[SoC] Windup, and Mentor Summit, Mentor Payments
Simone Giannecchini
simboss1 at gmail.com
Sat Sep 1 13:11:10 EDT 2007
Ciao Frank,
I agree with donating the money to OSGEO, I think it could be a good
opportunity to raise some funding we could make good use in the
future.
Simone.
On 9/1/07, Tim Keitt <tkeitt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Frank,
>
> I'd be happy to donate mine to OSGeo. If you have 501c status, would
> it be possible to get receipt for tax purposes?
>
> THK
>
> On 8/31/07, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > We have had a successful program this summer, and all our surveys are in
> > on time. Only one student failed - he seemed to disappear after the midterm
> > survey. I'm very pleased with the work on GDAL that I am directly familiar
> > with.
> >
> > Mentor Summit
> > -------------
> >
> > Google has indicated that OSGeo is welcome to send up to three delegates
> > to the Summer of Code Mentor Conference October 6th. Google is reembursing
> > reasonable travel expenses (upto $500 within US, $1200 from outside) and
> > providing a hotel for one night.
> >
> > If anyone is potentially interested, let me know and I can provide some
> > details.
> >
> > Mentor Payments
> > ---------------
> >
> > The program includes a $500USD payment for each mentor. These payments are
> > made to the mentor organization (OSGeo). It isn't clear to me what we are
> > going to do with this money. Should OSGeo try and distribute it to all the
> > mentors? Should we consider it a "contribution to OSGeo"? Should we make
> > it optional for the mentor?
> >
> > I'd appreciate thoughts on this. I will say that from an administrative
> > point of view it would be most convenient to just leave the money with
> > OSGeo. :-)
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > ---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------
> > I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmerdam at pobox.com
> > light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
> > and watch the world go round - Rush | President OSGeo, http://osgeo.org
> >
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>
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