[Oceania-Board] Travel Grant Funding Request for 2025 Global Conference

[Alex Leith]

Hi OSGeo Oceania Board

As you know, FOSS4G 2025 will be held in Auckland and we're anticipating
between 500-700 attendees. We'd like to run a substantial travel grant
program, and will allocate a portion of sponsorship funds towards the
program.

We will be prioritising supporting attendance from the South Pacific,
South-East Asia and South America, but will open to anywhere.
Previous programs in Oceania have supported around 10 people per event to
attend, and the event had around 150 people attending, so a little under
10%. If we can support 40+ people to attend the global event, that would be
fantastic. The total cost for this will be something like $25-50 k USD.
($40-80 k AUD.)

We'd like to request $15,000 ASD from OSGeo to support this initiative. We
have requested a similar amount from OSGeo, and as noted, will top this up
as we achieve sponsorship.

Thank you for your consideration!

Kind regards,

Alex and Simon
Co-Chairs FOSS4G 2025

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*Alex Leith*
m: +61 419 189 050
https://auspatious.com
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