[OSGeo-Conf] Travel Grant Programs - Call for help!

[Till Adams]

Maria,

due to my understanding of the budget 2018 [1], there is a general
TGP-budget from OSGeo which is partwise dedicated for the global event
(10k) and partwise for regional events (5k) if the regional events apply
for it. Due to [1] this already happened for FOSS4G UK (see Approval and
Amendments).

In general and of course, TGP is not only for the global event. But you
need people to run the program for the single events and only this was
expressed in my email, nohing else.

As you might imagine, being member in a TGP-team causes a lot of work
and no one in the conference committee wil be able to support all
potential TGP's during the year, except someone does not have any other
plans for his/her time... ;-)


The need for operators for the TGP for NA came up to to a request that
Jody sent and a pre-discussion on this (by email) from only few people.
After FOSSGIS I can sum up the results of this discussion somewhere in
the WIKI. In my eyes, it makes sense to have a unique procedure on TGP's
among all our events. But not with always the same people ;-)

Till



[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2018



Am 19.03.2018 um 13:40 schrieb María Arias de Reyna:
> Hi,
>
> So this is something I learned yesterday and is disturbing me a bit.
> Why is the Travel Grant program only for the main conference (and now
> also FOSS4GNA)? I think it would make sense to do it reverse: trying
> to be more effective by using less money per participant.
>
> I understand this year we should do a special push for FOSS4G as the
> expected attendance is lower than in USA or Europe. But when donating,
> advertising and encouraging people to the TGP I always assumed this
> was for all events. Why is it not? If the TGP is trying to help
> increase diversity, it would be more effective if we allow people to
> travel also to smaller/closer events so more people can be moved with
> less money.
>
> If the issue is just the need of more hands, I think we can do a poll
> on local chapters and events organizations to make sure it reaches
> more people.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 1:32 PM, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:
>> Dear CC-list!
>>
>> As you know, the next FOSS4g events show up on our time map!
>>
>> Steven Feldman, Mark Iliffe and I already started our discussions about
>> how to run the Travel Grant program for Dar Es Salaam.
>> See our first results here:
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Travel_Grant_Programme_2018
>>
>> Beside the global event, also FOSS4G NA is coming up, a Grant Program is
>> also wanted there.
>>
>> Because we need people to manage the TGP's, this is a call for
>> volunteers, as both events need some helping hands in TGP. Last year we
>> reviewed 80 applications and every member of TGP brought them in his/her
>> order. Also the contact to the grantees and so forth takes some time. So
>> be prepared to spent some hours, but on the other hand, it's your chance
>> to to s.th. really meaningful. Bring people to a FOSS4G!
>>
>> Call for Dar:
>> In general we think that at least 3 from CC and 3 locals for Dar are
>> needed. So if we could have one more helping hand from CC for TGP Dar
>> this is very appreciated (last year Eli joined us, perhaps you have time
>> to support TGP again this year?). If interested, please contact me,
>> Steven or Mark.
>>
>> F4GNA
>> We need volunteers to run the full program for FOSS4G NA. Steven and me
>> are occupied with the Dar program, so we have no capacties to also
>> support the F4GNA program. If interested, please contact Jody.
>>
>>
>> Many thanks in advance!
>>
>> Till
>>
>>
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