>     *----------------------------------------------------*
>     *Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli*
>     Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>     Politecnico di Milano
>     **
>
>     ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud
>     mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board
>     of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind
>     Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
>
>     UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS
>     Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
>
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>     <mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Michael Smith
>     <michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com <mailto:michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com>>
>     *Inviato:* domenica 29 ottobre 2017 13:02
>     *A:* Till Adams; OSGeo Board
>     *Cc:* conference
>     *Oggetto:* Re: [Board] Fwd: [OSGeo-Conf] [rfp 2019] extension of
>     the proposal period by one week
>      
>
>     Since the conference committee is all in favor of this, I see no
>     issues, it has my support.
>
>      
>
>     If the rest of the board thinks this needs a vote, we can do that,
>     but in my opinion, this is well within the scope for the
>     conference committee to decide on its own.
>
>      
>
>     Mike
>
>      
>
>      
>
>     Michael Smith
>
>     OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
>
>     Treasurer at osgeo.org <mailto:reasurer at osgeo.org>
>
>      
>
>      
>
>      
>
>     *From: *Board <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Till Adams
>     <till.adams at fossgis.de <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>>
>     *Date: *Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 8:00 AM
>     *To: *OSGeo Board <board at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org>>
>     *Cc: *conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
>     *Subject: *[Board] Fwd: [OSGeo-Conf] [rfp 2019] extension of the
>     proposal period by one week
>
>      
>
>     Dear OSGeo-Board,
>
>     as both teams agreed, the conference committee extended the period
>     for preparation of the proposals for FOSS4G2019. The new deadline
>     for proposals now is the 4th of December, the q&a period lasts
>     until 15th of December. After this the conference committee will
>     vote on the proposals. See the corresponding emails below.
>
>     We will send the official result to the Board on December 18. The
>     procedure foresees that the Board will then vote on the Conference
>     Committee's proposal. I would please you to consider to vote
>     promptly after our vote, so that we are able to inform the teams
>     before Christmas.
>
>     Since Vasile and Maria represent both chairs of the respective
>     LOCs on the board, I would suggest that both abstain from this
>     vote, but of course this is matter of the Board, not mine.
>
>     On behalf of the conference committee,
>
>     Till
>
>
>     -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
>
>     *Betreff: *
>
>     	
>
>     [OSGeo-Conf] [rfp 2019] extension of the proposal period by one week
>
>     *Datum: *
>
>     	
>
>     Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:49:54 +0100
>
>     *Von: *
>
>     	
>
>     Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>
>
>     *An: *
>
>     	
>
>     conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>, delawen at gmail.com
>     <mailto:delawen at gmail.com>, Vasile Craciunescu
>     <vasile at geo-spatial.org> <mailto:vasile at geo-spatial.org>
>
>      
>
>     Dear Conference Comittee, SLOC and BLOC!
>
>     As the Spanish team and some of our committee members have agreed
>     (and there have been no dissenting votes) I would like to announce
>     that the time period for submitting the proposals for RfP2019 has
>     been extended by one week. The new deadline for the proposals is
>     now *4th of December*.
>
>     I have changed the corresponding pages in the WIKI [1] and
>     shortened the question phase by three days (until 15th of
>     December). This allows the Board to approve the election of the
>     Conference Committee before Christmas.
>
>     ***Note for the voting members***
>     !! Please note, that the final vote on the proposals takes place
>     between 15th and 17th of December !!
>     Be preapred and please vote, no matter where you are !!!
>
>      
>
>     Regards, Till
>
>      
>
>     [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2019_Bid_Process
>
>      
>
>     Am 27.10.2017 um 13:26 schrieb Till Adams:
>
>         Maria,
>
>         I am happy, that you agree (and to be honest, I expected that
>         more or less ;-)).
>
>         I do not want to support any kinds of "election campaigns"
>         here, so I feel that I have to clarify up some things about
>         your notice in the 2nd part of your email:
>
>         The idea and the initiative for this extension are 100% based
>         on my personal thoughts, nothing else. No one of BLOC asked me
>         to do that, so there is no need to be surprised ;-).
>         I just remembered the time when we @Bonn prepared our
>         proposal. Although such a proposal is the sum of work of many
>         people, in the end it was me to write major parts and that
>         *might* be the same for SLOC and BLOC. I say *might* because I
>         do not want to start any discussion on this here & now. I also
>         think, that the internal organisation is a matter of the [_]LOCs.
>
>         !! If this extension of the proposal period leaves any bland
>         flavour, we shouldn't do it !!
>
>         In general I am quite sure, that the Romanian and also the
>         Spanish communties are big and well organized. My intention
>         (and my job) is to guarantee a fair competition among the teams.
>
>         Till
>
>          
>
>          
>
>          
>
>          
>
>         Am 27.10.2017 um 12:28 schrieb María Arias de Reyna:
>
>              
>
>              
>
>             On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Till Adams
>             <till.adams at fossgis.de <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>> wrote:
>
>                 Dear Conference Committee, dear Maria as representant
>                 of the Sevilla
>                 team (SLOC)!
>
>                 I think you all have seen, that Vasile, the CRO of the
>                 recently finished
>                 board votings had a lot TODO's around the voting
>                 procedure. Many of
>                 these time consuming issues couldn't be foreseen due
>                 to all the
>                 happenings around the voting period.
>
>                 The point is, that Vasile is also foreseen as chair of
>                 the Bucharest
>                 team for Rfp 2019 (BLOC). Having noticed all this, I
>                 asked Vasile, if he
>                 would agree me proposing to extent the proposal period
>                 for Rfp 2019 by
>                 one week. This to give especially him some more time
>                 to prepare the
>                 proposal without running into a hastle. Of course
>                 provided that SLOC agrees!
>
>                 I think it's only fair and we should give BLOC the
>                 chance to make a good
>                 proposal for a fair competition between SLOC and BLOC.
>                 In general that
>                 would mean, that all the dates mentioned on [1] would
>                 slip back a week,
>                 but we still would be able to present the location for
>                 2019 by Christmas
>                 (if the board would find a date for their final
>                 decision). We also could
>                 shorten the question period by a few days, so the
>                 board has more options.
>
>                 So first I'd like to ask you Maria, as representant of
>                 SLOC, what your
>                 thoughts on this are? Can we agree on this proposal?
>
>              
>
>             Dear Till,
>
>              
>
>             What you say makes sense. It is on our best interest to
>             have good proposals and if BLOC finds they need more time,
>             I can't refuse. Whatever is needed to have the best FOSS4G.
>
>              
>
>             Although, I have to say, I am a bit surprised. I heard
>             romanian community was stronger, not depending so much on
>             Vasile (even if he is chair). At least for the Spanish
>             community, we try to be horizontal and not depend on
>             individuals. 
>
>              
>
>
>                 If SLOC agrees, I'd like to ask the voting members of
>                 CC for their
>                 statement (Just a question, but do we have to call for
>                 a vote, if SLOC
>                 agrees?)
>
>                 I wish you all a nice weekend!
>
>                 Till
>
>              
>
>
>
>
>
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From markiliffe at gmail.com  Mon Nov 20 04:10:57 2017
From: markiliffe at gmail.com (Mark Iliffe)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 07:10:57 -0500
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
 Track: deadlines extensions
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Dear All,

Thank you for this! 

Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.

Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!

Thanks!

Mark


> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Suchith
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
> 
> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
> 
> Regards,
> Serena
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
> 
> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
> Best.
> Maria
> 
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
> 
> 
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
> 
> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
> 
> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
> 
> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Suchith
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
> 
> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
> 
> 
> Dear All
> 
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
> 
> 
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
> 
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
> 
> 
> Here the call for papers:
> 
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
> 
> 
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
> 
> 
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
> 
> 
> 
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
> 
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
> 
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
> 
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
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> ________________________________
> Da: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Inviato: domenica 19 novembre 2017 16:56
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
> 
> 
> Dear All
> 
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
> 
> 
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
> 
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
> 
> 
> Here the call for papers:
> 
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
> 
> 
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
> 
> 
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
> 
> 
> 
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
> 
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
> 
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
> 
> 
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
> 
> 
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
> 
> 
> Sol Katz Award 2015
> 
> 
> 
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From maria.brovelli at polimi.it  Mon Nov 20 04:20:17 2017
From: maria.brovelli at polimi.it (Maria Antonia Brovelli)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 12:20:17 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track:
 deadlines extensions
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Dear Mark
These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
It is different from the travel grants.
Best,
Maria



Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung


-------- Messaggio originale --------
Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Dear All,

Thank you for this!

Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.

Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!

Thanks!

Mark


> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>
> Regards,
> Serena
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>
> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
> Best.
> Maria
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear all,
>
> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>
> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>
> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>
> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
> Sol Katz Award 2015
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> Da: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Inviato: domenica 19 novembre 2017 16:56
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
>
> Sol Katz Award 2015
>
>
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>
> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
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From Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk  Mon Nov 20 04:37:26 2017
From: Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk (Suchith Anand)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 12:37:26 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.

Best wishes,

Suchith


________________________________________
From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Dear Mark
These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
It is different from the travel grants.
Best,
Maria



Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung


-------- Messaggio originale --------
Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Dear All,

Thank you for this!

Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.

Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!

Thanks!

Mark


> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>
> Regards,
> Serena
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>
> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
> Best.
> Maria
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear all,
>
> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>
> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>
> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>
> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
> Sol Katz Award 2015
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> Da: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Inviato: domenica 19 novembre 2017 16:56
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
>
> Sol Katz Award 2015
>
>
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>
> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
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From: shfeldman at gmail.com (Steven Feldman)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:07:28 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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Sounds like a lot of money for these awards

Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs, we don’t solve that with the possibility of a prize. 

Would some of this money not be better invested in facilitating more people (students, academics, developers and practitioners) to attend FOSS4G?

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Steven


> On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Suchith
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
> To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; conference
> Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
> 
> Dear Mark
> These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
> It is different from the travel grants.
> Best,
> Maria
> 
> 
> 
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
> 
> 
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
> Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
> A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
> Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Thank you for this!
> 
> Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.
> 
> Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
>> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> 
>> Suchith
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com>
>> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
>> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss osgeo
>> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> 
>> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Serena
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
>> Best.
>> Maria
>> 
>> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>> 
>> 
>> -------- Messaggio originale --------
>> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
>> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
>> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
>> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>> 
>> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>> 
>> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>> 
>> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> 
>> Suchith
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
>> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
>> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> 
>> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>> 
>> 
>> Dear All
>> 
>> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>> 
>> 
>> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
>> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
>> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
>> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>> 
>> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>> 
>> 
>> Here the call for papers:
>> 
>> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>> 
>> 
>> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>> 
>> 
>> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>> 
>> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> Politecnico di Milano
>> 
>> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>> 
>> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>> 
>> Sol Katz Award 2015
>> 
>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
>> 
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>> 
>> ________________________________
>> Da: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
>> Inviato: domenica 19 novembre 2017 16:56
>> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> 
>> 
>> Dear All
>> 
>> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>> 
>> 
>> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
>> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
>> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
>> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>> 
>> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>> 
>> 
>> Here the call for papers:
>> 
>> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>> 
>> 
>> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>> 
>> 
>> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>> 
>> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> Politecnico di Milano
>> 
>> 
>> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>> 
>> 
>> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>> 
>> 
>> Sol Katz Award 2015
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>> 
>> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
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From: markiliffe at gmail.com (Mark Iliffe)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:10:56 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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Hi Suchith,

Can I query the amount of money involved here? I think that $3,500 for prizes is a bit too large, especially considering the environment that we’re in. Can I suggest/discuss that we parcel $2k at least from the GeoForAll budget, to support widening participation through the Travel Grant Program, with the remainder on awards?

This seems more equitable and would support the mission more aptly in my opinion.

Thanks!

Mark
________________________________
From: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 7:37:26 AM
To: Mark Iliffe
Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.

Best wishes,

Suchith


________________________________________
From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Dear Mark
These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
It is different from the travel grants.
Best,
Maria



Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung


-------- Messaggio originale --------
Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Dear All,

Thank you for this!

Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.

Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!

Thanks!

Mark


> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>
> Regards,
> Serena
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>
> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
> Best.
> Maria
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear all,
>
> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>
> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>
> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>
> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
> Sol Katz Award 2015
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> Da: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Inviato: domenica 19 novembre 2017 16:56
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
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>
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From Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk  Mon Nov 20 05:26:04 2017
From: Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk (Suchith Anand)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:26:04 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
 Track: deadlines extensions
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It is good point Mark. I want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay?

