[FOSS4G-Oceania] Travel grant program - call for ideas

[Edoardo Neerhut]

Thanks Adam.

Curious about the breakdown of the funding pool. Do you have any insights?
I would have thought there would be more use for fewer, higher value tiers
above $1,000, rather than 24 $250 grants.

Grant size US$Number availableLikely Use
$250 24 Delegates from nearby locations
$500 8 Delegates from further afield or who are unable to get material
support from their employers
$1,000 5 Delegates from outside of the regionRegarding eligibility,
guessing that relates to GDP per capita?

Eligibility

   - To be eligible for a TG, applicants must be a citizen of and resident
   in (SF check) a country listed by the OECD Development Assistance
   Committee
   <https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519>. It
   is likely that priority will be given to
      - Low income economiesS ($1,025 or less)
      - Lower middle income economies ($1,026 to $4,035)
      - Upper middle income economies ($4,036 to $12,475)
   - Some preference will be given to applicants resident within the
   African continent



On 11 July 2018 at 19:14, adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I’ve started the ball rolling for a travel grant programme, requesting
> assistance from OSgeo via an e-mail to conf-dev (as per:
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Travel_Grant_Programme_2018)
>
> …now we need to design it! I’ve added a document in the Sponsorship folder
> in Google Drive (F4G SotM Oceania 2018 travel grant program ideas).
> Please add to it. If you don’t have permission to edit or comment on the
> doc and want it, please buzz me.
>
> Noting we have some unique cost and distance issues - for example
> travelling from a remote community in northwest WA is *expensive*; as is
> travel from some Pacific islands (who also may have visa costs).
>
> Also, if we feel that this should be run by the diversity program lead
> instead of the sponsorship group, please pipe up. All in all, we all
> contribute - but organisational sanity also helps for now and in the future.
>
> Regards
>
> Adam
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