[OSGeo-Conf] TGP's in 2019

[Eli Adam]

On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 6:07 AM Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:
>
> Dear CC!
>
> We just got the confirmation from the board, that we have 25k US $ in
> 2019 for our Travel Grant Programmes.
>
> The idea is, that we want to dedicate 50-60% of this to the TGP of the
> global event (so this year for Bucharest - in case they apply for a TGP
> ;-)).
>
> The idea for the rest of the money is to give out a call to the
> community, that regional events can apply also for some TGP funding,
> given that they accept the application criteria (as defined in [1]).

[1] is a great work and covers the topic well.

>
> I'd like to push out that call quite fast and give a 3 or 4 week
> timeframe for organizers to apply. This gives every event owner the same
> chance and we do not have a "first comes, first serves" - which
> definetely would prefer events, that takeplace earlier in the year... .
>
> In case we have more requests than money, we need a clear and
> transparent decision process, which is the main task I fear.
>
> Any comments on this or ideas on how to define a decision process?

Vaguely take the total funds and divide by the total approximate
attendance and allocate that way.  An event with ~400 attendees will
get twice as much as ~200 attendees.

Best regards, Eli

>
>
> So far, I wish you all a nice weekend!
>
> Till
>
>
>
> [1] Steven and John Bryant workd hard on a draft of the application
> criteria
> (here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kzu9z_4BRMzCc5y9SsE7--GnShL30kPGnh7gXlqJspQ/edit?usp=sharing)
> It will go live on the OSGeo wiki over the weekend.
>
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