For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.

Best wishes,

Suchith


________________________________________
From: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
Sent: 20 November 2017 1:10 PM
To: Suchith Anand
Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Hi Suchith,

Can I query the amount of money involved here? I think that $3,500 for prizes is a bit too large, especially considering the environment that we’re in. Can I suggest/discuss that we parcel $2k at least from the GeoForAll budget, to support widening participation through the Travel Grant Program, with the remainder on awards?

This seems more equitable and would support the mission more aptly in my opinion.

Thanks!

Mark
________________________________
From: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 7:37:26 AM
To: Mark Iliffe
Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.

Best wishes,

Suchith


________________________________________
From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Dear Mark
These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
It is different from the travel grants.
Best,
Maria



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-------- Messaggio originale --------
Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Dear All,

Thank you for this!

Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.

Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!

Thanks!

Mark


> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>
> Regards,
> Serena
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>
> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
> Best.
> Maria
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear all,
>
> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>
> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>
> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>
> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
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> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
>
> Sol Katz Award 2015
>
>
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>
> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
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From Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk  Mon Nov 20 05:35:19 2017
From: Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk (Suchith Anand)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:35:19 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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I agree. I was thinking aloud on the list so I can get more ideas coming in :-)

We want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay?

For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.

I will wait for inputs ideas from everyone . If you all can send before 22nd Nov it is greatly appreciated as I can then use the new estimates to propose GeoForAll budget including all these.

Best wishes,

Suchith


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From: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
Sent: 20 November 2017 1:07 PM
To: Suchith Anand
Cc: Mark Iliffe; discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Sounds like a lot of money for these awards

Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs, we don’t solve that with the possibility of a prize.

Would some of this money not be better invested in facilitating more people (students, academics, developers and practitioners) to attend FOSS4G?

______
Steven


On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:

Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.

Best wishes,

Suchith


________________________________________
From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; conference
Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Dear Mark
These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
It is different from the travel grants.
Best,
Maria



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Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Dear All,

Thank you for this!

Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.

Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!

Thanks!

Mark


On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:

Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.

Best wishes,

Suchith

________________________________________
From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>>
Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.

Regards,
Serena

Sent from my iPhone

On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:

Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
Best.
Maria

Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung


-------- Messaggio originale --------
Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
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Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Dear all,

We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.

My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)

My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .

Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.

Best wishes,

Suchith

________________________________________
From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)


Dear All

please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:


Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018

I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).


Here the call for papers:

https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA


We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)


Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC



Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies



----------------------------------------------------
Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
Politecnico di Milano

ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board

UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)

Sol Katz Award 2015

P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>







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Da: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
Inviato: domenica 19 novembre 2017 16:56
A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions


Dear All

please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:


Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018

I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).


Here the call for papers:

https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA


We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)


Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC



Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies



----------------------------------------------------
Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
Politecnico di Milano


ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board


UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)


Sol Katz Award 2015



P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)

Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>









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From markiliffe at gmail.com  Mon Nov 20 05:45:39 2017
From: markiliffe at gmail.com (Mark Iliffe)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 08:45:39 -0500
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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Hi Suchith, 

I agree broadly with the below - Generally, I’d advise against large monetary prizes, given the current climate I think widening participation is a higher value for our community (this is my personal view). I think offering high value prizes in lieu of a travel grant isn’t the right way to go - I think some monetary compensation is good - but the absolute max should be $250 IMHO. 

With the figures, will this mean $2,500 for the TGP or $2,000. We’re looking at scrambling for as much money as possible for grants (and are currently discussing ways of maximising the value + sponsorship for this too!). 

Over to the lists :-)

Ta,

Mark


> On 20 Nov 2017, at 08:26, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> It is good point Mark. I want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay?
> 
> For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Suchith
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 1:10 PM
> To: Suchith Anand
> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
> 
> Hi Suchith,
> 
> Can I query the amount of money involved here? I think that $3,500 for prizes is a bit too large, especially considering the environment that we’re in. Can I suggest/discuss that we parcel $2k at least from the GeoForAll budget, to support widening participation through the Travel Grant Program, with the remainder on awards?
> 
> This seems more equitable and would support the mission more aptly in my opinion.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mark
> ________________________________
> From: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 7:37:26 AM
> To: Mark Iliffe
> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
> 
> Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Suchith
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
> To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
> Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
> 
> Dear Mark
> These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
> It is different from the travel grants.
> Best,
> Maria
> 
> 
> 
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
> 
> 
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
> Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
> A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
> Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Thank you for this!
> 
> Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.
> 
> Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
>> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> 
>> Suchith
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com>
>> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
>> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss osgeo
>> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> 
>> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Serena
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
>> Best.
>> Maria
>> 
>> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>> 
>> 
>> -------- Messaggio originale --------
>> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
>> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
>> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
>> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>> 
>> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>> 
>> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>> 
>> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> 
>> Suchith
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
>> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
>> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> 
>> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>> 
>> 
>> Dear All
>> 
>> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>> 
>> 
>> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
>> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
>> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
>> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>> 
>> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>> 
>> 
>> Here the call for papers:
>> 
>> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>> 
>> 
>> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>> 
>> 
>> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>> 
>> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> Politecnico di Milano
>> 
>> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>> 
>> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>> 
>> Sol Katz Award 2015
>> 
>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> Da: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
>> Inviato: domenica 19 novembre 2017 16:56
>> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> 
>> 
>> Dear All
>> 
>> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>> 
>> 
>> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
>> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
>> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
>> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>> 
>> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>> 
>> 
>> Here the call for papers:
>> 
>> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>> 
>> 
>> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>> 
>> 
>> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>> 
>> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> Politecnico di Milano
>> 
>> 
>> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>> 
>> 
>> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>> 
>> 
>> Sol Katz Award 2015
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>> 
>> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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From Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk  Mon Nov 20 05:59:08 2017
From: Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk (Suchith Anand)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:59:08 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
 Track: deadlines extensions
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+ 1 Mark. I get the logic of this .  We will limit the max award for best prize for any student to  $250   , so the rest can be used for travel grants. One suggestion I have is if the LOC can explore if it is possible to arrange digital certificates to all students  who have an accepted paper at FOSS4G Global. It will be good as they can then show it as recognition.  

Best wishes,

Suchith

________________________________________
From: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
Sent: 20 November 2017 1:45 PM
To: Suchith Anand
Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Hi Suchith,

I agree broadly with the below - Generally, I’d advise against large monetary prizes, given the current climate I think widening participation is a higher value for our community (this is my personal view). I think offering high value prizes in lieu of a travel grant isn’t the right way to go - I think some monetary compensation is good - but the absolute max should be $250 IMHO.

With the figures, will this mean $2,500 for the TGP or $2,000. We’re looking at scrambling for as much money as possible for grants (and are currently discussing ways of maximising the value + sponsorship for this too!).

Over to the lists :-)

Ta,

Mark


> On 20 Nov 2017, at 08:26, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> It is good point Mark. I want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay?
>
> For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 1:10 PM
> To: Suchith Anand
> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Hi Suchith,
>
> Can I query the amount of money involved here? I think that $3,500 for prizes is a bit too large, especially considering the environment that we’re in. Can I suggest/discuss that we parcel $2k at least from the GeoForAll budget, to support widening participation through the Travel Grant Program, with the remainder on awards?
>
> This seems more equitable and would support the mission more aptly in my opinion.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
> ________________________________
> From: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 7:37:26 AM
> To: Mark Iliffe
> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
> To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
> Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Mark
> These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
> It is different from the travel grants.
> Best,
> Maria
>
>
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
> Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
> A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
> Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear All,
>
> Thank you for this!
>
> Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.
>
> Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
>
>> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com>
>> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
>> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss osgeo
>> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Serena
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
>> Best.
>> Maria
>>
>> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>>
>>
>> -------- Messaggio originale --------
>> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
>> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
>> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
>> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>>
>> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>>
>> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>>
>> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
>> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
>> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>>
>>
>> Dear All
>>
>> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>>
>>
>> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
>> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
>> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
>> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>>
>> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>>
>>
>> Here the call for papers:
>>
>> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>>
>>
>> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>>
>>
>> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>>
>>
>>
>> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>>
>> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
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>> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> Politecnico di Milano
>>
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>> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>>
>> Dear All
>>
>> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>>
>>
>> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
>> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
>> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
>> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>>
>> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>>
>>
>> Here the call for papers:
>>
>> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>>
>>
>> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>>
>>
>> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>>
>>
>>
>> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>>
>> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> Politecnico di Milano
>>
>>
>> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>>
>>
>> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>>
>>
>> Sol Katz Award 2015
>>
>>
>>
>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>>
>> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
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From till.adams at fossgis.de  Mon Nov 20 06:49:40 2017
From: till.adams at fossgis.de (Till Adams)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 15:49:40 +0100
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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Hi,

Suchith, what especially do you mean with "Student Travel programme" ?

Yet, we have a "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) that also adresses to
Students (but not only!). In order to keep things clear and simple (and
to avoid that the same people might participate in the "TGP" and "the
Student TGP") I would suggest not to have two different travel grant
programms.

Perhaps this was just an incorrect formulation and we mean the same TGP
;-) ?

In general I agree with Steven and Mark not to have too high prices -
the value of participation of many is much higher, than letting one
student return back home very happy from a FOSS4G ... ;-)

Till


Am 20.11.2017 um 14:35 schrieb Suchith Anand:
> I agree. I was thinking aloud on the list so I can get more ideas coming in :-)
>
> We want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay?
>
> For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.
>
> I will wait for inputs ideas from everyone . If you all can send before 22nd Nov it is greatly appreciated as I can then use the new estimates to propose GeoForAll budget including all these.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 1:07 PM
> To: Suchith Anand
> Cc: Mark Iliffe; discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sounds like a lot of money for these awards
>
> Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs, we don’t solve that with the possibility of a prize.
>
> Would some of this money not be better invested in facilitating more people (students, academics, developers and practitioners) to attend FOSS4G?
>
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
> To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; conference
> Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Mark
> These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
> It is different from the travel grants.
> Best,
> Maria
>
>
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>>
> Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
> A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear All,
>
> Thank you for this!
>
> Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.
>
> Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>
> Regards,
> Serena
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>
> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
> Best.
> Maria
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear all,
>
> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>
> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>
> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>
> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
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>
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> Inviato: domenica 19 novembre 2017 16:56
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
>
> Sol Katz Award 2015
>
>
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>
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From Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk  Mon Nov 20 08:12:30 2017
From: Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk (Suchith Anand)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 16:12:30 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
 Track: deadlines extensions
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It will be the same "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) and the criteria will be defined by the LOC as they think is appropriate. The aim of the GeoForAll student travel budget (say 2k USD) will be to add into this pot and give more flexibility for the LOC to provide opportunity for more students to participate at FOSS4G 2018. I understand TGP is for anyone to apply but this 2k USD from GeoForAll budget for supporting  student travel can be used specifically to support more students using the same TGP criteria.  The LOC need not give the money directly to the students .  For example, once LOC know they have 2000 USD in this pot , they can bulk book student accomodation earlier (this might help in getting accommodation at lower costs ) thereby getting more impact for the same amount and hopefully benefiting more students (maybe 40 students!). I leave it to LOC to decide details as they will have more ideas .

Best wishes,

Suchith


________________________________________
From: Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de>
Sent: 20 November 2017 2:49 PM
To: conference; Suchith Anand
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Hi,

Suchith, what especially do you mean with "Student Travel programme" ?

Yet, we have a "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) that also adresses to
Students (but not only!). In order to keep things clear and simple (and
to avoid that the same people might participate in the "TGP" and "the
Student TGP") I would suggest not to have two different travel grant
programms.

Perhaps this was just an incorrect formulation and we mean the same TGP
;-) ?

