[OSGeo-Conf] TGP's in 2019

[Jonathan Neufeld]

To me this is the point of a TGP – to assist under-represented groups, and/or those who can’t otherwise attend an event be able to travel.

Cheers,
Jon

From: Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Eli Adam
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 9:24 AM
To: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] TGP's in 2019



On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 8:07 AM Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com<mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>> wrote:
I would counsel that we prioritise grants to those where we are underrepresented in both economic and gender terms - see the OECD Development Assistance Countries list [1]. While trains can be useful in the short term, we need to really consider the balance between being environmentally conscious and bringing those from the frontier of where we need to be and have the most impact. This will be achieved through empowering those through the TGP.  In less diplomatic terms, if we're not going to hold conferences with more regularity in SSE Asia, Latin American and the Caribbean, and Africa, we need to facilitate their travel to Europe and North America - that will mean flights 99% of the time.

Just my $0.02...

[1] http://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-standards/DAC_List_ODA_Recipients2018to2020_flows_En.pdf

On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 10:13, Jonathan Moules <jonathan-lists at lightpear.com<mailto:jonathan-lists at lightpear.com>> wrote:
 >  Any comments on this or ideas on how to define a decision process?

I'd suggest one criterion for the decision is to prioritise sustainable
forms of transport. I.e. flying would be last, trains first.
For official EU numbers:
https://www.eea.europa.eu/media/infographics/co2-emissions-from-passenger-transport/view

Cheers,
Jonathan

Right now, both of these are criteria that will be set by the LOC running that individual TGP.  See details in https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Travel_Grant_Programme_Cookbook

Eli


On 2019-02-08 14:07, Till Adams 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]).
>
> 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?
>
>
> 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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