[OSGeo-Discuss] Mentors money
Jody Garnett
jody.garnett at gmail.com
Mon Aug 28 19:21:12 PDT 2017
Trying to hunt through my email, it has been a long time since I did GSOC.
I think it was $500 to OSGeo for each project mentored (really not sure if
that is still the case).
--
Jody Garnett
On 28 August 2017 at 18:45, Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri at swoodbridge.com>
wrote:
> Really, that is news to me. I never knew we had that option. I think we
> would have liked to fund some additional development for the project or
> defrayed travel expenses for PSC members to go to conferences to present
> papers on behalf of the project.
>
> What is the process for mentors to get the money?
>
> Thanks,
> -Steve
>
> On 8/28/2017 9:36 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>
>> 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 <mailto:
>> 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 <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>>> <mailto: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
>>> <mailto: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
>>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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