In general I agree with Steven and Mark not to have too high prices -
the value of participation of many is much higher, than letting one
student return back home very happy from a FOSS4G ... ;-)

Till


Am 20.11.2017 um 14:35 schrieb Suchith Anand:
> I agree. I was thinking aloud on the list so I can get more ideas coming in :-)
>
> We want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay?
>
> For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.
>
> I will wait for inputs ideas from everyone . If you all can send before 22nd Nov it is greatly appreciated as I can then use the new estimates to propose GeoForAll budget including all these.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 1:07 PM
> To: Suchith Anand
> Cc: Mark Iliffe; discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sounds like a lot of money for these awards
>
> Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs, we don’t solve that with the possibility of a prize.
>
> Would some of this money not be better invested in facilitating more people (students, academics, developers and practitioners) to attend FOSS4G?
>
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
> To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; conference
> Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Mark
> These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
> It is different from the travel grants.
> Best,
> Maria
>
>
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>>
> Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
> A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear All,
>
> Thank you for this!
>
> Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.
>
> Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>
> Regards,
> Serena
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>
> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
> Best.
> Maria
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear all,
>
> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>
> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>
> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>
> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
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> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
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> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
>
> Sol Katz Award 2015
>
>
>
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From maria.brovelli at polimi.it  Mon Nov 20 08:25:59 2017
From: maria.brovelli at polimi.it (Maria Antonia Brovelli)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 16:25:59 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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Dear All

in my opinion we are making a bit of confusion. On one side the is the TGP, on the other side the "Best paper and best poster awards", that are meant to award the excellence of the work that students present at the conference. They are different.

Best.

Maria


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Da: Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto di Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
Inviato: lunedì 20 novembre 2017 17:12
A: Till Adams; conference
Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

It will be the same "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) and the criteria will be defined by the LOC as they think is appropriate. The aim of the GeoForAll student travel budget (say 2k USD) will be to add into this pot and give more flexibility for the LOC to provide opportunity for more students to participate at FOSS4G 2018. I understand TGP is for anyone to apply but this 2k USD from GeoForAll budget for supporting  student travel can be used specifically to support more students using the same TGP criteria.  The LOC need not give the money directly to the students .  For example, once LOC know they have 2000 USD in this pot , they can bulk book student accomodation earlier (this might help in getting accommodation at lower costs ) thereby getting more impact for the same amount and hopefully benefiting more students (maybe 40 students!). I leave it to LOC to decide details as they will have more ideas .

Best wishes,

Suchith


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From: Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de>
Sent: 20 November 2017 2:49 PM
To: conference; Suchith Anand
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Hi,

Suchith, what especially do you mean with "Student Travel programme" ?

Yet, we have a "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) that also adresses to
Students (but not only!). In order to keep things clear and simple (and
to avoid that the same people might participate in the "TGP" and "the
Student TGP") I would suggest not to have two different travel grant
programms.

Perhaps this was just an incorrect formulation and we mean the same TGP
;-) ?

In general I agree with Steven and Mark not to have too high prices -
the value of participation of many is much higher, than letting one
student return back home very happy from a FOSS4G ... ;-)

Till


Am 20.11.2017 um 14:35 schrieb Suchith Anand:
> I agree. I was thinking aloud on the list so I can get more ideas coming in :-)
>
> We want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay?
>
> For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.
>
> I will wait for inputs ideas from everyone . If you all can send before 22nd Nov it is greatly appreciated as I can then use the new estimates to propose GeoForAll budget including all these.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 1:07 PM
> To: Suchith Anand
> Cc: Mark Iliffe; discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sounds like a lot of money for these awards
>
> Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs, we don’t solve that with the possibility of a prize.
>
> Would some of this money not be better invested in facilitating more people (students, academics, developers and practitioners) to attend FOSS4G?
>
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
> To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; conference
> Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Mark
> These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
> It is different from the travel grants.
> Best,
> Maria
>
>
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>>
> Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
> A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear All,
>
> Thank you for this!
>
> Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.
>
> Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>
> Regards,
> Serena
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>
> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
> Best.
> Maria
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear all,
>
> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>
> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>
> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>
> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
> Sol Katz Award 2015
>
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>
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> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
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From: markiliffe at gmail.com (Mark Iliffe)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 16:42:58 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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Hi Maria,

To simplify any confusion, I think $3.5k on prizes is excessive, with $2.5k being better spent on widening participation through targeting students who would not be able to access FOSS4G.

IMHO This should be under the TGP which should focus on bringing high calibre students to FOSS4G, not rewarding those already here. Regardless of this, tiers of $400, $250, and $100 for first, second, and third respectively seems more than appropriate - but this at the discretion of the GeoForAll committee!

We already have a plan in action for pushing the broader TGP for FOSS4G in Dar. If those on the GeoForAll committee could let the LOC know about how they’d like to proceed, we can plan and budget accordingly.

Thanks all!!

Mark
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From: Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 11:25:59 AM
To: Suchith Anand; Till Adams; conference
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions


Dear All

in my opinion we are making a bit of confusion. On one side the is the TGP, on the other side the "Best paper and best poster awards", that are meant to award the excellence of the work that students present at the conference. They are different.

Best.

Maria


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Da: Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto di Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
Inviato: lunedì 20 novembre 2017 17:12
A: Till Adams; conference
Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

It will be the same "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) and the criteria will be defined by the LOC as they think is appropriate. The aim of the GeoForAll student travel budget (say 2k USD) will be to add into this pot and give more flexibility for the LOC to provide opportunity for more students to participate at FOSS4G 2018. I understand TGP is for anyone to apply but this 2k USD from GeoForAll budget for supporting  student travel can be used specifically to support more students using the same TGP criteria.  The LOC need not give the money directly to the students .  For example, once LOC know they have 2000 USD in this pot , they can bulk book student accomodation earlier (this might help in getting accommodation at lower costs ) thereby getting more impact for the same amount and hopefully benefiting more students (maybe 40 students!). I leave it to LOC to decide details as they will have more ideas .

Best wishes,

Suchith


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From: Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de>
Sent: 20 November 2017 2:49 PM
To: conference; Suchith Anand
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Hi,

Suchith, what especially do you mean with "Student Travel programme" ?

Yet, we have a "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) that also adresses to
Students (but not only!). In order to keep things clear and simple (and
to avoid that the same people might participate in the "TGP" and "the
Student TGP") I would suggest not to have two different travel grant
programms.

Perhaps this was just an incorrect formulation and we mean the same TGP
;-) ?

In general I agree with Steven and Mark not to have too high prices -
the value of participation of many is much higher, than letting one
student return back home very happy from a FOSS4G ... ;-)

Till


Am 20.11.2017 um 14:35 schrieb Suchith Anand:
> I agree. I was thinking aloud on the list so I can get more ideas coming in :-)
>
> We want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay?
>
> For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.
>
> I will wait for inputs ideas from everyone . If you all can send before 22nd Nov it is greatly appreciated as I can then use the new estimates to propose GeoForAll budget including all these.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 1:07 PM
> To: Suchith Anand
> Cc: Mark Iliffe; discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sounds like a lot of money for these awards
>
> Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs, we don’t solve that with the possibility of a prize.
>
> Would some of this money not be better invested in facilitating more people (students, academics, developers and practitioners) to attend FOSS4G?
>
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
> To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; conference
> Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Mark
> These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
> It is different from the travel grants.
> Best,
> Maria
>
>
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>>
> Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
> A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear All,
>
> Thank you for this!
>
> Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.
>
> Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>
> Regards,
> Serena
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>
> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
> Best.
> Maria
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear all,
>
> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>
> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>
> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>
> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
> Sol Katz Award 2015
>
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> Da: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Inviato: domenica 19 novembre 2017 16:56
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
>
> Sol Katz Award 2015
>
>
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>
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From maria.brovelli at polimi.it  Mon Nov 20 08:58:36 2017
From: maria.brovelli at polimi.it (Maria Antonia Brovelli)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 16:58:36 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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Mark, I partially agree with you.

What is the amount of the prizes is something that GeoForAll has to discuss and ask to the Board but it is not for allowing people in attending (yes, it can help, but this is not the aim of the award).

Therefore, please, leave them separate as they are. This are GeoForAll awards for the best students (bachelor/master/PhD). The occasion can be the FOSS4G but in principle it is not mandatory.

Best,

Maria


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Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
Inviato: lunedì 20 novembre 2017 17:42
A: Maria Antonia Brovelli; Suchith Anand; Till Adams; conference
Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Hi Maria,

To simplify any confusion, I think $3.5k on prizes is excessive, with $2.5k being better spent on widening participation through targeting students who would not be able to access FOSS4G.

IMHO This should be under the TGP which should focus on bringing high calibre students to FOSS4G, not rewarding those already here. Regardless of this, tiers of $400, $250, and $100 for first, second, and third respectively seems more than appropriate - but this at the discretion of the GeoForAll committee!

We already have a plan in action for pushing the broader TGP for FOSS4G in Dar. If those on the GeoForAll committee could let the LOC know about how they’d like to proceed, we can plan and budget accordingly.

Thanks all!!

Mark
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Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 11:25:59 AM
To: Suchith Anand; Till Adams; conference
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions


Dear All

in my opinion we are making a bit of confusion. On one side the is the TGP, on the other side the "Best paper and best poster awards", that are meant to award the excellence of the work that students present at the conference. They are different.

Best.

Maria


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Da: Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto di Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
Inviato: lunedì 20 novembre 2017 17:12
A: Till Adams; conference
Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

It will be the same "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) and the criteria will be defined by the LOC as they think is appropriate. The aim of the GeoForAll student travel budget (say 2k USD) will be to add into this pot and give more flexibility for the LOC to provide opportunity for more students to participate at FOSS4G 2018. I understand TGP is for anyone to apply but this 2k USD from GeoForAll budget for supporting  student travel can be used specifically to support more students using the same TGP criteria.  The LOC need not give the money directly to the students .  For example, once LOC know they have 2000 USD in this pot , they can bulk book student accomodation earlier (this might help in getting accommodation at lower costs ) thereby getting more impact for the same amount and hopefully benefiting more students (maybe 40 students!). I leave it to LOC to decide details as they will have more ideas .

Best wishes,

Suchith


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From: Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de>
Sent: 20 November 2017 2:49 PM
To: conference; Suchith Anand
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Hi,

Suchith, what especially do you mean with "Student Travel programme" ?

Yet, we have a "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) that also adresses to
Students (but not only!). In order to keep things clear and simple (and
to avoid that the same people might participate in the "TGP" and "the
Student TGP") I would suggest not to have two different travel grant
programms.

Perhaps this was just an incorrect formulation and we mean the same TGP
;-) ?

In general I agree with Steven and Mark not to have too high prices -
the value of participation of many is much higher, than letting one
student return back home very happy from a FOSS4G ... ;-)

Till


Am 20.11.2017 um 14:35 schrieb Suchith Anand:
> I agree. I was thinking aloud on the list so I can get more ideas coming in :-)
>
> We want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay?
>
> For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.
>
> I will wait for inputs ideas from everyone . If you all can send before 22nd Nov it is greatly appreciated as I can then use the new estimates to propose GeoForAll budget including all these.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 1:07 PM
> To: Suchith Anand
> Cc: Mark Iliffe; discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sounds like a lot of money for these awards
>
> Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs, we don’t solve that with the possibility of a prize.
>
> Would some of this money not be better invested in facilitating more people (students, academics, developers and practitioners) to attend FOSS4G?
>
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
> To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; conference
> Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Mark
> These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
> It is different from the travel grants.
> Best,
> Maria
>
>
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>>
> Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
> A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear All,
>
> Thank you for this!
>
> Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.
>
> Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>
> Regards,
> Serena
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>
> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
> Best.
> Maria
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear all,
>
> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>
> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>
> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>
> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
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>
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> Da: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
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> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
>
> Sol Katz Award 2015
>
>
>
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From: markiliffe at gmail.com (Mark Iliffe)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 12:48:12 -0500
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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Thanks for the clarifications Maria - given this, my recommendation to the
board will be to either A. reassign budget from this to make the award more
appropriate to the local context and support a widening of access; or, if A
is not possible B. lower the sum award to be given at FOSS4G in 2018.

I don't want to be seen as refusing money or wider assistance, but I
consider the amount of money for prizes to be out of keeping with the
message and optics that FOSS4G in Dar es Salaam is conveying. My fear is
that we are open to the suggestion that we are focusing on a rewarding a
constituency that can make it to FOSS4G, neglecting those that cannot -
hence my previous desire to utilize the fund to widen participation. If
this isn't possible (and I hope that it is!) I would veto this amount of
money to be freely given for the reasons above.

