[OSGeo-Discuss] Mentors money

Mon Aug 28 17:23:41 PDT 2017

So, then if I undertand correctly:
Mentors money is not mentors money.
Right?

Vicky

On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
wrote:

> We are listing GSOC as a initiative, can the participating mentors make a
> decision?
>
> I have suggestions (such as a donate to the travel grant program for
> student travel) but it should be up to the participants.
>
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 10:11 AM Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch> wrote:
>
>> I believe that GSoC people should make a proposal to be discussed at
>> board level, of course hints from everyone is welcome...
>>
>> Maxi
>>
>> Il 26 ago 2017 7:02 PM, "Marc Vloemans" <marcvloemans1 at gmail.com> ha
>> scritto:
>>
>>> Dear Vicky,
>>>
>>> Before going into your question; decisions to spend money on codesprints
>>> or student conference attendance has not been part of the Marketing
>>> Committee remit.
>>>
>>> Perhaps the Board can decide on the what/where/how of this type of
>>> support?
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Marc Vloemans
>>>
>>>
>>> Op 26 aug. 2017 om 18:51 heeft Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de> het
>>> volgende geschreven:
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>> Hello all
>>> This thread started on the osgeo mentors list.
>>> By suggestion of Margherita I tried to move it to marketing, but it
>>> never arrived, so I am sending to discuss..
>>> Sorry I can not give you links to the different responses, it so happens
>>> that OSGeo google mentors mailing list is private (for what ever reason).
>>>
>>> Please have a look.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Margherita Di Leo <dileomargherita at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:01 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo GSoC Mentors] Hello all
>>> To: osgeo-gsoc-mentors at googlegroups.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Vicky, Maxi, all,
>>>
>>> The money that OSGeo gets from Google is this year 500USD per student.
>>> Before i was admin and also before i acted as a mentor, this matter was
>>> discussed among the mentors at the time, whether to distribute the money
>>> among the mentors or to destinate them to another use, being this decision
>>> up to the organizations participating in gsoc. As far as i can tell, the
>>> problem of distributing the money to the mentors was to make a lot of small
>>> payments of which a considerable part would be eaten by bank transfers and
>>> currency changes. So it was agreed that the whole sum should be used to
>>> support code sprints instead.
>>> Now, if you guys think this should be discussed over again, you're
>>> welcome, but this would apply to next year's budget, and should be agreed
>>> upon by all mentors.
>>> My personal opinion: I think it more useful to use the budget for a
>>> common purpose rather than distributing it in small amounts, for example if
>>> you don't like it destinated to code sprints, would be to use it for
>>> financial support for students to attend conferences. For example at fosdem
>>> we have been organizing the geospatial session and i have every year
>>> invited our gsoc students to present their works but they couldn't afford
>>> the travel and accommodation.
>>> Google also gives 500USD for supporting students travel to conferences,
>>> you mentors will be asked to propose a name of a deserving gsoc student and
>>> an event that he or she would like to attend and in case of multiple names
>>> we will either split the aid or choose among the students. Last year if I
>>> remember correctly this call was made directly to mentors by google to
>>> provide names to them of deserving students, but i'm not aware if anyone of
>>> osgeo made the request or got funded.
>>> Back to your specific request, Vicky, I suggest you address this to the
>>> osgeo marketing committee , that is administering osgeo's budget, and they
>>> should be able to give you an answer.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Il giorno ven 25 ago 2017 alle 17:22 Massimiliano Cannata <
>>> massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch> ha scritto:
>>>
>>>> Hi Viky and all,
>>>> sorry to be direct (as always :-D) but..
>>>>
>>>> As far as I know, nobody ever used the mentor money.
>>>> They were always, silently (I hear some rumors on this), retained by
>>>> OSGeo as organization.
>>>>
>>>> If is possible to use that money, I think this should be clearly stated
>>>> along with the procedure to access it.
>>>> As long term istSOS mentor, i would also be interested in using these
>>>> money to support dissemination of the project.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Maxi
>>>>
>>>> 2017-08-25 17:09 GMT+02:00 Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de>:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> pgRouting team members, have being participating mentoring since even
>>>>> before I joined the team.
>>>>> There is a FOSS4G in Argentina, and we would like to use some of the
>>>>> money that was for mentors, to support that trip.
>>>>> Do you know how to get those funds? and/or the process to get those
>>>>> funds?
>>>>> The money is planned to be used in:
>>>>> - airplane fare for 1 person
>>>>> - hotel
>>>>> - pgRouting, OSGeo and OSGeo-GSoC poster promotionals
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Vicky
>>>>>
>>>>>
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