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

[Steven Feldman]

I'll be in Dar, Tuesday to Saturday morning. Let's try to schedule a conference committee f2f

Regards
Steven


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> On 31 Jul 2018, at 14:02, Till Adams <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> 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
>>> >> agenda: 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
>>> >>>
>>> >>> 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/.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> In accordance with the code sprint sponsorship guidelines here:
>>> >>>> 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.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> 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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