[OSGeo-Discuss] Mentors money

Mon Aug 28 18:36:52 PDT 2017

Mentors can decide what to do with the money they earn through the GSOC
program; in the past many mentors have accepted the t-shirt and donated the
money to OSGeo. I know I donated money to OSGeo previously, but was not
really specific about to any particular project.

--
Jody Garnett

On 28 August 2017 at 17:23, Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de> wrote:

> 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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>>>>>
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