Best,

Mark

On 20 November 2017 at 11:58, Maria Antonia Brovelli <
maria.brovelli at polimi.it> wrote:

> Mark, I partially agree with you.
>
> What is the amount of the prizes is something that GeoForAll has
> to discuss and ask to the Board but it is not for allowing people in
> attending (yes, it can help, but this is not the aim of the award).
>
> Therefore, please, leave them separate as they are. This are GeoForAll
> awards for the best students (bachelor/master/PhD). The occasion can be the
> FOSS4G but in principle it is not mandatory.
>
> Best,
>
> Maria
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_
> Studies
>
>
>
> *----------------------------------------------------*
> *Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli*
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)"
> http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors
> of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge;
> SIFET Advisory Board
>
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS
> Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
>
> *Sol Katz Award 2015*
>
>
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy
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> )
>
> Tel. +39-02-23996242 <+39%2002%202399%206242> - Mob. +39-328-0023867
> <+39%20328%20002%203867>,   <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>maria.
> brovelli at polimi.it
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *Da:* Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
> *Inviato:* lunedì 20 novembre 2017 17:42
> *A:* Maria Antonia Brovelli; Suchith Anand; Till Adams; conference
>
> *Oggetto:* Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
> Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Hi Maria,
>
> To simplify any confusion, I think $3.5k on prizes is excessive, with
> $2.5k being better spent on widening participation through targeting
> students who would not be able to access FOSS4G.
>
> IMHO This should be under the TGP which should focus on bringing high
> calibre students to FOSS4G, not rewarding those already here. Regardless of
> this, tiers of $400, $250, and $100 for first, second, and third
> respectively seems more than appropriate - but this at the discretion of
> the GeoForAll committee!
>
> We already have a plan in action for pushing the broader TGP for FOSS4G in
> Dar. If those on the GeoForAll committee could let the LOC know about how
> they’d like to proceed, we can plan and budget accordingly.
>
> Thanks all!!
>
> Mark
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf
> of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 20, 2017 11:25:59 AM
> *To:* Suchith Anand; Till Adams; conference
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
> Track: deadlines extensions
>
>
> Dear All
>
> in my opinion we are making a bit of confusion. On one side the is the
> TGP, on the other side the "Best paper and best poster awards", that are
> meant to award the excellence of the work that students present at the
> conference. They are different.
>
> Best.
>
> Maria
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_
> Studies
>
>
>
> *----------------------------------------------------*
> *Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli*
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)"
> http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors
> of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge;
> SIFET Advisory Board
>
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS
> Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
>
> *Sol Katz Award 2015*
>
>
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=P.zza+Leonardo+da+Vinci,+32+-+Building+3+-+20133+Milano+(Italy&entry=gmail&source=g>
> )
>
> Tel. +39-02-23996242 <+39%2002%202399%206242> - Mob. +39-328-0023867
> <+39%20328%20002%203867>,   <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>maria.
> brovelli at polimi.it
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *Da:* Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto
> di Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
> *Inviato:* lunedì 20 novembre 2017 17:12
> *A:* Till Adams; conference
> *Oggetto:* Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
> Track: deadlines extensions
>
> It will be the same "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) and the criteria will
> be defined by the LOC as they think is appropriate. The aim of the
> GeoForAll student travel budget (say 2k USD) will be to add into this pot
> and give more flexibility for the LOC to provide opportunity for more
> students to participate at FOSS4G 2018. I understand TGP is for anyone to
> apply but this 2k USD from GeoForAll budget for supporting  student travel
> can be used specifically to support more students using the same TGP
> criteria.  The LOC need not give the money directly to the students .  For
> example, once LOC know they have 2000 USD in this pot , they can bulk book
> student accomodation earlier (this might help in getting accommodation at
> lower costs ) thereby getting more impact for the same amount and hopefully
> benefiting more students (maybe 40 students!). I leave it to LOC to decide
> details as they will have more ideas .
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 2:49 PM
> To: conference; Suchith Anand
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
> Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Hi,
>
> Suchith, what especially do you mean with "Student Travel programme" ?
>
> Yet, we have a "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) that also adresses to
> Students (but not only!). In order to keep things clear and simple (and
> to avoid that the same people might participate in the "TGP" and "the
> Student TGP") I would suggest not to have two different travel grant
> programms.
>
> Perhaps this was just an incorrect formulation and we mean the same TGP
> ;-) ?
>
> In general I agree with Steven and Mark not to have too high prices -
> the value of participation of many is much higher, than letting one
> student return back home very happy from a FOSS4G ... ;-)
>
> Till
>
>
> Am 20.11.2017 um 14:35 schrieb Suchith Anand:
> > I agree. I was thinking aloud on the list so I can get more ideas coming
> in :-)
> >
> > We want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact
> amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum
> for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and
> third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for
> other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global
> FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student
> prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening
> participation. Is that okay?
> >
> > For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the
> student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events
> as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.
> >
> > I will wait for inputs ideas from everyone . If you all can send before
> 22nd Nov it is greatly appreciated as I can then use the new estimates to
> propose GeoForAll budget including all these.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Suchith
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
> > Sent: 20 November 2017 1:07 PM
> > To: Suchith Anand
> > Cc: Mark Iliffe; discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
> Track: deadlines extensions
> >
> > Sounds like a lot of money for these awards
> >
> > Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise
> submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have
> successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs,
> we don’t solve that with the possibility of a prize.
> >
> > Would some of this money not be better invested in facilitating more
> people (students, academics, developers and practitioners) to attend FOSS4G?
> >
> > ______
> > Steven
> >
> >
> > On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the
> best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully
> upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to
> be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the
> LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo
> website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for
> FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work
> of students.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Suchith
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:
> maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> > Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
> > To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
> > Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:
> geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; conference
> > Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track:
> deadlines extensions
> >
> > Dear Mark
> > These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors
> at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be
> a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
> > It is different from the travel grants.
> > Best,
> > Maria
> >
> >
> >
> > Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
> >
> >
> > -------- Messaggio originale --------
> > Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>>
> > Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
> > A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand@
> nottingham.ac.uk>>
> > Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:
> discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:
> geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
> <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
> > Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track:
> deadlines extensions
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Thank you for this!
> >
> > Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and
> the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two
> differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different
> constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are
> targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their
> participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines
> will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with
> the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.
> >
> > Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly
> appreciated.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Suchith
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:
> serenacoetzee at gmail.com>>
> > Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
> > To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
> > Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:
> geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> > Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track:
> deadlines extensions
> >
> > Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Serena
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <
> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:
> maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G
> 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else
> willing to help me, please show you up.
> > Best.
> > Maria
> >
> > Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
> >
> >
> > -------- Messaggio originale --------
> > Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand@
> nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> > Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
> > A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:
> geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:
> discuss at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
> > Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo
> student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support
> excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G
> Dar.
> >
> > My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student
> awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be
> decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to
> OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam
> will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event)
> and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is
> someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there
> are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give
> student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing
> their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest
> (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be
> supported per year)
> >
> > My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G
> conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing
> to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this
> with external funding the better for expanding impact .
> >
> > Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Suchith
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces@
> lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of
> Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:
> maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
> > Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
> > To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:
> geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
> >
> > Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May
> 2018!!!!)
> >
> >
> > Dear All
> >
> > please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird
> Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic
> Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
> >
> >
> > Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> > Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> > Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
> > Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April
> 2018
> >
> > I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready
> the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International
> Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information
> Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative
> Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings
> Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and
> the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
> >
> >
> > Here the call for papers:
> >
> > https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
> >
> >
> > We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (
> http://2018.foss4g.org/)
> >
> >
> > Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
> >
> >
> >
> > Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
> >
> > http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/
> Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> > Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> > Politecnico di Milano
> >
> > ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)"
> http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of
> OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET
> Advisory Board
> >
> > UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS
> Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
> >
> > Sol Katz Award 2015
> >
> > P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=P.zza+Leonardo+da+Vinci,+32+-+Building+3+-+20133+Milano+(Italy&entry=gmail&source=g>
> )
> > Tel. +39-02-23996242 <+39%2002%202399%206242> - Mob. +39-328-0023867
> <+39%20328%20002%203867>,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it
> <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:
> maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
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> > Dear All
> >
> > please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird
> Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic
> Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
> >
> >
> > Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> > Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> > Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
> > Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April
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> >
> > I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready
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> >
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> >
> >
> > Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
> >
> >
> >
> > Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
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From: shfeldman at gmail.com (Steven Feldman)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:09:46 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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> On 20 Nov 2017, at 17:48, Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the clarifications Maria - given this, my recommendation to the board will be to either A. reassign budget from this to make the award more appropriate to the local context and support a widening of access; or, if A is not possible B. lower the sum award to be given at FOSS4G in 2018. 
> 
> I don't want to be seen as refusing money or wider assistance, but I consider the amount of money for prizes to be out of keeping with the message and optics that FOSS4G in Dar es Salaam is conveying. My fear is that we are open to the suggestion that we are focusing on a rewarding a constituency that can make it to FOSS4G, neglecting those that cannot - hence my previous desire to utilize the fund to widen participation. If this isn't possible (and I hope that it is!) I would veto this amount of money to be freely given for the reasons above.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Mark
> 
>> On 20 November 2017 at 11:58, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> wrote:
>> Mark, I partially agree with you. 
>> 
>> What is the amount of the prizes is something that GeoForAll has to discuss and ask to the Board but it is not for allowing people in attending (yes, it can help, but this is not the aim of the award).
>> 
>> Therefore, please, leave them separate as they are. This are GeoForAll awards for the best students (bachelor/master/PhD). The occasion can be the FOSS4G but in principle it is not mandatory.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Maria
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>> 
>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> Politecnico di Milano
>> 
>> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>> 
>> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>> 
>> Sol Katz Award 2015
>>  
>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  maria.brovelli at polimi.it
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
>> Inviato: lunedì 20 novembre 2017 17:42
>> A: Maria Antonia Brovelli; Suchith Anand; Till Adams; conference
>> 
>> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>  
>> Hi Maria,
>> 
>> To simplify any confusion, I think $3.5k on prizes is excessive, with $2.5k being better spent on widening participation through targeting students who would not be able to access FOSS4G.
>> 
>> IMHO This should be under the TGP which should focus on bringing high calibre students to FOSS4G, not rewarding those already here. Regardless of this, tiers of $400, $250, and $100 for first, second, and third respectively seems more than appropriate - but this at the discretion of the GeoForAll committee!
>> 
>> We already have a plan in action for pushing the broader TGP for FOSS4G in Dar. If those on the GeoForAll committee could let the LOC know about how they’d like to proceed, we can plan and budget accordingly.
>> 
>> Thanks all!!
>> 
>> Mark
>> From: Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
>> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 11:25:59 AM
>> To: Suchith Anand; Till Adams; conference
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>  
>> Dear All
>> 
>> in my opinion we are making a bit of confusion. On one side the is the TGP, on the other side the "Best paper and best poster awards", that are meant to award the excellence of the work that students present at the conference. They are different. 
>> 
>> Best.
>> 
>> Maria
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>> 
>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> Politecnico di Milano
>> 
>> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>> 
>> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>> 
>> Sol Katz Award 2015
>>  
>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  maria.brovelli at polimi.it
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> Da: Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto di Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
>> Inviato: lunedì 20 novembre 2017 17:12
>> A: Till Adams; conference
>> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>  
>> It will be the same "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) and the criteria will be defined by the LOC as they think is appropriate. The aim of the GeoForAll student travel budget (say 2k USD) will be to add into this pot and give more flexibility for the LOC to provide opportunity for more students to participate at FOSS4G 2018. I understand TGP is for anyone to apply but this 2k USD from GeoForAll budget for supporting  student travel can be used specifically to support more students using the same TGP criteria.  The LOC need not give the money directly to the students .  For example, once LOC know they have 2000 USD in this pot , they can bulk book student accomodation earlier (this might help in getting accommodation at lower costs ) thereby getting more impact for the same amount and hopefully benefiting more students (maybe 40 students!). I leave it to LOC to decide details as they will have more ideas .
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> 
>> Suchith
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de>
>> Sent: 20 November 2017 2:49 PM
>> To: conference; Suchith Anand
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Suchith, what especially do you mean with "Student Travel programme" ?
>> 
>> Yet, we have a "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) that also adresses to
>> Students (but not only!). In order to keep things clear and simple (and
>> to avoid that the same people might participate in the "TGP" and "the
>> Student TGP") I would suggest not to have two different travel grant
>> programms.
>> 
>> Perhaps this was just an incorrect formulation and we mean the same TGP
>> ;-) ?
>> 
>> In general I agree with Steven and Mark not to have too high prices -
>> the value of participation of many is much higher, than letting one
>> student return back home very happy from a FOSS4G ... ;-)
>> 
>> Till
>> 
>> 
>> Am 20.11.2017 um 14:35 schrieb Suchith Anand:
>> > I agree. I was thinking aloud on the list so I can get more ideas coming in :-)
>> >
>> > We want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay?
>> >
>> > For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.
>> >
>> > I will wait for inputs ideas from everyone . If you all can send before 22nd Nov it is greatly appreciated as I can then use the new estimates to propose GeoForAll budget including all these.
>> >
>> > Best wishes,
>> >
>> > Suchith
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________________
>> > From: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
>> > Sent: 20 November 2017 1:07 PM
>> > To: Suchith Anand
>> > Cc: Mark Iliffe; discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
>> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> >
>> > Sounds like a lot of money for these awards
>> >
>> > Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs, we don’t solve that with the possibility of a prize.
>> >
>> > Would some of this money not be better invested in facilitating more people (students, academics, developers and practitioners) to attend FOSS4G?
>> >
>> > ______
>> > Steven
>> >
>> >
>> > On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.
>> >
>> > Best wishes,
>> >
>> > Suchith
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________________
>> > From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
>> > Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
>> > To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
>> > Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; conference
>> > Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> >
>> > Dear Mark
>> > These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
>> > It is different from the travel grants.
>> > Best,
>> > Maria
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>> >
>> >
>> > -------- Messaggio originale --------
>> > Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>>
>> > Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
>> > A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
>> > Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
>> > Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> >
>> > Dear All,
>> >
>> > Thank you for this!
>> >
>> > Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.
>> >
>> > Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Mark
>> >
>> >
>> > On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Best wishes,
>> >
>> > Suchith
>> >
>> > ________________________________________
>> > From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>>
>> > Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
>> > To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> > Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> > Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> >
>> > Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Serena
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> > On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
>> > Best.
>> > Maria
>> >
>> > Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>> >
>> >
>> > -------- Messaggio originale --------
>> > Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
>> > Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
>> > A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
>> > Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> >
>> > Dear all,
>> >
>> > We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>> >
>> > My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>> >
>> > My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>> >
>> > Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>> >
>> > Best wishes,
>> >
>> > Suchith
>> >
>> > ________________________________________
>> > From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
>> > Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
>> > To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> >
>> > Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>> >
>> >
>> > Dear All
>> >
>> > please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>> >
>> >
>> > Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
>> > Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
>> > Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
>> > Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>> >
>> > I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>> >
>> >
>> > Here the call for papers:
>> >
>> > https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>> >
>> >
>> > We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>> >
>> >
>> > Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>> >
>> > http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> > Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> > Politecnico di Milano
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>> >
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>> > A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> > Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>> >
>> >
>> > Dear All
>> >
>> > please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>> >
>> >
>> > Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
>> > Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
>> > Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
>> > Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>> >
>> > I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>> >
>> >
>> > Here the call for papers:
>> >
>> > https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>> >
>> >
>> > We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>> >
>> >
>> > Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>> >
>> > http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----------------------------------------------------
>> > Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> > Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> > Politecnico di Milano
>> >
>> >
>> > ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
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>> >
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>> >
>> > Sol Katz Award 2015
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From maria.brovelli at polimi.it  Mon Nov 20 10:36:54 2017
From: maria.brovelli at polimi.it (Maria Antonia Brovelli)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:36:54 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track:
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Mark, I see your point. Therefore as GeoForAll we can ask 1000 $ for three awards to students at FOSS4G in Dar (something like 500 $, 300 $ and 200 $).
Good. Talk to you tomorrow at the LOC meeting.
Have a good night
Maria




Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung


-------- Messaggio originale --------
Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
Data: 20/11/17 18:48 (GMT+01:00)
A: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
Cc: Suchith Anand <suchith.anand at nottingham.ac.uk>, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de>, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Thanks for the clarifications Maria - given this, my recommendation to the board will be to either A. reassign budget from this to make the award more appropriate to the local context and support a widening of access; or, if A is not possible B. lower the sum award to be given at FOSS4G in 2018.

I don't want to be seen as refusing money or wider assistance, but I consider the amount of money for prizes to be out of keeping with the message and optics that FOSS4G in Dar es Salaam is conveying. My fear is that we are open to the suggestion that we are focusing on a rewarding a constituency that can make it to FOSS4G, neglecting those that cannot - hence my previous desire to utilize the fund to widen participation. If this isn't possible (and I hope that it is!) I would veto this amount of money to be freely given for the reasons above.

Best,

Mark

On 20 November 2017 at 11:58, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:

Mark, I partially agree with you.

What is the amount of the prizes is something that GeoForAll has to discuss and ask to the Board but it is not for allowing people in attending (yes, it can help, but this is not the aim of the award).

Therefore, please, leave them separate as they are. This are GeoForAll awards for the best students (bachelor/master/PhD). The occasion can be the FOSS4G but in principle it is not mandatory.

Best,

Maria


Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:

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----------------------------------------------------
Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
Politecnico di Milano

ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board

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Sol Katz Award 2015

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Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>>
Inviato: lunedì 20 novembre 2017 17:42
A: Maria Antonia Brovelli; Suchith Anand; Till Adams; conference

Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Hi Maria,

To simplify any confusion, I think $3.5k on prizes is excessive, with $2.5k being better spent on widening participation through targeting students who would not be able to access FOSS4G.

IMHO This should be under the TGP which should focus on bringing high calibre students to FOSS4G, not rewarding those already here. Regardless of this, tiers of $400, $250, and $100 for first, second, and third respectively seems more than appropriate - but this at the discretion of the GeoForAll committee!

We already have a plan in action for pushing the broader TGP for FOSS4G in Dar. If those on the GeoForAll committee could let the LOC know about how they’d like to proceed, we can plan and budget accordingly.

Thanks all!!

Mark
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From: Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 11:25:59 AM
To: Suchith Anand; Till Adams; conference
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions


Dear All

in my opinion we are making a bit of confusion. On one side the is the TGP, on the other side the "Best paper and best poster awards", that are meant to award the excellence of the work that students present at the conference. They are different.

Best.

Maria


Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies



----------------------------------------------------
Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
Politecnico di Milano


ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board


UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)


Sol Katz Award 2015



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Da: Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
Inviato: lunedì 20 novembre 2017 17:12
A: Till Adams; conference
Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

It will be the same "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) and the criteria will be defined by the LOC as they think is appropriate. The aim of the GeoForAll student travel budget (say 2k USD) will be to add into this pot and give more flexibility for the LOC to provide opportunity for more students to participate at FOSS4G 2018. I understand TGP is for anyone to apply but this 2k USD from GeoForAll budget for supporting  student travel can be used specifically to support more students using the same TGP criteria.  The LOC need not give the money directly to the students .  For example, once LOC know they have 2000 USD in this pot , they can bulk book student accomodation earlier (this might help in getting accommodation at lower costs ) thereby getting more impact for the same amount and hopefully benefiting more students (maybe 40 students!). I leave it to LOC to decide details as they will have more ideas .

Best wishes,

Suchith


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From: Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de<mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>>
Sent: 20 November 2017 2:49 PM
To: conference; Suchith Anand
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Hi,

Suchith, what especially do you mean with "Student Travel programme" ?

Yet, we have a "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) that also adresses to
Students (but not only!). In order to keep things clear and simple (and
to avoid that the same people might participate in the "TGP" and "the
Student TGP") I would suggest not to have two different travel grant
programms.

Perhaps this was just an incorrect formulation and we mean the same TGP
;-) ?

In general I agree with Steven and Mark not to have too high prices -
the value of participation of many is much higher, than letting one
student return back home very happy from a FOSS4G ... ;-)

Till


Am 20.11.2017 um 14:35 schrieb Suchith Anand:
> I agree. I was thinking aloud on the list so I can get more ideas coming in :-)
>
> We want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay?
>
> For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.
>
> I will wait for inputs ideas from everyone . If you all can send before 22nd Nov it is greatly appreciated as I can then use the new estimates to propose GeoForAll budget including all these.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com<mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 1:07 PM
> To: Suchith Anand
> Cc: Mark Iliffe; discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; conference
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sounds like a lot of money for these awards
>
> Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs, we don’t solve that with the possibility of a prize.
>
> Would some of this money not be better invested in facilitating more people (students, academics, developers and practitioners) to attend FOSS4G?
>
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
> To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>>; conference
> Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Mark
> These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
> It is different from the travel grants.
> Best,
> Maria
>
>
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
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> A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>>
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> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear All,
>
> Thank you for this!
>
> Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.
>
> Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>> wrote:
>
> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com><mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>
> Regards,
> Serena
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>> wrote:
>
> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
> Best.
> Maria
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>>
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> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear all,
>
> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>
> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>
> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>
> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>><mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>>
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> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
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> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>>; discuss osgeo
> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>
>
> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
>
> Sol Katz Award 2015
>
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From Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk  Mon Nov 20 10:59:47 2017
From: Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk (Suchith Anand)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:59:47 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
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Dear all,

Thank you for everyone for providing inputs/feedbacks. Based on this, I am proposing the following for GeoForAll budget 2018

GeoForAll Student awards for FOSS4G events will be 500 USD per event (both local and global). Distributed as follows
First prize -250 USD ;Second prize - 150 USD; Third prize -100 USD

We will arrange for max. 4 FOSS4G events to be supported for student awards per year (these will be FOSS4G regional events or other events like gvSIG conference etc which have a dedicated Open source Geo Track and LOC willing to run the award event. This will help us provide more global distribution for supporting student excellence.

The main deliverable for any LOC wishing to take up this is to ensure there is an LOC contact responsible for running the student awards  with criteria setup etc and award ceremony done at the closing ceremony and awards given to winners. 

Total budget  - 2000 USD

As 2018 FOSS4G Global event is happening in Africa, it is a great opportunity for widening participation for more students in Africa, so I am also requesting OSGeo Board to consider allocating 2k USD specifically to support more student participation through the Travel Grant Program if  the Board thinks it is appropriate.  

Please let me know any changes/modifications needed by 22nd Nov 2017 .

Best wishes,

Suchith






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From: aanderson at amherst.edu (Andy Anderson)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 21:06:25 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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$500, $300, $200 are the amounts we provided in 2017 at Boston.

— Andy

On Nov 20, 2017, at 1:36 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:

Mark, I see your point. Therefore as GeoForAll we can ask 1000 $ for three awards to students at FOSS4G in Dar (something like 500 $, 300 $ and 200 $).
Good. Talk to you tomorrow at the LOC meeting.
Have a good night
Maria




Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung


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Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>>
Data: 20/11/17 18:48 (GMT+01:00)
A: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
Cc: Suchith Anand <suchith.anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:suchith.anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de<mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>>, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Thanks for the clarifications Maria - given this, my recommendation to the board will be to either A. reassign budget from this to make the award more appropriate to the local context and support a widening of access; or, if A is not possible B. lower the sum award to be given at FOSS4G in 2018.

I don't want to be seen as refusing money or wider assistance, but I consider the amount of money for prizes to be out of keeping with the message and optics that FOSS4G in Dar es Salaam is conveying. My fear is that we are open to the suggestion that we are focusing on a rewarding a constituency that can make it to FOSS4G, neglecting those that cannot - hence my previous desire to utilize the fund to widen participation. If this isn't possible (and I hope that it is!) I would veto this amount of money to be freely given for the reasons above.

Best,

Mark

On 20 November 2017 at 11:58, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:

Mark, I partially agree with you.

What is the amount of the prizes is something that GeoForAll has to discuss and ask to the Board but it is not for allowing people in attending (yes, it can help, but this is not the aim of the award).

Therefore, please, leave them separate as they are. This are GeoForAll awards for the best students (bachelor/master/PhD). The occasion can be the FOSS4G but in principle it is not mandatory.

Best,

Maria


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Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>>
Inviato: lunedì 20 novembre 2017 17:42
A: Maria Antonia Brovelli; Suchith Anand; Till Adams; conference

Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Hi Maria,

To simplify any confusion, I think $3.5k on prizes is excessive, with $2.5k being better spent on widening participation through targeting students who would not be able to access FOSS4G.

IMHO This should be under the TGP which should focus on bringing high calibre students to FOSS4G, not rewarding those already here. Regardless of this, tiers of $400, $250, and $100 for first, second, and third respectively seems more than appropriate - but this at the discretion of the GeoForAll committee!

We already have a plan in action for pushing the broader TGP for FOSS4G in Dar. If those on the GeoForAll committee could let the LOC know about how they’d like to proceed, we can plan and budget accordingly.

Thanks all!!

Mark
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Dear All

in my opinion we are making a bit of confusion. On one side the is the TGP, on the other side the "Best paper and best poster awards", that are meant to award the excellence of the work that students present at the conference. They are different.

