[OSGeo-Conf] [Board] Request for support of FOSS4G SotM Oceania community day

Fri Aug 10 02:45:40 PDT 2018

I think this will have to wait until we are in Dar
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Steven


> On 10 Aug 2018, at 05:44, adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> Just a quick ping - how should we (FOSS4G SotM Oceania) proceed next for TGP support?
> 
> I’d be happy to attend a conference committee meeting in Dar if it’s helpful; but we need to get our program going before then :D
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Adam
> 
> On 31 July 2018 at 23:39, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> wil be there from sunday evening until saturday morning. Perhaps we dirctly start with wednesday after the conference?
> 
> I will suggest a BoF to DLOC, okay?
> 
> Till
> 
> Am 31.07.2018 um 15:11 schrieb michael terner:
>> +1 on scheduling an F2F meeting of Conference Comm while in Dar.
>> I will be there Weds AM (arriving Tues evening) - Saturday PM.
>> 
>> MT
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 8:34 AM Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com <mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> I'll be in Dar, Tuesday to Saturday morning. Let's try to schedule a conference committee f2f
>> 
>> Regards
>> Steven
>> 
>> 
>> +44 (0) 7958 924101
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On 31 Jul 2018, at 14:02, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Cool, I guess Steven wil be in Dar as well, so we should find some time for this ;-)
>>> 
>>> Till
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Am 31.07.2018 um 13:02 schrieb María Arias de Reyna:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> We already started on FOSS4GE this conversation about future of TGP with Steven Feldman and how to escalate it. He has some interesting ideas we should discuss. 
>>>> 
>>>> El mar., 31 jul. 2018 12:56, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> escribió:
>>>> Hi Till,
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for this advice, I agree with this plan.  I also think a decision 
>>>> structure for handling TGP must be set up as soon as possible (and if it 
>>>> is not the Board or the Conference Committee, then maybe a new 
>>>> committee/team of volunteers, who manage this TGP process).  -jeff
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 2018-07-31 6:40 AM, Till Adams wrote:
>>>> > Dear @Board, @ConfCom
>>>> > 
>>>> > AFAIK there is still some TGP money left (we spent 10 out of 20k on the
>>>> > global TGP, but nothing for any regional event yet). I would suggest to
>>>> > accept this request, as it is not too much money and then use it in
>>>> > order to promote this as a "sign" to other regional/local event
>>>> > organizers...
>>>> > 
>>>> > What we need is a procedure on how to decide on such requests in general
>>>> > - if we make a frist comes/first-run serves on TGP money, we will
>>>> > probably run out of money quite early and events earlier in the year are
>>>> > prefered.
>>>> > 
>>>> > Perhaps we could get the regional events on requesting for money in
>>>> > advance before a defined deadline, so we can have an overview on all
>>>> > regional events that request for TGP money once a year and then decide
>>>> > on it? Maybe somehow difficult to handle, but in the end the same
>>>> > procedure as the call for locations for the global event.
>>>> > 
>>>> > Maybe a point to be discussed in Dar?
>>>> > 
>>>> > Till
>>>> > 
>>>> > 
>>>> > Am 30.07.2018 um 17:26 schrieb Jeff McKenna:
>>>> >> Hi Alex & FOSS4G-SotM Oceania committee,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Please note that the OSGeo Board meeting this Wednesday (maybe
>>>> >> Thursday your time) has been moved to an hour earlier.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> time:
>>>> >> https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2018&month=8&day=1&hour=15&min=0&sec=0 <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2018&month=8&day=1&hour=15&min=0&sec=0>
>>>> >> agenda: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2018-08-01 <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2018-08-01>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> -jeff
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 2018-07-08 10:52 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>>> >>> Hi Alex, John,
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> OSGeo is happy to support community day events such as this; I've
>>>> >>> added it to the next Board meeting agenda, that will occur on 1st
>>>> >>> August.  It would be great to have you or John attend the IRC meeting
>>>> >>> then, to discuss this topic for approval (exact time of the meeting
>>>> >>> is still to be confirmed):
>>>> >>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2018-08-01 <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2018-08-01>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> For others: the request is for 1,475 USD
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Thanks Alex!
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> -jeff
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> On 2018-07-08 7:34 AM, Alex Leith wrote:
>>>> >>>> Dear OSGeo Board members
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> I am writing on behalf of the FOSS4G SotM Oceania Conference
>>>> >>>> Committee. Myself (Alex Leith) and John Bryant are chairs of this
>>>> >>>> conference organising committee, and we have our inaugural event
>>>> >>>> planned for November this year in Melbourne, Australia. For more
>>>> >>>> information, see: https://foss4g-oceania.org/ <https://foss4g-oceania.org/>.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> In accordance with the code sprint sponsorship guidelines here:
>>>> >>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Code_Sprint_Guidelines <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Code_Sprint_Guidelines> we would like to
>>>> >>>> submit an application for sponsorship for our 'Community Day', which
>>>> >>>> will include code sprints on various OSGeo and related projects, in
>>>> >>>> addition to mapathons on OpenStreetMap. The specific activities will
>>>> >>>> be community driven.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Our application document is here:
>>>> >>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fKPn5tF8z3edeiidlPBShA5H3xR0mstdKyqG-VwlRrQ/edit?usp=sharing <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fKPn5tF8z3edeiidlPBShA5H3xR0mstdKyqG-VwlRrQ/edit?usp=sharing>.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> We would welcome discussion of this sponsorship request, and John
>>>> >>>> and I can make ourselves available to you for this.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> I look forward to hearing from you.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Kind regards,
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Alex Leith
>>>> >>>> FOSS4G SotM Oceania Co-Chair
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