[OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

Tue Nov 21 08:36:07 PST 2017

Hi Suchith,

I'm looking forward to hearing from the board!

To further bolster this, I would look to use the funds exclusively on
supporting the students to attend FOSS4G - flights, subsistence, hotels
etc. This will make the money go a little bit further, and for little bit
more on our side, it can be a long way for an individual.

Thanks,

Mark

On 21 November 2017 at 11:32, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> Thank you for your mail and volunteering to administer (on behalf of LOC
> Dar)  directly the $2k from the OSGeo board for this. I leave to the OSGeo
> Board to decide this as appropriate. Personally, I believe having FOSS4G in
> Africa in 2018, is a great opportunity esp. for the students in local
> universities there to ever get the opportunity to be a Global FOSS4G  and
> learn new ideas to help them develop.
>
> I recently received an email from an educator in Uganda who said  “ It is
> crucially important for African students to interact with European
> professors. Books, journal articles etc., all come from Europe. Uganda for
> example has no single degree holding cartographer!” [1]. I believe FOSS4G
> Global coming to Africa is a great opportunity for many educators and
> students in Africa to meet directly colleagues from around the world and
> learn, so let us do our best to make this happen in whatever form which is
> best.
>
> I really liked the idea that Maria  send earlier  today on having a
> separate track for students to present their work that FOSS4G-Europe is
> planning “FOSS4G-Europe we are considering asking for 1 000€ which will be
> split among 10 students awarded. This will mean the ticket cost to attend
> FOSS4G-Eu for them (100€).We intend to have a track for them so they can
> expose their work and not only have a poster and a mention.[2]
>
> One option that  you and LOC  could consider is use the 2k specifically
> for arranging student track at FOSS4G 2018 and use the funding to cover
> registration fees of participating students . I am sure if we all think
> creatively, we can find a means to ensure more students get opportunity at
> FOSS4G and present their ideas.
>
> FOSS4G is visiting Africa  in 2018 and we thank our hosts (local
> universities and many local colleagues there who are working hard to make
> it possible), so how can we as OSGeo give back something to the local
> community there. In my humble opinion, the best gift we can give is provide
> more opportunities to some of  students there to get opportunity to
> participate and give them a platform to share their ideas.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2017-November/004256.html
>
>
> [2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2017-
> November/004570.html
>
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com>
> Sent: 21 November 2017 2:36 PM
> To: Suchith Anand
> Cc: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss at lists.osgeo.org;
> conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
>
> Dear Suchith,
>
> Notwithstanding Till’s email regarding the separation of the TGP and
> GeoForAll, I would like to formally request that you reconsider the
> withdrawal of the $2k application to the OSGeo board. If necessary, the Dar
> LOC can administer directly the $2k from the OSGeo board - instead of the
> TGP.
>
> For this - we’d request that GeoForAll supports the selection of the
> appropriate candidates in collaboration with the LOC. I feel that we have a
> real chance to make our conference accessible for all, let’s do it!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 21 Nov 2017, at 08:56, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Yes, Charlie’s idea is excellent and very strategic for future GeoForAll
> expansion ideas, so we are going to follow up this. My suggestion is that
> we will do everything first to see if we can get volunteers with the
> required skillsets that we need for this work. If there are no volunteers
> for this, then we will decide to do open call . Thankfully , I am receiving
> some volunteer offers to my call on this from our excellent colleagues, so
> I am confident that we do not need to ask OSGeo Board for any funding at
> this stage for this work.
>
> Based on feedbacks I received from discussions in the conference list, I
> have removed the 2k request for students TGP [1] . I understand that TGP
> committee is s run by members of LOC and OSGeo CC  and has clear
> procedures in place. I am confident they will do their best to ensure
> representation of all deserving. I thank everyone in TGP committee for
> their time and efforts to make the travel grants program possible.
>
> So currently the only one funding we will be asking is the Student Award
> for FOSS4G conferences . Having this distributed (500 USD) each to 4 FOSS4G
> events regionally is great. I already have FOSS4G-NA interested to  follow
> up on this. I really hope GeoforAll South America will make use of this for
> a FOSS4G event in South America .  Those FOSS4G LOC contacts wishing to
> take up this please email to the GeoForAll list and we will follow up.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2017-
> November/004572.html
>
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy<mailto:
> sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>>
> Sent: 21 November 2017 1:03 PM
> To: Suchith Anand; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.
> org>; discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>;
> conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: RE: Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
>
> What about what Charlie suggested? Regarding a way to make possible 2-4
> concrete multi-GeoForAll lab educational content collaborations? In the
> GeoFolrAll iberoamerica network there are many labs that will be very
> interested in these kind of collaborations...
>
> Sergio Acosta y Lara
> Departamento de Geomática
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
> URUGUAY
> (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
> http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
>
> ________________________________________
> De: GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall-
> bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> en nombre de Suchith Anand <
> Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> Enviado: lunes, 20 de noviembre de 2017 15:59
> Para: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>;
> discuss at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>;
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>
> Asunto: [Geo4All] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018
>
> Dear all,
>
> Thank you for everyone for providing inputs/feedbacks. Based on this, I am
> proposing the following for GeoForAll budget 2018
>
> GeoForAll Student awards for FOSS4G events will be 500 USD per event (both
> local and global). Distributed as follows
> First prize -250 USD ;Second prize - 150 USD; Third prize -100 USD
>
> We will arrange for max. 4 FOSS4G events to be supported for student
> awards per year (these will be FOSS4G regional events or other events like
> gvSIG conference etc which have a dedicated Open source Geo Track and LOC
> willing to run the award event. This will help us provide more global
> distribution for supporting student excellence.
>
> The main deliverable for any LOC wishing to take up this is to ensure
> there is an LOC contact responsible for running the student awards  with
> criteria setup etc and award ceremony done at the closing ceremony and
> awards given to winners.
>
> Total budget  - 2000 USD
>
> As 2018 FOSS4G Global event is happening in Africa, it is a great
> opportunity for widening participation for more students in Africa, so I am
> also requesting OSGeo Board to consider allocating 2k USD specifically to
> support more student participation through the Travel Grant Program if  the
> Board thinks it is appropriate.
>
> Please let me know any changes/modifications needed by 22nd Nov 2017 .
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
>
>
>
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