[Ica-osgeo-labs] Fwd: Regarding Student Awards at FOSS4G Seoul

[Suchith Anand]

Hi Jeff,


Thanks for clarifying this. I now understand better and it is learning curve for all of us.  I will contact the OSGeo Treasurer separately to request transfer of the OSGeo Student Award money (1k USD) to the chair of the LOC responsible (For FOSS4G 2015 it will be Sanghee Shin) for running the student competitions. 


Geo4All's  role is only to make sure the LOC is supported to arrange the OSGeo funding (max 1k USD per event) and whichever students are chosen by the LOC is awarded the OSGeo Student Awards. We will trust the LOCs and  will not micromanage the awards.


The LOC will be responsible to setting up the process (committees, selection etc) and making local arrangements (provide certificates,distribute the award money etc) for the student competitions etc and the chair of LOC should send a summary report to the OSGeo Board after the event. After one year based on feedbacks from Board, LOCs, Students , Community etc and lessons learnt we will aim to modify/expand this initiative for the future.


I guess the Seoul LOC must have some process in place though i do not know the details. But i trust Sanghee and the LOC on the local arrangements for the student awards.


Also it is important to note that for the OSGeo Student Awards for FOSS4G conferences (LOC is the main responsible) is very different from Geo4All Educator Awards (that has a separate global committee and process).

Please let me know if any changes/modifications needed.Thanks.

Suchith


PS: Sanghee - i know you will be now very busy  with FOSS4G arrangements, but it will be really helpful if after the event you can send a short report sharing your experiences, process of running the student awards etc at FOSS4G Seoul, so that we all can learn and help future LOCs . Many thanks.

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From: ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Jeff McKenna [jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com]
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Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Fwd: Regarding Student Awards at FOSS4G Seoul

Hi Suchith,

I guess I wasn't explaining myself clearly.  I as president have enough
to do, including arranging the Sol Katz this week.  As I noted after
FOSS4G-Como, I am requesting that GeoForAll arrange the award (and money
transfer) for each FOSS4G event.  I am sorry for being so strong on
this, but I must make a stand at some point.  Please, I ask you to
arrange the payment and award for FOSS4G-Seoul and all upcoming events.

-jeff



On 2015-09-07 12:08 PM, Suchith Anand wrote:
> Jeff, Many thanks for bringing this to our attention.
>
> All - please provide your ideas on how we can best manage this.
>
> Sanghee - Sorry for my ignorance but who are the Academic Committee? Is it the LOC? Who is the main contact for the Academic Committee? Please let us know, so we can coordinate things smoothly.
>
> For the OSGeo Student Awards at FOSS4G Seoul , one option is  as Venka and Maria will be there at Seoul, that they both be the Geo4All contact for the OSGeo Student Awards and work with Sanghee (and whoever is the main contact of the Academic Committee)  and OSGeo Treasurer to make sure everything is arranged smoothly in advance
>
> Another option is Jeff as OSGeo President can arrange 1000 USD from OSGeo Treasurer to take directly with him and hand over directly to the winning students selected by the Academic Committee. May be this second option  might be easier esp. if winning students are decided at the conference time and award need to be given at the same time.
>
> Suchith
>
> ________________________________________
> From: ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Jeff McKenna [jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2015 3:21 PM
> To: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Fwd: Regarding Student Awards at FOSS4G Seoul
>
> Hello GeoForAll,
>
> You will remember after FOSS4G-Como my messages asking for GeoForAll
> from now on to manage all of the student awards at FOSS4G; we sort of
> learned our lesson during FOSS4G-Como that much must go into these
> awards (preparing presentation, publishing names, contacting the OSGeo
> Treasurer).  To refresh everyone's memory of Como, there were no awards
> prepared, and the treasurer had no idea of names (and that went on even
> until last week when I had to contact the school for payment, oh my).
> So, all that must be planned by GeoForAll.
>
> Well, here we are almost at FOSS4G-Seoul.  Can I request that someone
> from GeoForAll contact Sanghee directly to help with this?
>
> As background, I have been managing the Sol Katz award, now in its 11th
> year, so I know the effort required.  For Seoul I am preparing the
> plaque etc.
>
> So I kindly ask for GeoForAll to step in and manage the FOSS4G-Seoul
> awards.  Thanks!
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Regarding Student Awards at FOSS4G Seoul
> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 14:07:15 +0900
> From: Sanghee Shin <shshin at gaia3d.com>
> To: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>, Jeroen Ticheler
> <Jeroen.Ticheler at geocat.net>
> CC: Sanghee Shin <shshin at gaia3d.com>, 김소연 <thdus at meci.co.kr>, FOSS4G
> Seoul 2015 <programme_foss4g2015 at meci.kr>, Heegu Park
> <hgpark at gaia3d.com>, Venkatesh Raghavan <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>,
> 남광우 <kwangwoo at gmail.com>
>
> Dear Jeff and Jeroen and All,
>
> As you know there will be Student Awards at FOSS4G Seoul. We have 3
> categories of Awards - OSGeo Awards, GeoCat Awards and FOSS4G Seoul
> Awards. Academy Committee will select total 6 winners, each 2 winners
> per Award. Venka, Jeroen also agreed to select 2 winners through Academy
> Committee for GeoCat Awards.
>
> For awards ceremony, Seoul team will prepare 6 paper Certificate of
> Awards with winners name empty. We can write down winners name on the
> spot after Academy Committee’s final selection.
>
> For FOSS4G Seoul Award prize, we’ll give winners direct cash in Korean
> Won as a prize.
>
> Jeff and Jeroen, please let us know how you will give a prize to winners
> and if there’s anything Seoul team should prepare for.
>
> Venka, can you please lead Student Awards ceremony? And I hope Jeff and
> Jeroen could join there for awarding.
>
> Let us know your thoughts on this.
>
> All the best,
>
> Sanghee
> ---
> Sanghee Shin, Chair of FOSS4G 2015 Seoul
> "Toward Diversity! FOSS4G Bigbang from Seoul!"
> http://2015.foss4g.org
> Twitter: @foss4g
> Facebook: FOSS4G2015
> email: foss4gchair at osgeo.org
>
>
>
>
>
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