[Ica-osgeo-labs] FW: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo's spending budget for 2015

[Finn, Michael]

+1


On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 6:50 PM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <
patrick.hogan at nasa.gov> wrote:

> Suchith,
>
> You have been a very spirited leader, always encouraging action to move
> the wonders of open source geospatial software forward, to help us see
> ourselves more and maybe better. You have done this with great enthusiasm
> and a clear sense of purpose! The world dearly needs this kind of selfless
> leadership. We are ever grateful for yours!!!
>
> -Patrick
>
>  Patrick.Hogan at nasa.gov
>  Project Manager
>  NASA World Wind
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Suchith Anand
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 12:09 AM
> To: Helena Mitasova; Jeff McKenna
> Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] FW: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo's spending budget
> for 2015
>
> Dear All,
>
> Thank you all for your kind words but my answer will be the same. We
> should NOT use any of this fund for anything else than the main "Geo for
> All" purpose , so travel expenses for myself or anyone else is not the
> right way. I had been lucky and i am very grateful that in my initial years
> University of Nottingham kindly supported my travel for all OSGeo related
> events. In the last few years, i was also fortunate to be invited as
> keynote speaker at various events which helped cover my travel.
>
> My humble suggestion is that this fund for "Geo for All" should be used
> only for our website and also used as seed fund to provide awards to
> students.
>
> For example, we will be awarding the ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS Awards in Open
> Geospatial Science for the winner three teams of the NASA World Wind Europa
> Challenge at FOSS4G Europe 2015
>
> In addition to the 1000 USD that we provide through OSGeo, i understand
> from Maria that we got  500 euro thanks to ICA and 500 euro thanks to ISPRS
> for this. So this helps us provide more opportunities for the best
> students  globally and bring more impact.
>
> I am confident that we will get more support from other organisations to
> expand our funding to provide more awards for students in the future and
> let us all work together with that aim in mind.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Helena Mitasova [hmitaso at ncsu.edu]
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 7:17 PM
> To: Charles Schweik; Suchith Anand; Jeff McKenna
> Cc: Moreno-sanchez, Rafael; ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] FW: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo's spending budget
> for 2015
>
> Given Suchith's answer about volunteering, how about covering his travel
> expenses to selected FOSS4G conferences and/or other related meetings?
> Suchith, would that work for you? If yes, perhaps you could include it in
> the osgeo request for geo4all - or I can do it if you give me some estimate
> of what would be a useful amount.
>
> Helena
>
> Helena Mitasova
> Professor at the Department of Marine,
> Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
> and Center for Geospatial Analytics
> North Carolina State University
> Raleigh, NC 27695-8208
> hmitaso at ncsu.edu
> http://geospatial.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/
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> On Jan 19, 2015, at 1:48 PM, Charles Schweik wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Moreno-sanchez, Rafael <
> Rafael.Moreno at ucdenver.edu> wrote:
> > Suchith, all,
> > I think we need to plan in the future to provide a good amount of
> support for the position and work Suchith does. It has been fundamental for
> the growth and success of GeoForAll.
> >
> > +1
> >
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