[OSGeo-Discuss] Travel Grants for regional FOSS4G events

[John Bryant]

Thanks a lot Steven,

OSGeo Oceania will almost definitely be interested in running a TGP for
FOSS4G SotM Oceania this year (planned for Fiji in November). We grew our
program substantially this year (from 7 grantees in 2018 to 13 in 2019),
and I suspect we'll want to expand the reach again this year, particularly
given we're running it in the Pacific Islands. OSGeo support has been key
to accessing additional sources of funding so we'll most likely be asking
again this year.

OSGeo granted us USD $2500 in 2019. The cost of travel in the Pacific is
high, so if there is the potential to increase this for 2020, we'd be keen
to discuss.

Cheers
John

On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 02:31, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> This is an early heads up for organisers of regional FOSS4G events (please
> share as appropriate)
>
> The Conference Committee has applied to OSGeo Board for a budget to run
> Regional Travel Grant Programmes in 2020. We have not yet had our
> application accepted but I wanted to make LOCs aware of the possibility of
> applying for support for a TGP.
>
> You can find basic info on the TGP at
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Travel_Grant_Programme_Cookbook
>
> If you think you might be interested in running a TGP for your regional
> event in 2020 please ping a mail back on the Conference mailing list and we
> will be in touch with you as soon as we know if we have budget available.
>
> May the FOSS be with you and have a happy new year
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