[OSGeo-Conf] resign from CC

[Steven Feldman]

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> On 28 Oct 2022, at 12:30, adams at osgeo.org wrote:
> 
> Dear Conference Committee!
> 
> As Eli mentioned in his last message - our conference committee is not
> very active in the moment and at least and part of it also goes back to me.
> 
> Anyway, I was already thinking about resigning for some weeks. An active
> and healthy conference committee is important and I know, that I won't
> be the person to move CC forward again. Times are changing and after
> being an active member of our community for many years, I see that other
> interests and tasks are coming more and more to the foreground [1].
> 
> As a former chair of the committee, I know how time-consuming it is to
> chase after members who do not respond or react ... so I think it is
> better to step back and make room for others.
> 
> Writing this, I must say: It has been a pleasure to work together with
> you all the past years! Also, I really appreciated having the honour to
> chair this committee for some years after the Bonn-conference.
> 
> I'd appreciate staying on this list (and will moderate the vote for
> Oceania, if needed & wanted), but I resign from being an active member
> of the conference committee.
> 
> I already moved my name in the WIKI to the "past members" section.
> 
> 
> See you!
> 
> Till
> 
> 
> [1] for those interested: I started to grow Olives:
> http://www.vanimo.de  (german only, sorry)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Am 25.10.22 um 08:49 schrieb 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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