[OSGeo Oceania] [FOSS4G-Oceania] Good Mojo funds

[Alex Leith]

Hey folks

I think this is a complex topic, because there’s a serious question in my
mind about the ethics of encouraging travel in this time of global pandemic.

I wholeheartedly encourage the purpose of the travel grant program, which
is to encourage diversity and inclusion, but we do need to think carefully
about it.

Financially, there’s funds there and the parent organisation, OSGeo, has
been very supportive of our requests for support in the past too.

Plus there’s the implementation of the grants process, so that we can try
to be balanced across Oceania, if we do proceed with a program.

I think we should carefully address the question of whether we should be
encouraging travel first. And after that, if we choose to proceed, we can
talk about how we implement it.

Cheers,

Alex

On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 at 8:10 pm, Jonah Sullivan <jonahsullivan79 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for bringing this up John.
>
> I agree, the Good Mojo fund is meant to make the conference more
> accessible and more representative of our region.
>
> In the past two years 20 people were enabled to attend the conference and
> side-events:
> In 2019 <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_SotM_Oceania_2019#Good_Mojo>,
> 13 people
> In 2018 <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_SotM_Oceania_2018#Good_Mojo>,
> 7 people
>
> The Good Mojo program is related to the OSGeo Travel Grant Program
> <https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/foss4g-travel-grant-program/>, which
> has similar aims: "to facilitate accessibility and diversity at our global
> and regional FOSS4G events".
>
> I think these traditions should continue, and I'm sure our parent
> organisation (OSGeo) would endorse this position as well.
>
> I request the OSGeo Oceania board to consider how to use Good Mojo funds
> to support this event and the broader community.
>
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 at 17:39, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I think there are substantial funds left in the Good Mojo fund from
>> the last 2 conferences. The funds were contributed by sponsors & attendees
>> for use in community goodwill activities related to the conference, like
>> travel grants, women's breakfast, childcare, etc.
>>
>> Can we access these funds for Good Mojo activities at the hub events? I'm
>> thinking of some free registrations, maybe a bit of travel assistance, a
>> breakfast, maybe some extra environmental initiatives, stuff like that.
>>
>> I guess this is ultimately a question for OSGeo Oceania as the holder of
>> the Good Mojo fund. But I think we're meant to ask Jonah first.
>>
>> So, Jonah? What do you think?
>>
>> Cheers
>> John
>>
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