[OSGeoLive] Fwd: OSGeo Budget 2019 for projects.

Tue Jan 15 23:50:08 PST 2019

+1 on asking budget so we can at least experiment with this.

Note that aws (and some other vendors) has a program for non-profits so
they can use 2000 $ credits. This may be worth investigating.

On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 10:23 AM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm really hopeful that we'll see some people follow through with
> creating a "OSGeoLive in the Cloud" instance which could be spun up and
> used during training sessions. (This could be a great Google Season of
> Code topic). I think this could be done with free developer AWS
> instances, but it would be good to have access to budget if required to
> support a first deployment.
>
> Also, it would be good to have discretionary funding to pay for
> OSGeoLive USBs for conferences that ask for it during the year. Maybe do
> a print run of 500 to 1000 USBs (That would be 50 to 100 USBs at an
> OSGeo table at a conference/workshop/code sprint, for 10 to 20 events).
>
> On 13/1/19 3:11 am, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) wrote:
> > Hello folks,
> >
> > yes - it is time to think about the budget for 2019.
> >
> > I would like the idea to ask for budget to take part at the FOSS4G
> > Code Sprint and maybe meet with the OSGeoLive team before FOSS4G to
> > work on OSGeoLive face-to-face.
> >
> > https://2019.foss4g.org/schedule/outline/
> >
> > PS: The FOSS4G workshop committee is asking already for the OSGeoLive
> > version 13. So we have a new mission to get OSGeoLive ready for FOSS4G
> > 2019 at the of August.
> > Angelos and I are in the workshop committtee.
> >
> > Astrid
> >
> > Am 07.01.2019 19:41 schrieb Angelos Tzotsos:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >>  Time to think our budget for 2019...
> >>
> >>  Cheers,
> >>  Angelos
> >>
> >>  -------- Forwarded Message --------
> >>
> >>          SUBJECT:
> >>          OSGeo Budget 2019 for projects.
> >>
> >>          DATE:
> >>          Mon, 7 Jan 2019 20:35:54 +0200
> >>
> >>          FROM:
> >>          Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> >>
> >>          TO:
> >>          projects at lists.osgeo.org
> >>
> >>  Dear OSGeo project members,
> >>
> >>  Over the previous years, OSGeo has been proud to support a growing
> >> number of project events, such as code sprints, developer meetings,
> >> and user conferences.
> >>
> >>  OSGeo is reaching out to all committees, including project steering
> >> committees, to help plan our budget for 2019.
> >>
> >>  This year, the board is discussing about assigning a starting budget
> >> of 2000$ to all graduated projects who have reported to the board the
> >> last 12 months (see https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/11
> >> [2]).
> >>
> >>  For projects with more of a plan (to pursue a specific goal) projects
> >> are welcome to send a more detailed request for approval (e.g.
> >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Budget_2019 [3])
> >>
> >>  A good idea is to focus on OSGeo participation, for example attending
> >> the AGM or OSGeo code sprint. Also keep in mind OSGeo goals as an
> >> organization, (e.g. interoperability goal: CITE compliance or
> >> participation developing new standards)
> >>
> >>  We would like to ask you to help us with budget proposals to assist
> >> your project. This will help us set aside a realistic amount of
> >> funding.
> >>
> >>  Please add your project info to the budget draft at:
> >>
> >>  https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2019 [4]
> >>
> >>  ideally by January 14 ahead of our January board meeting.
> >>
> >>  When making a budget request please keep in mind the vision and goals
> >> of our foundation, along with any obligations you wish to meet.
> >>
> >>  Thank you and best wishes,
> >>
> >>  On behalf of OSGeo Board,
> >>
> >>  Angelos
> >>
> >> --
> >> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
> >> Charter Member
> >> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> >> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos [1]
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Links:
> >> ------
> >> [1] http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
> >> [2] https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/11
> >> [3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Budget_2019
> >> [4] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2019
> >>
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