<div dir="ltr">Hi All, Eli,<div><br></div><div>Perhaps it is an idea for the cc to meet virtually and scope out a list of upcoming events and ensure that we are prioritising specific areas of geographic focus. </div><div><br></div><div>I vote +1 in this instance, because it's Ocenaia - I would be less inclined to support a more accessible/developed region. Perhaps it would be good for us to come together and identify a common framework?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 at 10:18, Eli Adam <<a href="mailto:eadam@co.lincoln.or.us">eadam@co.lincoln.or.us</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 class="msg-1088712152551629579">
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(While enthusiastic for the TGP and the good work of OSGeo Oceania<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">, I'm not sure that the conference committee is actually engaged and functioning enough
to actually approve this - hence the initial lack of responses. I'll assume that Till and Steven checked our budget. We very much need new champions on the Conference Committee.)</span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 25, 2022 3:56 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Conf] MOTION: Oceania TGP Application</font>
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<div>On 25 Oct 2022, at 09:49, <a href="mailto:adams@osgeo.org" target="_blank">
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<div>Hi ConfComm,<br>
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Adam contacted me directly and asked what happened to their application.<br>
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I motion to support the chapter from the OSGeo Travel Grant Fund in the<br>
amount of USD$3,500.<br>
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+1 Till<br>
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Am 10.10.22 um 23:24 schrieb Alex Leith:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Hi Folks<br>
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For the first time The Pacific GIS and Remote Sensing Council (PGRSC),<br>
OSGeo Oceania and HOT OSM are collaborating to present the 2022 GIS<br>
users conference in Oceania. The conference series has been running in<br>
Fiji for about 20 years and is the largest GIS and RS Conference in the<br>
Pacific, with content covering applications of FOSS and open data. This<br>
year will be enriched with additional formal integration into the FOSS4G<br>
community, combining the annual FOSS4G and SoTM Oceania event with the<br>
PGRSC conference. Thus, a new conference name will be used to represent<br>
this new venture: "The Pacific Geospatial Conference''.<br>
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The Pacific Geospatial Conference will be held from 28th November to 2nd<br>
December at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji and the<br>
theme will be “Digital Platforms, GIS and Remote Sensing to anticipate<br>
and manage impacts of Global Warming.”<br>
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Following the success of our Travel Grant Program (TGP) in 2018 and<br>
2019, OSGeo Oceania is offering a TGP for the 2022 Pacific Geospatial<br>
Conference, aimed at enabling attendance for people who are<br>
disadvantaged by economic circumstances and/or geography. Oceania is a<br>
vast region, with a highly distributed population, a large proportion of<br>
which is in small, lesser-developed countries. Travelling to Fiji could<br>
be difficult and expensive, even for local communities in the most<br>
remote areas of the country, and visas are also costly.<br>
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There is a strong need in this region for this type of program, and<br>
there are clear economic and social benefits of spreading open<br>
geospatial knowledge to those who stand to gain the most. The TGP’s goal<br>
is increasing the diversity, accessibility, and reach of the conference.<br>
We want to support worthy recipients who are interested in gaining<br>
in-depth insight into development and application of open-source<br>
geospatial software and are committed to making an impact in their home<br>
country, given the opportunity provided.<br>
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To support this program, we are requesting support from the OSGeo Travel<br>
Grant Fund in the amount of USD$3,500.<br>
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We are pleased to confirm we are prepared to more than match OSGeo's<br>
contribution with our own funds. OSGeo Oceania has already approved a<br>
cash contribution of AUD$5000 (approximately USD$3500) and we also hope<br>
that OSGeo's contribution will act as a 'seed' for other funders, such<br>
as NGOs and government grants.<br>
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There is more information available in this<br>
document: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DYf-nTKN1NI5kAOlZHuLX1hQ750W_b_1/edit#" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DYf-nTKN1NI5kAOlZHuLX1hQ750W_b_1/edit#</a><br>
<<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DYf-nTKN1NI5kAOlZHuLX1hQ750W_b_1/edit#" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DYf-nTKN1NI5kAOlZHuLX1hQ750W_b_1/edit#</a>><br>
(also attached as a PDF for posterity).<br>
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I look forward to hearing from you.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
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-- <br>
Alex Leith<br>
Treasurer, OSGeo Oceania<br>
m: +61 419 189 050<br>
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