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

[Martin Tomko]

Quick comment following on Eduardo – some priority for Africa is nice, but we are a FOSS4G Oceania. So should we not make sure we get people from Oceania, or SE Asia first? I do not mean this exclusively, but maybe overtly articulate this as : from {Oceania (PNG, Timor Leste, Micronesia and Polynesia), SE Asia , Africa} or similar.
M.

From: FOSS4G-Oceania <foss4g-oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Edoardo Neerhut <ed at mapillary.com>
Date: Thursday, 12 July 2018 at 4:08 pm
To: adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>
Cc: "foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org" <foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: Re: [FOSS4G-Oceania] Travel grant program - call for ideas

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 available

Likely 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 region

Regarding 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<mailto: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<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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