[OSGeo-Conf] travel grant program, FOSS4G SotM Oceania

[Till Adams]

sorry for the "Alex" - of course I meant Adam. Just got the "Alex" from
the edge of my eye ...

Till


Am 30.04.2018 um 08:23 schrieb adam steer:
> g’day conference_dev
>
> We are in the process of setting up a joint FOSS4G and State of the
> Map conference for the Oceania region in November this year.
>
> I’m writing to ask if, and how we could utilise the OSgeo travel grant
> program.
>
> We would love to support attendees from remote Australian communities;
> and further afield (pacific islands/rest of Oceania). We’ve proposed a
> ‘good mojo’ contribution for conference sponsors, which is
> specifically targeted at assisting with travel and measures to help a
> diverse audience to attend (on top of aiming for some funding from
> general sponsorship and ticket sales).
>
> However, we have no idea if that will raise enough to get anyone to
> the conference - and accessing the OSgeo program would help provide
> some certainty about how many people we could help with travel and
> registration.
>
> Also, we would appreciate advice on how many travel grants are a good
> number to offer for a regional conference (we forecast for 150-200
> attendees at the moment).
>
> Your thoughts appreciated!
>
> Adam
> (sponsorship lead)
> (cc John Bryant and Alex Leith, conference co-chairs)
>
> -- 
> Adam Steer
> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer
> http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer
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> skype: adam.d.steer
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>
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