[Qgis-psc] Possibility of hackfest funding for non-EU devs?

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi PSC,

I think it is time to better integrate the non-european devs.

Paolo suggested to have parallel dev meetings in other parts of the 
world, but I for discussions and more productive outcome of meetings it 
is better to meet in person. In Nyalls particular case it would be good 
to have him here to discuss the print composer redesign and the 
reporting engine. Also for the discussion when to start version 3.0

Our finances allow us to sponsor 2-4 non-european core devs. It should 
be made clear that we cannot afford to fly in all non-european devs for 
every meeting, but that non-european core-devs can also participate 
every nth meeting (lets say every two years or so). This can be revised 
if our financial situation changes.

So, I'd like to support Nyalls application, even if I am not on the PSC.

Thanks for considering this application and thanks in advance for a 
timely decision (so Nyall or other potential devs can plan their travels),
Andreas

On 30.03.2015 13:34, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
> Il 30/03/2015 13:32, Nyall Dawson ha scritto:
>
>> I'm writing to raise the issue of funding for non European developers
>> to attend the hackfest. I'd love to attend but without sponsorship
>> this is not a possibility.
>>
>> I understand that this is a tricky issue. For reference, flights from
>> Australia to Denmark are roughly $1800-2000 AUD (return), and I
>> understand that for the same cost of funding a single non-EU developer
>> potentially 2/3 other EU developers could be funded.
>>
>> Is this something which can be discussed by the PSC?
> Hi Nyall,
> thanks for raising this. I think it is an important point, not to be missed.
> As a parameter, most flights to HFs are in the 200-300 € range.
> All the best.
>