[OSGeo-Discuss] Announcing the Travel Grants Programme at FOSS4G Seoul

[Jeff McKenna]

The travel grant forms are found at the bottom of this page: 
http://2015.foss4g.org/attending/travel-grants/  You can start applying 
today (11 May).

-jeff




On 2015-05-07 6:12 AM, Sanghee Shin wrote:
> Hi All,
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> Sorry for the cross posting.
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> Please share this great news or forward to all interested people.
>
> Best,
>
> Sanghee
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> *** Announcing the Travel Grants Programme at FOSS4G Seoul ***
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>     *Travel Grants
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> As follow last year’s FOSS4G Travel Grant Programme, and to make sure
> that as many deserving people as possible can attend FOSS4G, we
> appreciate to continue this programme at FOSS4G Seoul 2015.*
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> *How can I help?
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> Demand for travel grants is fast outpacing funds. The organizing
> committee has set aside some money, but we can’t set aside nearly as
> much as we would like. To that end, we are asking you to donate to the
> cause. When you register for the conference or workshops, we have
> included a donation option. 100% of the donated money (less transaction
> fees) will be dedicated to our travel grant fund. Please add a donation
> to your registration to help us improve our community.
>
> If you would like to support increasing access to FOSS4G, you can donate
> to the travel grant fund when you register
> <http://2015.foss4g.org/attending/registration/>, or make a stand-alone
> donation here <http://2015.foss4g.org/sponsorship/sponsorship-package/>.
> We greatly appreciate your support.
>
>
> *What is included?
> *
> Travel grants include a complimentary admission to the main conference,
> and four nights in a hotel if applicants request lodging and funds
> allow. Airfare and any transportation will not be included.
> /* Please make sure that you are required to pay *USD50* when you
> register for promise that you will attend the conference./
>
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> *Who is eligible?
> *
> The travel grants are available to anyone, but their purpose is to help
> those attend who would not have otherwise been able to. /If you have the
> means to attend on your own, please do not apply./
>
> Because we believe that a diverse community is a stronger community, we
> firstly would like to dedicated our funds for students, women and
> minority attendees from low-income economies and lower-middle income
> countries(according to the world bank –
> http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-and-lending-groups) – these
> people have been traditionally underrepresented in the open source
> community and we believe it is important to work to bring that to an end.
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> *How do I apply?
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> Application process will be open /May 11th until May 29th /on FOSS4G
> Seoul 2015 website. Please download and fill the application form on
> website, and send it to the FOSS4G Seoul 2105
> committee(foss4g2015-info at osgeo.org <mailto:foss4g2015-info at osgeo.org>)
> with title head /[Travel Grants]/. Application should be filled with
> “Why I should attend FOSS4G Seoul 2015?” and/or “How I have contributed
> open source community”. If applicants are from low-income economies or
> lower-income economies, it is required to submit the applications with
> the scan of your Passport. All applicants have been notified of the
> status of their application.
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> *Applicants who submitted Abstract or Presentation will be preferred for
> the selection.*
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> *FOSS4G Seoul 2015*
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> International FOSS4G 2015 will take place from 14th to 19th in Seoul,
> South Korea for the first time in Asia. There will be Asia Special
> Session discussing past, present and future of open-source geospatial in
> Asia during FOSS4G Seoul. Also *FOSS4G Seoul conference will be held in
> conjunction with SmartGeoExpo – the largest geospatial event in Korea –
> at the same venue during the same period. FOSS4G Attendees can go to
> any talks or exhibition booth at SmartGeoExpo without additional
> cost.*You can also find your research/business partners from Korea
> through SmartGeoExpo. Thus FOSS4G Seoul will be your ideal place to show
> off your brilliant recent works to more broader audiences.
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> Sanghee Shin, Chair of FOSS4G 2015 Seoul
> "Toward Diversity! FOSS4G Bigbang from Seoul!"
> http://2015.foss4g.org
> Twitter: @foss4g
> Facebook: FOSS4G2015
> email: foss4gchair at osgeo.org
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