<div dir="ltr">I completely agree.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;line-height:18.4px"><br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;line-height:18.4px">Amanda H.S. Taub, GISP <br>Central Washington GIS User Group  (CWGIS) Organizer </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif">Washington URISA (WAURISA) Marketing Volunteer</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif">Marketing Lead for </span><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif">2019 Washington GIS Conference </span></font><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif"><br></span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:small">URISA Marketing Committee Volunteer</span></div><div><font size="2"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">URISA </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif">Social Media Work Group Chair</span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif">FOSS4G 2020 Calgary Local Organizing Committee  (LOC) Program Co-Lead</span><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif"><br></span></font></div><div><a href="http://www.urisa.org/index.php" style="font-size:small;font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=15e4ra6tfgjzD0cmSnHrmN1uEfuS_391v&revid=0B5-ZEiRnvTpaSlZvSHEyeTRhQlNBa28wY2YzTk9kZHFlc1NNPQ" width="200" height="86"></a><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif"> </span><a href="http://www.urisa.org/about-us/urisa-s-giscorps/" style="font-size:small;font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1qsHcasSCrxCmqCHWnnLNGYbPTYLsV5lh&revid=0B5-ZEiRnvTpaWDRJSzQ1SXJGNllKYVdmcGhFTWV2bVR3ZVM4PQ" width="200" height="110"><br></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 8:07 AM Mark Iliffe <<a href="mailto:markiliffe@gmail.com">markiliffe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">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.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Just my $0.02...</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">[1] <a href="http://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-standards/DAC_List_ODA_Recipients2018to2020_flows_En.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-standards/DAC_List_ODA_Recipients2018to2020_flows_En.pdf</a> </div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 10:13, Jonathan Moules <<a href="mailto:jonathan-lists@lightpear.com" target="_blank">jonathan-lists@lightpear.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> >  Any comments on this or ideas on how to define a decision process?<br>
<br>
I'd suggest one criterion for the decision is to prioritise sustainable <br>
forms of transport. I.e. flying would be last, trains first.<br>
For official EU numbers:<br>
<a href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/media/infographics/co2-emissions-from-passenger-transport/view" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.eea.europa.eu/media/infographics/co2-emissions-from-passenger-transport/view</a><br>
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Cheers,<br>
Jonathan<br>
<br>
On 2019-02-08 14:07, Till Adams wrote:<br>
> Dear CC!<br>
><br>
> We just got the confirmation from the board, that we have 25k US $ in<br>
> 2019 for our Travel Grant Programmes.<br>
><br>
> The idea is, that we want to dedicate 50-60% of this to the TGP of the<br>
> global event (so this year for Bucharest - in case they apply for a TGP<br>
> ;-)).<br>
><br>
> The idea for the rest of the money is to give out a call to the<br>
> community, that regional events can apply also for some TGP funding,<br>
> given that they accept the application criteria (as defined in [1]).<br>
><br>
> I'd like to push out that call quite fast and give a 3 or 4 week<br>
> timeframe for organizers to apply. This gives every event owner the same<br>
> chance and we do not have a "first comes, first serves" - which<br>
> definetely would prefer events, that takeplace earlier in the year... .<br>
><br>
> In case we have more requests than money, we need a clear and<br>
> transparent decision process, which is the main task I fear.<br>
><br>
> Any comments on this or ideas on how to define a decision process?<br>
><br>
><br>
> So far, I wish you all a nice weekend!<br>
><br>
> Till<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> [1] Steven and John Bryant workd hard on a draft of the application<br>
> criteria<br>
> (here <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kzu9z_4BRMzCc5y9SsE7--GnShL30kPGnh7gXlqJspQ/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kzu9z_4BRMzCc5y9SsE7--GnShL30kPGnh7gXlqJspQ/edit?usp=sharing</a>)<br>
> It will go live on the OSGeo wiki over the weekend.<br>
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