[FOSS4G-Oceania] Fwd: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G SotM travel grant funding request - first cut

[John Bryant]

FYI. Martin & Sarah, any thoughts?

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From: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 at 14:03
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G SotM travel grant funding request - first
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To: adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>, conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org <
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Hi Adam,


Thank you for this information. May I ask if FOSS4G SoTM Oceania will be int
erested to organise a OSGeo student award competition. We are looking for
plans for expanding our student competitions to more FOSS4G local events
next year . These student awards (max 500 USD per event)  will
need commitment for LOC to plan, organise and run. We are learning from our
experiences from  this year to help us expand the program for next year, so
all inputs will be helpful.


Some background at
https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2018-July/004951.html


Best wishes,


Suchith





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*From:* Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf
of adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>
*Sent:* 29 July 2018 12:31
*To:* conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
*Subject:* [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G SotM travel grant funding request - first cut

Hi folks,

After some really useful input from this list and much consideration, we’ve
put together an OSgeo travel grant funding proposal:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RDlzFH5fyciTqY3xyj6aSvdOF8TOSX4MYosy7YNc9K0/edit#
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RDlzFH5fyciTqY3xyj6aSvdOF8TOSX4MYosy7YNc9K0/edit#>
Travel grant proposal
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RDlzFH5fyciTqY3xyj6aSvdOF8TOSX4MYosy7YNc9K0/edit#>
docs.google.com
FOSS4G SotM Oceania travel grant proposal
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Travel_Grant_Programme_Cookbook The
FOSS4G SotM Oceania committee would like to offer a Travel Grant Programme
(TGP), aimed at enabling attendance for people who are disadvantaged by
community circumstances and/or dist...



Summary:

We’re seeking $AU3000 from OSgeo to help fund 5(ish) attendees; and cover
visa costs for up to 5 attendees from pacific island nations (an obstacle
identified by people living in the relevant regions).

We’d like to get this on the OSgeo board agenda as soon as possible - so we
can announce the program, work on a timetable, work on a selection process
and work on a more diverse selection committee.

Some details are still quite loose. A bit like Africa, it’s cheap to fund
an attendee from near the conference, but really expensive to cover someone
from across the same continent - flexibility in how funds are assigned is
critical, as is transparency around the process. And we don’t know where
our applicants will come from yet!

As always, we’d love any feedback that comes. It’s our first shot, we’re
likely to get a lot wrong.

Regards

Adam

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