[OSGeo-Discuss] Thanks for funding for Early Career Researcher support for GISRUK 2023
Nick Bearman
nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
Thu Jun 29 06:48:22 PDT 2023
Thanks very much to the board for providing US$750 to support GISRUK 2023.
Thank you very much for the email, and for your support. I can confirm
the GISRUK 2023 conference was a great success. You may have seen some
toots and photos on Mastodon and Twitter.
Collectively the OSGeo sponsorship contributed to 12 ECR scholarships,
providing free conference registration.
We also developed a number of new links and strengthened existing links
between OSGeo:UK and GISRUK. In particular we have a number of people
interested in helping out at FOSS4G:UK in September.
Many thanks for your support.
Best wishes,
Nick.
>>>
>>> On 3/23/23 10:24, Nick Bearman via Board wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Adam, everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the note about the agenda - I have spotted it now. I'm
>>>> still working out the processes, so apologies if I missed checking
>>>> something before sending the email.
>>>>
>>>> I will be the first to admit the academic sector is not perfect -
>>>> far from it. (If you know of a perfect working environment, let me
>>>> know!). The current series of UCU strikes in the UK academic sector
>>>> being a prime example of this. In fact, I have left academia and am
>>>> now working as a freelance consultant. (I will happily share my
>>>> experiences with anyone who is interested!)
>>>>
>>>> As I am sure you have seen, we use the term ECR to define as anyone
>>>> in a precarious employment position: "masters students, PhD
>>>> students or post-docs (prior to getting a permanent lectureship
>>>> position, i.e. tenure)". Approx 15 years ago we used the term
>>>> "Young Researchers" instead, but this was quite rightly replaced
>>>> with ECRs, as the term "young" discriminates against those who have
>>>> had a career break, or who have joined academia later in their careers.
>>>>
>>>> I'd happily replace ECR with "ECRs / precarious research workers"
>>>> or even "precarious research workers" if you wish.
>>>>
>>>> Clearly we need to and want to restrict the support to those not in
>>>> permanent employment, as a significant proportion/all of those
>>>> people are privileged (depending how you define privileged) so if
>>>> you have some alternative wording, please do suggest this!
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure whether I will be able to make it to the board meeting
>>>> or not, but if I can I will.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>> Nick.
>>>>
>>>> On 22/03/2023 20:09, Adam Steer wrote:
>>>>> Hi Nick, all
>>>>>
>>>>> This is on the agenda for the next board meeting (28/3).
>>>>>
>>>>> I need to be very blunt about my own opinion on this: I've just
>>>>> spent 2.5 years seeing and experiencing "ECR" used as a tool to
>>>>> gaslight and punch down on precarious research workers. I'm
>>>>> personally happy if I never hear or see the term again, because
>>>>> it's just another way to enshrine existing privilege in the
>>>>> academic system and extend the current broken philosophy of how
>>>>> academia works.
>>>>>
>>>>> Remove the EC part and things look much better ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>
>>>>> Adam
>>>>>
>>>>> -- https://iamadamsteer.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2023, 02:52 Nick Bearman
>>>>> <nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Board and Marketing,
>>>>>
>>>>> How are we progressing with a decision on this?
>>>>>
>>>>> The GISRUK conference is soon (18th - 23rd April 2023) so I would
>>>>> like
>>>>> to confirm whether you have ok'd the funding.