Best.

Maria


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Da: Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
Inviato: lunedì 20 novembre 2017 17:12
A: Till Adams; conference
Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

It will be the same "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) and the criteria will be defined by the LOC as they think is appropriate. The aim of the GeoForAll student travel budget (say 2k USD) will be to add into this pot and give more flexibility for the LOC to provide opportunity for more students to participate at FOSS4G 2018. I understand TGP is for anyone to apply but this 2k USD from GeoForAll budget for supporting  student travel can be used specifically to support more students using the same TGP criteria.  The LOC need not give the money directly to the students .  For example, once LOC know they have 2000 USD in this pot , they can bulk book student accomodation earlier (this might help in getting accommodation at lower costs ) thereby getting more impact for the same amount and hopefully benefiting more students (maybe 40 students!). I leave it to LOC to decide details as they will have more ideas .

Best wishes,

Suchith


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From: Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de<mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>>
Sent: 20 November 2017 2:49 PM
To: conference; Suchith Anand
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Hi,

Suchith, what especially do you mean with "Student Travel programme" ?

Yet, we have a "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) that also adresses to
Students (but not only!). In order to keep things clear and simple (and
to avoid that the same people might participate in the "TGP" and "the
Student TGP") I would suggest not to have two different travel grant
programms.

Perhaps this was just an incorrect formulation and we mean the same TGP
;-) ?

In general I agree with Steven and Mark not to have too high prices -
the value of participation of many is much higher, than letting one
student return back home very happy from a FOSS4G ... ;-)

Till


Am 20.11.2017 um 14:35 schrieb Suchith Anand:
> I agree. I was thinking aloud on the list so I can get more ideas coming in :-)
>
> We want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay?
>
> For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.
>
> I will wait for inputs ideas from everyone . If you all can send before 22nd Nov it is greatly appreciated as I can then use the new estimates to propose GeoForAll budget including all these.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com<mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 1:07 PM
> To: Suchith Anand
> Cc: Mark Iliffe; discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; conference
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sounds like a lot of money for these awards
>
> Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs, we don’t solve that with the possibility of a prize.
>
> Would some of this money not be better invested in facilitating more people (students, academics, developers and practitioners) to attend FOSS4G?
>
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
> To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>>; conference
> Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Mark
> These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
> It is different from the travel grants.
> Best,
> Maria
>
>
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com><mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>>>
> Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
> A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>>
> Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>>, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear All,
>
> Thank you for this!
>
> Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.
>
> Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>> wrote:
>
> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com><mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>>>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>>; discuss osgeo
> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>
> Regards,
> Serena
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>> wrote:
>
> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
> Best.
> Maria
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
> -------- Messaggio originale --------
> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>>
> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>><mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>>
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Dear all,
>
> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>
> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>
> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>
> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>><mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>>
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> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
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> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
>
> Dear All
>
> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>
>
> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>
> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>
>
> Here the call for papers:
>
> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>
>
> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>
>
> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
>
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Hi,

For FOSS4G-Europe we are considering asking for 1 000€ which will be split
among 10 students awarded. This will mean the ticket cost to attend
FOSS4G-Eu for them (100€).

We intend to have a track for them so they can expose their work and not
only have a poster and a mention.

Regards,
María A.
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From till.adams at fossgis.de  Tue Nov 21 00:18:46 2017
From: till.adams at fossgis.de (Till Adams)
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 09:18:46 +0100
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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Suchith,

last year the TGP committee was run by members of LOC and OSGeo CC - so
the procedure is clear and worked fine in our eyes. As we anyhow grant
some students, I would prefer not to seperate extra 2k inside TGP
especially for students. this justm akes thingsm ore complicated.

If you can trust the TGP committee, that it will give grants to as many
people as possible *including* several students, everything is fine in
my eyes. And of course, TGP committee is open for participation ;-)

Till


Am 20.11.2017 um 17:12 schrieb Suchith Anand:
> It will be the same "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) and the criteria will be defined by the LOC as they think is appropriate. The aim of the GeoForAll student travel budget (say 2k USD) will be to add into this pot and give more flexibility for the LOC to provide opportunity for more students to participate at FOSS4G 2018. I understand TGP is for anyone to apply but this 2k USD from GeoForAll budget for supporting  student travel can be used specifically to support more students using the same TGP criteria.  The LOC need not give the money directly to the students .  For example, once LOC know they have 2000 USD in this pot , they can bulk book student accomodation earlier (this might help in getting accommodation at lower costs ) thereby getting more impact for the same amount and hopefully benefiting more students (maybe 40 students!). I leave it to LOC to decide details as they will have more ideas .
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 2:49 PM
> To: conference; Suchith Anand
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Hi,
>
> Suchith, what especially do you mean with "Student Travel programme" ?
>
> Yet, we have a "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) that also adresses to
> Students (but not only!). In order to keep things clear and simple (and
> to avoid that the same people might participate in the "TGP" and "the
> Student TGP") I would suggest not to have two different travel grant
> programms.
>
> Perhaps this was just an incorrect formulation and we mean the same TGP
> ;-) ?
>
> In general I agree with Steven and Mark not to have too high prices -
> the value of participation of many is much higher, than letting one
> student return back home very happy from a FOSS4G ... ;-)
>
> Till
>
>
> Am 20.11.2017 um 14:35 schrieb Suchith Anand:
>> I agree. I was thinking aloud on the list so I can get more ideas coming in :-)
>>
>> We want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay?
>>
>> For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.
>>
>> I will wait for inputs ideas from everyone . If you all can send before 22nd Nov it is greatly appreciated as I can then use the new estimates to propose GeoForAll budget including all these.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
>> Sent: 20 November 2017 1:07 PM
>> To: Suchith Anand
>> Cc: Mark Iliffe; discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Sounds like a lot of money for these awards
>>
>> Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs, we don’t solve that with the possibility of a prize.
>>
>> Would some of this money not be better invested in facilitating more people (students, academics, developers and practitioners) to attend FOSS4G?
>>
>> ______
>> Steven
>>
>>
>> On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
>> Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
>> To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
>> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; conference
>> Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Dear Mark
>> These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
>> It is different from the travel grants.
>> Best,
>> Maria
>>
>>
>>
>> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>>
>>
>> -------- Messaggio originale --------
>> Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>>
>> Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
>> A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
>> Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
>> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Thank you for this!
>>
>> Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.
>>
>> Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>>
>> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
>> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Serena
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
>> Best.
>> Maria
>>
>> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>>
>>
>> -------- Messaggio originale --------
>> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
>> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
>> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
>> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>>
>> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>>
>> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>>
>> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
>> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
>> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>>
>>
>> Dear All
>>
>> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>>
>>
>> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
>> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
>> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
>> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>>
>> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>>
>>
>> Here the call for papers:
>>
>> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>>
>>
>> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>>
>>
>> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>>
>>
>>
>> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>>
>> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
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>> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> Politecnico di Milano
>>
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>>
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>>
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>> Inviato: domenica 19 novembre 2017 16:56
>> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>>
>> Dear All
>>
>> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>>
>>
>> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
>> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
>> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
>> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>>
>> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>>
>>
>> Here the call for papers:
>>
>> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>>
>>
>> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>>
>>
>> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>>
>>
>>
>> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>>
>> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> Politecnico di Milano
>>
>>
>> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>>
>>
>> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>>
>>
>> Sol Katz Award 2015
>>
>>
>>
>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>>
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From Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk  Tue Nov 21 00:26:50 2017
From: Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk (Suchith Anand)
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 08:26:50 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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Thanks Till for this information. I now understand. I will then remove the 2k request for students TGP if it is complicating things.  I thank you and everyone in TGP committee for your time and efforts to make the travel grants program possible.

Best wishes,

Suchith
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From: Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de>
Sent: 21 November 2017 8:18 AM
To: Suchith Anand; conference
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Suchith,

last year the TGP committee was run by members of LOC and OSGeo CC - so
the procedure is clear and worked fine in our eyes. As we anyhow grant
some students, I would prefer not to seperate extra 2k inside TGP
especially for students. this justm akes thingsm ore complicated.

If you can trust the TGP committee, that it will give grants to as many
people as possible *including* several students, everything is fine in
my eyes. And of course, TGP committee is open for participation ;-)

Till


Am 20.11.2017 um 17:12 schrieb Suchith Anand:
> It will be the same "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) and the criteria will be defined by the LOC as they think is appropriate. The aim of the GeoForAll student travel budget (say 2k USD) will be to add into this pot and give more flexibility for the LOC to provide opportunity for more students to participate at FOSS4G 2018. I understand TGP is for anyone to apply but this 2k USD from GeoForAll budget for supporting  student travel can be used specifically to support more students using the same TGP criteria.  The LOC need not give the money directly to the students .  For example, once LOC know they have 2000 USD in this pot , they can bulk book student accomodation earlier (this might help in getting accommodation at lower costs ) thereby getting more impact for the same amount and hopefully benefiting more students (maybe 40 students!). I leave it to LOC to decide details as they will have more ideas .
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de>
> Sent: 20 November 2017 2:49 PM
> To: conference; Suchith Anand
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>
> Hi,
>
> Suchith, what especially do you mean with "Student Travel programme" ?
>
> Yet, we have a "Travel Grant programme" (TGP) that also adresses to
> Students (but not only!). In order to keep things clear and simple (and
> to avoid that the same people might participate in the "TGP" and "the
> Student TGP") I would suggest not to have two different travel grant
> programms.
>
> Perhaps this was just an incorrect formulation and we mean the same TGP
> ;-) ?
>
> In general I agree with Steven and Mark not to have too high prices -
> the value of participation of many is much higher, than letting one
> student return back home very happy from a FOSS4G ... ;-)
>
> Till
>
>
> Am 20.11.2017 um 14:35 schrieb Suchith Anand:
>> I agree. I was thinking aloud on the list so I can get more ideas coming in :-)
>>
>> We want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay?
>>
>> For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future.
>>
>> I will wait for inputs ideas from everyone . If you all can send before 22nd Nov it is greatly appreciated as I can then use the new estimates to propose GeoForAll budget including all these.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
>> Sent: 20 November 2017 1:07 PM
>> To: Suchith Anand
>> Cc: Mark Iliffe; discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; conference
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Sounds like a lot of money for these awards
>>
>> Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs, we don’t solve that with the possibility of a prize.
>>
>> Would some of this money not be better invested in facilitating more people (students, academics, developers and practitioners) to attend FOSS4G?
>>
>> ______
>> Steven
>>
>>
>> On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
>> Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM
>> To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand
>> Cc: discuss osgeo; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; conference
>> Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Dear Mark
>> These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations.
>> It is different from the travel grants.
>> Best,
>> Maria
>>
>>
>>
>> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>>
>>
>> -------- Messaggio originale --------
>> Da: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>>
>> Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00)
>> A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
>> Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>, geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
>> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Thank you for this!
>>
>> Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too.
>>
>> Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com<mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>>
>> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM
>> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Cc: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Serena
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up.
>> Best.
>> Maria
>>
>> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>>
>>
>> -------- Messaggio originale --------
>> Da: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
>> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00)
>> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
>> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar.
>>
>> My suggestion is  that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G  conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC  in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year)
>>
>> My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact .
>>
>> Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
>> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM
>> To: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>> Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!)
>>
>>
>> Dear All
>>
>> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>>
>>
>> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
>> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
>> Early Bird Registration closes  15 May 2018
>> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>>
>> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>>
>>
>> Here the call for papers:
>>
>> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>>
>>
>> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>>
>>
>> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>>
>>
>>
>> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>>
>> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
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>> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> Politecnico di Milano
>>
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>>
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>> Inviato: domenica 19 novembre 2017 16:56
>> A: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo
>> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions
>>
>>
>> Dear All
>>
>> please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way:
>>
>>
>> Abstract Submission deadline is  15 February 2018
>> Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018
>> Early Bird Registration closes  31 March 2018
>> Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by  30 April 2018
>>
>> I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
>>
>>
>> Here the call for papers:
>>
>> https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA
>>
>>
>> We are looking forward  to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/)
>>
>>
>> Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC
>>
>>
>>
>> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>>
>> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> Politecnico di Milano
>>
>>
>> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>>
>>
>> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>>
>>
>> Sol Katz Award 2015
>>
>>
>>
>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>>
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From: Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk (Suchith Anand)
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Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic
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This is a good idea to ensure more students get opportunity to present their work at FOSS4G -EU . Thanks.

