[OSGeo-Conf] MOTION: Oceania TGP Application

[adams at osgeo.org]

Hi ConfComm,

Adam contacted me directly and asked what happened to their application.

I motion to support the chapter from the OSGeo Travel Grant Fund in the
amount of USD$3,500.

+1 Till


Till

Am 10.10.22 um 23:24 schrieb Alex Leith:
> Hi Folks
> 
> For the first time The Pacific GIS and Remote Sensing Council (PGRSC),
> OSGeo Oceania and HOT OSM are collaborating to present the 2022 GIS
> users conference in Oceania. The conference series has been running in
> Fiji for about 20 years and is the largest GIS and RS Conference in the
> Pacific, with content covering applications of FOSS and open data. This
> year will be enriched with additional formal integration into the FOSS4G
> community, combining the annual FOSS4G and SoTM Oceania event with the
> PGRSC conference. Thus, a new conference name will be used to represent
> this new venture: "The Pacific Geospatial Conference''.
> 
> The Pacific Geospatial Conference will be held from 28th November to 2nd
> December at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji and the
> theme will be “Digital Platforms, GIS and Remote Sensing to anticipate
> and manage impacts of Global Warming.”
> 
> Following the success of our Travel Grant Program (TGP) in 2018 and
> 2019, OSGeo Oceania is offering a TGP for the 2022 Pacific Geospatial
> Conference, aimed at enabling attendance for people who are
> disadvantaged by economic circumstances and/or geography. Oceania is a
> vast region, with a highly distributed population, a large proportion of
> which is in small, lesser-developed countries. Travelling to Fiji could
> be difficult and expensive, even for local communities in the most
> remote areas of the country, and visas are also costly.
> 
> There is a strong need in this region for this type of program, and
> there are clear economic and social benefits of spreading open
> geospatial knowledge to those who stand to gain the most. The TGP’s goal
> is increasing the diversity, accessibility, and reach of the conference.
> We want to support worthy recipients who are interested in gaining
> in-depth insight into development and application of open-source
> geospatial software and are committed to making an impact in their home
> country, given the opportunity provided.
> 
> To support this program, we are requesting support from the OSGeo Travel
> Grant Fund in the amount of USD$3,500.
>  
> We are pleased to confirm we are prepared to more than match OSGeo's
> contribution with our own funds. OSGeo Oceania has already approved a
> cash contribution of AUD$5000 (approximately USD$3500) and we also hope
> that OSGeo's contribution will act as a 'seed' for other funders, such
> as NGOs and government grants.
> 
> There is more information available in this
> document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DYf-nTKN1NI5kAOlZHuLX1hQ750W_b_1/edit#
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DYf-nTKN1NI5kAOlZHuLX1hQ750W_b_1/edit#>
> (also attached as a PDF for posterity).
> 
> I look forward to hearing from you.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> -- 
> Alex Leith
> Treasurer, OSGeo Oceania
> m: +61 419 189 050
> 
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