>>>>>
>>>>> From the comments I've heard, it's sounding positive. GISRUK are
>>>>> also
>>>>> keen to show OSGeo's support, and have added the logo to their
>>>>> website
>>>>> already! https://gisruk.org/gisruk-2023/
>>>>>
>>>>> If you need any more information, please ask me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>> Nick.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 27/02/2023 10:04, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) wrote:
>>>>> > Hello board,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I hope you are all fine.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I forward this mail from Nick Bearman to the board.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The GISRUK event is already listed at
>>>>> https://www.osgeo.org/events/21631/
>>>>> > Marketing committee will support with material.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > For the budget request we thought to ask the board to decide
>>>>> about the
>>>>> > financial support.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I think Nicks goal to develop greater links between OSGeo:UK
>>>>> and the
>>>>> > academic community in the UK is great. So I would support the
>>>>> support
>>>>> > for the event.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > See you Astrid
>>>>> >
>>>>> > -------- Originalnachricht --------
>>>>> > Betreff: [Marketing] Request for funding for Early Career
>>>>> Researcher
>>>>> > support for GISRUK 2023
>>>>> > Datum: 27.01.2023 13:12
>>>>> > Von: Nick Bearman <nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk>
>>>>> > An: Marketing <marketing at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Hello,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > As Chair of OSGeo:UK, I am trying to develop greater links
>>>>> between
>>>>> > OSGeo:UK and the academic community in the UK. I organised a
>>>>> very
>>>>> > successful FOSS4G:UK Local 2022
>>>>> > (https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2022local/) with approximately 300
>>>>> > attendees across the UK. We managed some engagement with the UK
>>>>> GIS
>>>>> > academic community (two venues out of nine being hosting by
>>>>> > universities and 16 respondents out of the 108 who responded to
>>>>> the
>>>>> > survey identifying as students or academics). However, I think
>>>>> we can
>>>>> > do more with the academic community in the UK, and I think they
>>>>> could
>>>>> > be a great source of people and contributions to OSGeo
>>>>> (global and
>>>>> > local) and open source projects more generally.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The annual Geographical Information Science Research UK (GISRUK)
>>>>> > conference is happening in Glasgow, UK on 18th - 23rd April 2023
>>>>> > (https://gisruk.org/gisruk-2023/) and strongly supports ECRs
>>>>> (Early
>>>>> > Career Researchers). ECRs are typically masters students, PhD
>>>>> students
>>>>> > or post-docs (prior to getting a permanent lectureship
>>>>> position, i.e.
>>>>> > tenure). GISRUK run a series of workshops and sessions for ECRs
>>>>> and I
>>>>> > would like OSGeo to sponsor one or more of these. Typically
>>>>> GISRUK
>>>>> > attracts around 100-150 participants, and usually ~50 of these
>>>>> are ECRs.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I am asking for US$750 (~GBP£606) to support this. I would
>>>>> suggest we
>>>>> > use this to sponsor an ECR evening session (e.g. pizza or
>>>>> similar).
>>>>> > This usually takes place at the beginning of the conference, to
>>>>> > facilitate their networking and integration into the wider
>>>>> conference.
>>>>> > Any surplus could also be used to support ECR scholarships,
>>>>> which
>>>>> > would pay for the registration fee for any ECRs who do not have
>>>>> > funding from their university to attend the conference.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I appreciate I am not being very specific yet, but I think
>>>>> there is
>>>>> > scope for some negotiation with the GISRUK organisers.
>>>>> Attached is
>>>>> > their 'standard' information for sponsors, but I think we could
>>>>> > probably get a stand, session sponsorship and maybe some
>>>>> scholarships
>>>>> > with the $750.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > In terms of support from the marketing committee, I already
>>>>> have a
>>>>> > role up banner from the code-sprint (thanks Astrid!) and a few
>>>>> left
>>>>> > over stickers and print outs from FOSS4G & FOSS4G:UK. I
>>>>> think some
>>>>> > OSGeo:UK stickers would be good (OSGeo:UK can pay for those)
>>>>> and I am
>>>>> > open to suggestions as to what else might be good. I suspect
>>>>> stickers
>>>>> > would go down well with this audience.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > For full openness, I am on the GISRUK National Steering
>>>>> Committee,
>>>>> > with responsibility for ECRs (Business). We also have a ECR
>>>>> (Academic)
>>>>> > rep, James Haworth. I am also Treasurer of the RGS-IBG GISc
>>>>> Research
>>>>> > Group, who are contributing to the scholarships as well.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I hope this covers my request in enough detail. If you have any
>>>>> > questions, please do ask!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Best wishes,
>>>>> > Nick.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
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>>>>>
>>>>> -- Nick Bearman
>>>>> +44 (0)7717745715
>>>>> nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
>>>>>
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>>>> -- Nick Bearman
>>>> +44 (0)7717745715
>>>> nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
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