<div dir="ltr">Big +1 from me!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 7:32 AM, Steven Feldman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">+1 :)<br><div>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 5 May 2017, at 13:07, Till Adams <<a href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-724282500892862552Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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Steven,<br>
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setting up the process AND selection process.<br>
<br>
Till<br>
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<div class="m_-724282500892862552moz-cite-prefix">Am 05.05.2017 um 12:44 schrieb Steven
Feldman:<br>
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Till
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<div>Arte you suggesting that CC approves events to be
included in the travel grant program and/or runs the process to
select the individuals who wish to benefit from the grants?<br>
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Steven<br>
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<div>On 5 May 2017, at 07:42, Till Adams <<a href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank"></a><a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hi
ConfComm,<br>
<br>
as you've seen in the past days, Michael from BLOC
started a discussion how to proceed with the travel
grants, Jody was involved for the board and the board
accepted to take over the whole travel grant
responsibility to OSGeo. This means, we now can (and
should) setup a formal and unique procedure for ALL
FOSS4G events for travel granting. In my eyes, this is a
big step forward (my thanks to Michael to start this
discussion again ;-)). <br>
<br>
My suggestion is, to give our ConfComm the mandate to
have the responsibility for approving event
applications.<br>
<br>
So my call for a vote is: "Should ConfComm take over
responsibility for approving event applications" ?<br>
<br>
Please vote until 10.05.2017 24h CET<br>
<br>
Till<br>
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<div class="m_-724282500892862552moz-cite-prefix">Am 05.05.2017 um 08:31
schrieb Jody Garnett:<br>
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<div>Excellent, so would the idea be to
update the conference committee mandate then?<br>
<br>
Or would the conference committee set this up as
indicative (for program visibility and sponsorship)?
... similar to how the website/rebranding is being
taken on as a one-off by the marketing committee.<br>
<br>
That is a bit of a strategic question so it may
require thought / planning.</div>
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<div>On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 11:19 PM Till
Adams <<a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>>
wrote:<br>
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Hi Jody,<br>
<br>
I would propose to post this responsibility to
the ConfCom. Some of the past chairs already
were involved in such kind of decisions.<br>
<br>
Till</div>
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04.05.2017 um 17:07 schrieb Jody Garnett:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Thanks Till,
can you dive into that draft document and
come back here with feedback?<br>
<br>
One open question is who should take the
responsibility for approving event
applications. Should the board handle it
like code sprints, is the conference
committee interested in the responsibility,
do we want a new committee with yourself as
chair? Etc ...<br>
<br>
If there is a dedicated group then it would
open up a few alternate approaches to the
one proposed. <br>
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<div>On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 11:32
PM Till Adams <<a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank"></a><a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> I raise my hand as
volunteer.</div>
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<br>
Till</div>
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03.05.2017 um 18:10 schrieb Jody
Garnett:<br>
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<div>We covered this in
last months board meeting, so far
we need volunteers willing to take
part.
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<div>You many not be
specifically happy with the
direction thus far (travel grant
fund available to all osgeo
events, focused on diversity,
event organizers apply similar
to code sprints).</div>
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<div>I have draft I am
working on based on discussion
thus far (using code sprint
guidelines as a starting point).</div>
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<div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:396px;height:18px;max-height:18px;background-color:#f5f5f5;padding:5px;color:#222;font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;border:1px solid #ddd;line-height:1"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jYDOd87redxMHwT-xURcBrD7xwOeAPdVVLWZtIbM7-w/edit?usp=drive_web" style="display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;padding:1px 0px;border:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align:bottom;border:none" src="https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/application/vnd.google-apps.document"> <span style="color:#15c;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom">Travel Grant
Guidelines</span></a></div>
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<div>Jody
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2017 at 07:59, Steven Feldman <span><<a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank"></a><a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">I fully support
Michael’s request.
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<div>It is time for
OSGeo to establish a
transparent policy on
travel grants, to fund
them and most importantly
to administer them<br>
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Steven<br>
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May 2017, at
13:56, Till
Adams <<a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank"></a><a class="m_-724282500892862552moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">As you all can see we've been very
busy
assembling our
program (<a href="http://2017.foss4g.org/accepted-presentations/" target="_blank">225
accepted talks</a>,
out of 423
submitted) and
rounding out
the
sponsorship
for the
conference (<a href="http://2017.foss4g.org/sponsor/" target="_blank">>$200k
of commitments</a>).
And now, with
2 weeks to go
before the
Early Bird
expires,
registration
is starting to
pickup with
~200
registrations
processed.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">And, with registration on people's
minds we have
started to get
the inevitable
requests for
financial
support (e.g.,
and accepted
speaker who's
company cannot
pay; graduate
students
looking for
support; etc.)
and we expect
those requests
to continue.
The Boston LOC
(BLOC) would
dearly like to
have a "Travel
Grant
Program", but
as was pointed
out in earlier
threads (I
believe by
both Steven
Feldman and
Jody Garnett)
it is
difficult for
the host LOC
to run such a
program. For
instance:</div>
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<ol>
<li><font face="tahoma,
sans-serif">We
do not yet
know our
financial
condition.
With
registrations
being
notoriously
late, we won't
know if/how
much $'s are
available for
such a program
for some time.</font></li>
<li><font face="tahoma,
sans-serif">Administering such
a program
takes time,
and our
primary focus
is on
producing the
conference and
the workshops.</font></li>
<li><font face="tahoma,
sans-serif">Decisions
on criteria
for choosing
recipients and
the amount of
individual
grants can be
delicate and
the
criteria/objectives
may differ
between the
BLOC and OSGeo</font></li>
</ol>
<div><font face="tahoma,
sans-serif">As
such,<b> the
BLOC would
like to make a
formal request
that OSGeo
establish and
administer a
travel grant
program for
the Boston
2017 event</b>.
We would
gladly
collaborate
and help
advertise the
program (e.g.,
on our website
and through
referrals),
but we would
concur that
this program
should be
established
and funded by
OSGeo. We have
high hopes
that the
proceeds from
Boston will
reimburse
OSGeo's
investment in
subsidizing
attendance
from certain
communities.
And, we too
will be
looking to
offer other
opportunities
for financial
support
through our
volunteer
program, and
potentially a
"need-based"
registration
discount (if
our Early Bird
registrations
give us
increased
confidence in
our financial
success).</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma,
sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma,
sans-serif">Thank
you in advance
for
considering
this request.
Please let us
know if you
have any
questions.</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma,
sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma,
sans-serif">Sincerely,
MT & the
BLOC</font></div>
</div>
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