Best wishes,

Suchith

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From: Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of María Arias de Reyna <delawen at gmail.com>
Sent: 21 November 2017 8:05 AM
To: Andy Anderson
Cc: conference
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Hi,

For FOSS4G-Europe we are considering asking for 1 000€ which will be split among 10 students awarded. This will mean the ticket cost to attend FOSS4G-Eu for them (100€).

We intend to have a track for them so they can expose their work and not only have a poster and a mention.

Regards,
María A.




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From Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk  Tue Nov 21 05:56:32 2017
From: Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk (Suchith Anand)
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:56:32 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
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Yes, Charlie’s idea is excellent and very strategic for future GeoForAll expansion ideas, so we are going to follow up this. My suggestion is that  we will do everything first to see if we can get volunteers with the required skillsets that we need for this work. If there are no volunteers for this, then we will decide to do open call . Thankfully , I am receiving some volunteer offers to my call on this from our excellent colleagues, so I am confident that we do not need to ask OSGeo Board for any funding at this stage for this work.

Based on feedbacks I received from discussions in the conference list, I have removed the 2k request for students TGP [1] . I understand that TGP committee is s run by members of LOC and OSGeo CC  and has clear  procedures in place. I am confident they will do their best to ensure representation of all deserving. I thank everyone in TGP committee for their time and efforts to make the travel grants program possible.

So currently the only one funding we will be asking is the Student Award for FOSS4G conferences . Having this distributed (500 USD) each to 4 FOSS4G events regionally is great. I already have FOSS4G-NA interested to  follow up on this. I really hope GeoforAll South America will make use of this for a FOSS4G event in South America .  Those FOSS4G LOC contacts wishing to take up this please email to the GeoForAll list and we will follow up.

Best wishes,

Suchith


[1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2017-November/004572.html



________________________________________
From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>
Sent: 21 November 2017 1:03 PM
To: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss at lists.osgeo.org; conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

What about what Charlie suggested? Regarding a way to make possible 2-4 concrete multi-GeoForAll lab educational content collaborations? In the GeoFolrAll iberoamerica network there are many labs that will be very interested in these kind of collaborations...

Sergio Acosta y Lara
Departamento de Geomática
Dirección Nacional de Topografía
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
URUGUAY
(598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/

________________________________________
De: GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> en nombre de Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
Enviado: lunes, 20 de noviembre de 2017 15:59
Para: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss at lists.osgeo.org; conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
Asunto: [Geo4All] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

Dear all,

Thank you for everyone for providing inputs/feedbacks. Based on this, I am proposing the following for GeoForAll budget 2018

GeoForAll Student awards for FOSS4G events will be 500 USD per event (both local and global). Distributed as follows
First prize -250 USD ;Second prize - 150 USD; Third prize -100 USD

We will arrange for max. 4 FOSS4G events to be supported for student awards per year (these will be FOSS4G regional events or other events like gvSIG conference etc which have a dedicated Open source Geo Track and LOC willing to run the award event. This will help us provide more global distribution for supporting student excellence.

The main deliverable for any LOC wishing to take up this is to ensure there is an LOC contact responsible for running the student awards  with criteria setup etc and award ceremony done at the closing ceremony and awards given to winners.

Total budget  - 2000 USD

As 2018 FOSS4G Global event is happening in Africa, it is a great opportunity for widening participation for more students in Africa, so I am also requesting OSGeo Board to consider allocating 2k USD specifically to support more student participation through the Travel Grant Program if  the Board thinks it is appropriate.

Please let me know any changes/modifications needed by 22nd Nov 2017 .

Best wishes,

Suchith






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From markiliffe at gmail.com  Tue Nov 21 06:36:18 2017
From: markiliffe at gmail.com (Mark Iliffe)
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 09:36:18 -0500
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
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Dear Suchith,

Notwithstanding Till’s email regarding the separation of the TGP and GeoForAll, I would like to formally request that you reconsider the withdrawal of the $2k application to the OSGeo board. If necessary, the Dar LOC can administer directly the $2k from the OSGeo board - instead of the TGP.

For this - we’d request that GeoForAll supports the selection of the appropriate candidates in collaboration with the LOC. I feel that we have a real chance to make our conference accessible for all, let’s do it!

Many thanks,

Mark

 
> On 21 Nov 2017, at 08:56, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Yes, Charlie’s idea is excellent and very strategic for future GeoForAll expansion ideas, so we are going to follow up this. My suggestion is that  we will do everything first to see if we can get volunteers with the required skillsets that we need for this work. If there are no volunteers for this, then we will decide to do open call . Thankfully , I am receiving some volunteer offers to my call on this from our excellent colleagues, so I am confident that we do not need to ask OSGeo Board for any funding at this stage for this work. 
> 
> Based on feedbacks I received from discussions in the conference list, I have removed the 2k request for students TGP [1] . I understand that TGP committee is s run by members of LOC and OSGeo CC  and has clear  procedures in place. I am confident they will do their best to ensure representation of all deserving. I thank everyone in TGP committee for their time and efforts to make the travel grants program possible.
> 
> So currently the only one funding we will be asking is the Student Award for FOSS4G conferences . Having this distributed (500 USD) each to 4 FOSS4G events regionally is great. I already have FOSS4G-NA interested to  follow up on this. I really hope GeoforAll South America will make use of this for a FOSS4G event in South America .  Those FOSS4G LOC contacts wishing to take up this please email to the GeoForAll list and we will follow up.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Suchith
> 
> 
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2017-November/004572.html <https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2017-November/004572.html> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy <mailto:sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>>
> Sent: 21 November 2017 1:03 PM
> To: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>; conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: RE: Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
> 
> What about what Charlie suggested? Regarding a way to make possible 2-4 concrete multi-GeoForAll lab educational content collaborations? In the GeoFolrAll iberoamerica network there are many labs that will be very interested in these kind of collaborations...
> 
> Sergio Acosta y Lara
> Departamento de Geomática
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
> URUGUAY
> (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/ <http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/>
> 
> ________________________________________
> De: GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> en nombre de Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Enviado: lunes, 20 de noviembre de 2017 15:59
> Para: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>; conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> Asunto: [Geo4All] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Thank you for everyone for providing inputs/feedbacks. Based on this, I am proposing the following for GeoForAll budget 2018
> 
> GeoForAll Student awards for FOSS4G events will be 500 USD per event (both local and global). Distributed as follows
> First prize -250 USD ;Second prize - 150 USD; Third prize -100 USD
> 
> We will arrange for max. 4 FOSS4G events to be supported for student awards per year (these will be FOSS4G regional events or other events like gvSIG conference etc which have a dedicated Open source Geo Track and LOC willing to run the award event. This will help us provide more global distribution for supporting student excellence.
> 
> The main deliverable for any LOC wishing to take up this is to ensure there is an LOC contact responsible for running the student awards  with criteria setup etc and award ceremony done at the closing ceremony and awards given to winners.
> 
> Total budget  - 2000 USD
> 
> As 2018 FOSS4G Global event is happening in Africa, it is a great opportunity for widening participation for more students in Africa, so I am also requesting OSGeo Board to consider allocating 2k USD specifically to support more student participation through the Travel Grant Program if  the Board thinks it is appropriate.
> 
> Please let me know any changes/modifications needed by 22nd Nov 2017 .
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Suchith
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From till.adams at fossgis.de  Tue Nov 21 07:53:31 2017
From: till.adams at fossgis.de (Till Adams)
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:53:31 +0100
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
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Mark,

I did not want to say, we do not want this money for TGP - I just wanted
to mind potential problems, that might arise if we have different moneys
for different groups of people for the same issue. Also complicated for
the people requesting for financial support, if they find different
adresses to apply for TG.

If Dar LOC wants special student support of TGP, it's up to you (DLOC)
to define the rules. For 2017 we had a kind of "point"-system, where we
gave the applicants points for country of origin (due to the world banks
list), gender, talk on conference y/n and so forth ... so it's up to you
(again DLOC) to define the rules how to rank the characteristic "student".

You also can say, that you want to seperate the whole TGP amount and
dedicate xx % for students and the rest for other applicants.

My only strong advice is not to seperate things up ;-)

(I kept the discussion inside CC and among us three, because this makes
things easier. This is not because I do not want to let others know,
what we decide)

Regards, Till




Am 21.11.2017 um 15:36 schrieb Mark Iliffe:
> Dear Suchith,
>
> Notwithstanding Till’s email regarding the separation of the TGP and
> GeoForAll, I would like to formally request that you reconsider the
> withdrawal of the $2k application to the OSGeo board. If necessary,
> the Dar LOC can administer directly the $2k from the OSGeo board -
> instead of the TGP.
>
> For this - we’d request that GeoForAll supports the selection of the
> appropriate candidates in collaboration with the LOC. I feel that we
> have a real chance to make our conference accessible for all, let’s do it!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>  
>> On 21 Nov 2017, at 08:56, Suchith Anand
>> <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
>> <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, Charlie’s idea is excellent and very strategic for future
>> GeoForAll expansion ideas, so we are going to follow up this. My
>> suggestion is that  we will do everything first to see if we can get
>> volunteers with the required skillsets that we need for this work. If
>> there are no volunteers for this, then we will decide to do open call
>> . Thankfully , I am receiving some volunteer offers to my call on
>> this from our excellent colleagues, so I am confident that we do not
>> need to ask OSGeo Board for any funding at this stage for this work. 
>>
>> Based on feedbacks I received from discussions in the conference
>> list, I have removed the 2k request for students TGP [1] . I
>> understand that TGP committee is s run by members of LOC and OSGeo
>> CC  and has clear  procedures in place. I am confident they will do
>> their best to ensure representation of all deserving. I thank
>> everyone in TGP committee for their time and efforts to make the
>> travel grants program possible.
>>
>> So currently the only one funding we will be asking is the Student
>> Award for FOSS4G conferences . Having this distributed (500 USD) each
>> to 4 FOSS4G events regionally is great. I already have FOSS4G-NA
>> interested to  follow up on this. I really hope GeoforAll South
>> America will make use of this for a FOSS4G event in South America .
>>  Those FOSS4G LOC contacts wishing to take up this please email to
>> the GeoForAll list and we will follow up.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>>
>> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2017-November/004572.html 
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy
>> <mailto:sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>>
>> Sent: 21 November 2017 1:03 PM
>> To: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org
>> <mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss at lists.osgeo.org
>> <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>; conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>> <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Subject: RE: Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
>>
>> What about what Charlie suggested? Regarding a way to make possible
>> 2-4 concrete multi-GeoForAll lab educational content collaborations?
>> In the GeoFolrAll iberoamerica network there are many labs that will
>> be very interested in these kind of collaborations...
>>
>> Sergio Acosta y Lara
>> Departamento de Geomática
>> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
>> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
>> URUGUAY
>> (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
>> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> De: GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> <mailto:geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> en nombre de Suchith
>> Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
>> <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
>> Enviado: lunes, 20 de noviembre de 2017 15:59
>> Para: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org
>> <mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss at lists.osgeo.org
>> <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>; conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>> <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Asunto: [Geo4All] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Thank you for everyone for providing inputs/feedbacks. Based on this,
>> I am proposing the following for GeoForAll budget 2018
>>
>> GeoForAll Student awards for FOSS4G events will be 500 USD per event
>> (both local and global). Distributed as follows
>> First prize -250 USD ;Second prize - 150 USD; Third prize -100 USD
>>
>> We will arrange for max. 4 FOSS4G events to be supported for student
>> awards per year (these will be FOSS4G regional events or other events
>> like gvSIG conference etc which have a dedicated Open source Geo
>> Track and LOC willing to run the award event. This will help us
>> provide more global distribution for supporting student excellence.
>>
>> The main deliverable for any LOC wishing to take up this is to ensure
>> there is an LOC contact responsible for running the student awards 
>> with criteria setup etc and award ceremony done at the closing
>> ceremony and awards given to winners.
>>
>> Total budget  - 2000 USD
>>
>> As 2018 FOSS4G Global event is happening in Africa, it is a great
>> opportunity for widening participation for more students in Africa,
>> so I am also requesting OSGeo Board to consider allocating 2k USD
>> specifically to support more student participation through the Travel
>> Grant Program if  the Board thinks it is appropriate.
>>
>> Please let me know any changes/modifications needed by 22nd Nov 2017 .
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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From Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk  Tue Nov 21 08:32:27 2017
From: Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk (Suchith Anand)
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:32:27 +0000
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
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Hi Mark,

Thank you for your mail and volunteering to administer (on behalf of LOC Dar)  directly the $2k from the OSGeo board for this. I leave to the OSGeo Board to decide this as appropriate. Personally, I believe having FOSS4G in Africa in 2018, is a great opportunity esp. for the students in local universities there to ever get the opportunity to be a Global FOSS4G  and learn new ideas to help them develop.

