[OSGeo Oceania] [FOSS4G-Oceania] Fwd: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G Travel Grant Programme is open for applications from LOCs

[John Bryant]

Thanks Liz, will be great to have you on board :)

On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 16:28, Elizabeth Lomani <lizlomani at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
> I'd like to work with TGP if there is still space
>
> Thank
> Elizabeth
>
> On Sat, 29 Feb 2020, 5:25 PM John Bryant, <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Greg! Looking forward to working with you on another successful
>> TGP.
>>
>> On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 18:07, Greg Lauer <gregory.lauer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am happy to continue assisting with TGP in 2020
>>>
>>> On 28 Feb 2020, at 00:27, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> See below, OSGeo has issued a call for applications for local Travel
>>> Grant Program funding support for 2020. FOSS4G SotM Oceania has been a
>>> recipient of this funding to support our TGP for the last 2 years, and I
>>> think we should ask for support again for this year's event in Fiji. The
>>> deadline for applications is 31 March, so that gives us about *4 weeks* to
>>> get ourselves organised. See last year's application for reference [1].
>>>
>>> I think the first step here is to activate a TGP working group. In 2019
>>> the working group had a couple of changes over the year, but in the end we
>>> had 4 of us (me, Greg Lauer, Jonah Sulivan, and David Garcia). The working
>>> group did the work of finding funding, setting criteria, issuing the call
>>> for applications, pulling together a selection panel, making selections,
>>> and working closely with grantees to make sure they have a great
>>> experience. It's quite a bit of work, but hugely gratifying and a very
>>> effective way to knit together our community across a huge region.
>>>
>>> So, who can commit to working on this important project over the next 9
>>> months? We should aim to have at least 3 or 4 people who are willing to
>>> oversee this program and put in some time on making sure it's a success.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> John
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_CNp_VyP7ic3IoyzWtwFu6i67nHfggWcdm3OGbiT760
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>> From: Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 03:59
>>> Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G Travel Grant Programme is open for
>>> applications from LOCs
>>> To: Conference Dev <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
>>> Cc: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> The TGP sub-group of the OSGeo Conference Committee is pleased to invite
>>> applications from organising committees of Global, Regional and National
>>> FOSS4G events for financial support for a TGP for your event.
>>>
>>> Details of the application criteria are at
>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Travel_Grant_Programme_Cookbook#Applications_to_the_Conference_Committee_for_OSGeo_support
>>>
>>> Please briefly answer the 8 questions/criteria listed in the TGP
>>> Cookbook (restrict your response to a maximum of 2 pages of A4) and post
>>> your application on the Conference mailing list by 31st March at the
>>> latest.
>>>
>>> If you have any questions please post them on the Conference list only,
>>> although we are also posting this announcement to the Discuss list for
>>> information we will not be monitoring Discuss for responses or replying via
>>> that list
>>>
>>> We hope to announce the allocation of our TGP budget around the middle
>>> of April.
>>>
>>> May the FOSS be with you
>>>
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