[FOSS4G-Oceania] Travel Grant Process Review

[John Bryant]

For those who didn't get the link in Kim's email:

Travel Grant Program Process
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lhA1rQkcI40EQiOKv7oIDc0Dw-9PZET6p-WN0yPNtsc/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs>

On Sun, 7 Apr 2019 at 21:26, Kim Fitter <kimfitter at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> All,
>
> Currently we have a working group of Adam Steer, John Bryant, David Garcia
> and Greg Lauer and myself reviewing and updating the Travel Grant
> documentation from 2018 for this year's 2019 conference.
>
> This is the main document under review which will be used as a basis for
> the OSGeo funding application and feed into the sponsorship prospectus. Due
> to the deadline of this OSGeo application and my going away, we would need
> to complete the review by the *16th April.*
>
> Travel Grant Program Process
>
> If anyone on the email list has any comments, suggestions or questions,
> please feel free to update in the link above.
>
> Also if you would like to join the working group, please let me know.
>
> Cheers
> Kim
>
>
> On Monday, 8 April 2019, 12:59:41 GMT+12, Jonah Sullivan <
> jonahsullivan79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I think this is the sort of initiative that could introduce or promote the
> good mojo fund.
>
> The sort of person that makes a voluntary contribution towards a carbon
> offset will probably be interested in a voluntary contribution to good mojo.
>
> On Mon, 8 Apr. 2019, 10:48 John Bryant, <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> There has been a bit of interesting discussion on the conference_dev OSGeo
> mailing list about environmental sustainability, and carbon footprint in
> particular.
>
> Wondering how people feel about using carbon offsets for FOSS4G SotM
> Oceania 2019? We could either make it optional for people to add them to
> their registration, or we could purchase them to offset the whole event,
> and find a way to pay for it.
>
> I don't yet have a clear idea of the cost, but this website says:
>
> *The reality is the typical cost to offset an entire conference attendee’s
> footprint including air travel is less than $20. And depending on your
> convention demographics, event duration and quality of offset, may be under
> $10 per attendee.*
>
>
> So we're looking at a total cost of maybe $2000 - 3000. Probably a little
> early to make any real decision about this, but was curious to know if
> people think this is potentially a good idea?
>
> Cheers
> John
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