I recently received an email from an educator in Uganda who said  “ It is crucially important for African students to interact with European professors. Books, journal articles etc., all come from Europe. Uganda for example has no single degree holding cartographer!” [1]. I believe FOSS4G Global coming to Africa is a great opportunity for many educators and students in Africa to meet directly colleagues from around the world and learn, so let us do our best to make this happen in whatever form which is best.

I really liked the idea that Maria  send earlier  today on having a separate track for students to present their work that FOSS4G-Europe is planning “FOSS4G-Europe we are considering asking for 1 000€ which will be split among 10 students awarded. This will mean the ticket cost to attend FOSS4G-Eu for them (100€).We intend to have a track for them so they can expose their work and not only have a poster and a mention.[2]

One option that  you and LOC  could consider is use the 2k specifically for arranging student track at FOSS4G 2018 and use the funding to cover registration fees of participating students . I am sure if we all think creatively, we can find a means to ensure more students get opportunity at FOSS4G and present their ideas.

FOSS4G is visiting Africa  in 2018 and we thank our hosts (local universities and many local colleagues there who are working hard to make it possible), so how can we as OSGeo give back something to the local community there. In my humble opinion, the best gift we can give is provide more opportunities to some of  students there to get opportunity to participate and give them a platform to share their ideas.

Best wishes,

Suchith


[1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2017-November/004256.html

[2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2017-November/004570.html



________________________________________
From: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
Sent: 21 November 2017 2:36 PM
To: Suchith Anand
Cc: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss at lists.osgeo.org; conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

Dear Suchith,

Notwithstanding Till’s email regarding the separation of the TGP and GeoForAll, I would like to formally request that you reconsider the withdrawal of the $2k application to the OSGeo board. If necessary, the Dar LOC can administer directly the $2k from the OSGeo board - instead of the TGP.

For this - we’d request that GeoForAll supports the selection of the appropriate candidates in collaboration with the LOC. I feel that we have a real chance to make our conference accessible for all, let’s do it!

Many thanks,

Mark


On 21 Nov 2017, at 08:56, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:

Yes, Charlie’s idea is excellent and very strategic for future GeoForAll expansion ideas, so we are going to follow up this. My suggestion is that  we will do everything first to see if we can get volunteers with the required skillsets that we need for this work. If there are no volunteers for this, then we will decide to do open call . Thankfully , I am receiving some volunteer offers to my call on this from our excellent colleagues, so I am confident that we do not need to ask OSGeo Board for any funding at this stage for this work.

Based on feedbacks I received from discussions in the conference list, I have removed the 2k request for students TGP [1] . I understand that TGP committee is s run by members of LOC and OSGeo CC  and has clear  procedures in place. I am confident they will do their best to ensure representation of all deserving. I thank everyone in TGP committee for their time and efforts to make the travel grants program possible.

So currently the only one funding we will be asking is the Student Award for FOSS4G conferences . Having this distributed (500 USD) each to 4 FOSS4G events regionally is great. I already have FOSS4G-NA interested to  follow up on this. I really hope GeoforAll South America will make use of this for a FOSS4G event in South America .  Those FOSS4G LOC contacts wishing to take up this please email to the GeoForAll list and we will follow up.

Best wishes,

Suchith


[1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2017-November/004572.html



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From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy<mailto:sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>>
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Subject: RE: Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

What about what Charlie suggested? Regarding a way to make possible 2-4 concrete multi-GeoForAll lab educational content collaborations? In the GeoFolrAll iberoamerica network there are many labs that will be very interested in these kind of collaborations...

Sergio Acosta y Lara
Departamento de Geomática
Dirección Nacional de Topografía
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
URUGUAY
(598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/

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De: GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> en nombre de Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
Enviado: lunes, 20 de noviembre de 2017 15:59
Para: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>; discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>; conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
Asunto: [Geo4All] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

Dear all,

Thank you for everyone for providing inputs/feedbacks. Based on this, I am proposing the following for GeoForAll budget 2018

GeoForAll Student awards for FOSS4G events will be 500 USD per event (both local and global). Distributed as follows
First prize -250 USD ;Second prize - 150 USD; Third prize -100 USD

We will arrange for max. 4 FOSS4G events to be supported for student awards per year (these will be FOSS4G regional events or other events like gvSIG conference etc which have a dedicated Open source Geo Track and LOC willing to run the award event. This will help us provide more global distribution for supporting student excellence.

The main deliverable for any LOC wishing to take up this is to ensure there is an LOC contact responsible for running the student awards  with criteria setup etc and award ceremony done at the closing ceremony and awards given to winners.

Total budget  - 2000 USD

As 2018 FOSS4G Global event is happening in Africa, it is a great opportunity for widening participation for more students in Africa, so I am also requesting OSGeo Board to consider allocating 2k USD specifically to support more student participation through the Travel Grant Program if  the Board thinks it is appropriate.

Please let me know any changes/modifications needed by 22nd Nov 2017 .

Best wishes,

Suchith






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From markiliffe at gmail.com  Tue Nov 21 08:36:07 2017
From: markiliffe at gmail.com (Mark Iliffe)
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:36:07 -0500
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
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Hi Suchith,

I'm looking forward to hearing from the board!

To further bolster this, I would look to use the funds exclusively on
supporting the students to attend FOSS4G - flights, subsistence, hotels
etc. This will make the money go a little bit further, and for little bit
more on our side, it can be a long way for an individual.

Thanks,

Mark

On 21 November 2017 at 11:32, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> Thank you for your mail and volunteering to administer (on behalf of LOC
> Dar)  directly the $2k from the OSGeo board for this. I leave to the OSGeo
> Board to decide this as appropriate. Personally, I believe having FOSS4G in
> Africa in 2018, is a great opportunity esp. for the students in local
> universities there to ever get the opportunity to be a Global FOSS4G  and
> learn new ideas to help them develop.
>
> I recently received an email from an educator in Uganda who said  “ It is
> crucially important for African students to interact with European
> professors. Books, journal articles etc., all come from Europe. Uganda for
> example has no single degree holding cartographer!” [1]. I believe FOSS4G
> Global coming to Africa is a great opportunity for many educators and
> students in Africa to meet directly colleagues from around the world and
> learn, so let us do our best to make this happen in whatever form which is
> best.
>
> I really liked the idea that Maria  send earlier  today on having a
> separate track for students to present their work that FOSS4G-Europe is
> planning “FOSS4G-Europe we are considering asking for 1 000€ which will be
> split among 10 students awarded. This will mean the ticket cost to attend
> FOSS4G-Eu for them (100€).We intend to have a track for them so they can
> expose their work and not only have a poster and a mention.[2]
>
> One option that  you and LOC  could consider is use the 2k specifically
> for arranging student track at FOSS4G 2018 and use the funding to cover
> registration fees of participating students . I am sure if we all think
> creatively, we can find a means to ensure more students get opportunity at
> FOSS4G and present their ideas.
>
> FOSS4G is visiting Africa  in 2018 and we thank our hosts (local
> universities and many local colleagues there who are working hard to make
> it possible), so how can we as OSGeo give back something to the local
> community there. In my humble opinion, the best gift we can give is provide
> more opportunities to some of  students there to get opportunity to
> participate and give them a platform to share their ideas.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2017-November/004256.html
>
>
> [2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2017-
> November/004570.html
>
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
> Sent: 21 November 2017 2:36 PM
> To: Suchith Anand
> Cc: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss at lists.osgeo.org;
> conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
>
> Dear Suchith,
>
> Notwithstanding Till’s email regarding the separation of the TGP and
> GeoForAll, I would like to formally request that you reconsider the
> withdrawal of the $2k application to the OSGeo board. If necessary, the Dar
> LOC can administer directly the $2k from the OSGeo board - instead of the
> TGP.
>
> For this - we’d request that GeoForAll supports the selection of the
> appropriate candidates in collaboration with the LOC. I feel that we have a
> real chance to make our conference accessible for all, let’s do it!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 21 Nov 2017, at 08:56, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Yes, Charlie’s idea is excellent and very strategic for future GeoForAll
> expansion ideas, so we are going to follow up this. My suggestion is that
> we will do everything first to see if we can get volunteers with the
> required skillsets that we need for this work. If there are no volunteers
> for this, then we will decide to do open call . Thankfully , I am receiving
> some volunteer offers to my call on this from our excellent colleagues, so
> I am confident that we do not need to ask OSGeo Board for any funding at
> this stage for this work.
>
> Based on feedbacks I received from discussions in the conference list, I
> have removed the 2k request for students TGP [1] . I understand that TGP
> committee is s run by members of LOC and OSGeo CC  and has clear
> procedures in place. I am confident they will do their best to ensure
> representation of all deserving. I thank everyone in TGP committee for
> their time and efforts to make the travel grants program possible.
>
> So currently the only one funding we will be asking is the Student Award
> for FOSS4G conferences . Having this distributed (500 USD) each to 4 FOSS4G
> events regionally is great. I already have FOSS4G-NA interested to  follow
> up on this. I really hope GeoforAll South America will make use of this for
> a FOSS4G event in South America .  Those FOSS4G LOC contacts wishing to
> take up this please email to the GeoForAll list and we will follow up.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2017-
> November/004572.html
>
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy<mailto:
> sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>>
> Sent: 21 November 2017 1:03 PM
> To: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.
> org>; discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>;
> conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: RE: Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
>
> What about what Charlie suggested? Regarding a way to make possible 2-4
> concrete multi-GeoForAll lab educational content collaborations? In the
> GeoFolrAll iberoamerica network there are many labs that will be very
> interested in these kind of collaborations...
>
> Sergio Acosta y Lara
> Departamento de Geomática
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
> URUGUAY
> (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
>
> ________________________________________
> De: GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-
> bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> en nombre de Suchith Anand <
> Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Enviado: lunes, 20 de noviembre de 2017 15:59
> Para: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>;
> discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>;
> conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
>
> Asunto: [Geo4All] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
>
> Dear all,
>
> Thank you for everyone for providing inputs/feedbacks. Based on this, I am
> proposing the following for GeoForAll budget 2018
>
> GeoForAll Student awards for FOSS4G events will be 500 USD per event (both
> local and global). Distributed as follows
> First prize -250 USD ;Second prize - 150 USD; Third prize -100 USD
>
> We will arrange for max. 4 FOSS4G events to be supported for student
> awards per year (these will be FOSS4G regional events or other events like
> gvSIG conference etc which have a dedicated Open source Geo Track and LOC
> willing to run the award event. This will help us provide more global
> distribution for supporting student excellence.
>
> The main deliverable for any LOC wishing to take up this is to ensure
> there is an LOC contact responsible for running the student awards  with
> criteria setup etc and award ceremony done at the closing ceremony and
> awards given to winners.
>
> Total budget  - 2000 USD
>
> As 2018 FOSS4G Global event is happening in Africa, it is a great
> opportunity for widening participation for more students in Africa, so I am
> also requesting OSGeo Board to consider allocating 2k USD specifically to
> support more student participation through the Travel Grant Program if  the
> Board thinks it is appropriate.
>
> Please let me know any changes/modifications needed by 22nd Nov 2017 .
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
>
>
>
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From markiliffe at gmail.com  Tue Nov 21 08:42:57 2017
From: markiliffe at gmail.com (Mark Iliffe)
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:42:57 -0500
Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
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Till,

I agree there are potential issues that can arise here. I'd like to
delineate two streams here: 1. the traditional TGP fund; and 2. Alternative
funding streams.

1. I see this as being managed in the traditional TGP manner;
2. The DLOC will take (within reason!) as much money as it can to widen
participation - if there is a specific reason/funding target, then we'll
hit that target to make sure we're within the funding bounds. When/if this
occurs, I'll loop back to the conf committee and LOC to discuss the way
forward... but ultimately, we'll take the money and have the LOC
exclusively run it as a last resort - I'd like to minimize complexity and
don't want to over- burden people who are giving freely their time as well.

Does this make sense/is it appropriate? Thanks for the advice as always -
starting to feel the joy of the chair!

Thanks!

Mark
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