[OSGeo-Discuss] Mentors money
Anne Ghisla
a.ghisla at gmail.com
Tue Aug 29 00:18:10 PDT 2017
Former admin here.
When I became admin in 2012, mentors money was added to OSGeo incomes.
I started a discussion with the Board and current mentors about it, and
the agreed outcome was that the mentors' money should specifically be
allocated for code sprint support. (See budgets from 2013 onwards, and
board list/IRC logs for extended information).
So it is misleading to say that OSGeo retains the money: it is
has been available to projects every year.
I welcome mentors to make use of this year's allocated money for code
sprints - for next year and onwards (assuming OSGeo will apply for GSoC
and gets accepted) the discussion can be reopened. I'm not an admin
anymore but I would be glad to contribute with information about past
decisions.
Best
Anne
On Tue, 29 Aug 2017 06:59:21 +0200
Massimiliano Cannata <massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch> wrote:
> Jody,
> it was never an option to choose if donating the money or not. Someone
> decided on the past and this option was never asked to mentors...
> I assumed this was part of the game: get one slot by OSGeo and it
> retains the mentor's money...
>
> But to me make sense to let project use them for their growing and
> promotion, for example I would use them to make t-shirt with istSOS
> and OSGeo logos for the community... :-)
>
> Maxi
>
> Il 29 ago 2017 4:21 AM, "Jody Garnett" <jody.garnett at gmail.com> ha
> scritto:
>
> 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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