[SoC] Motion: use GSoC student mobility grant at FOSDEM geospatial devroom

[Vicky Vergara]

Sorry, I got messed up, I thought the whole added up amount of the
"organization reinbursment" we were talking about, not the "mentor stipend"
(which is mentor based limited to $500)

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Margherita Di Leo <diregola at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Vicky,
>
> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Making a bit more flexible
>> - Extra support for non NA/Europe countries students with less PPP
>>   Just comparing flight costs:
>>   madrid-Brussels 134 Euros
>>   Hyderabad-Brussels 1152 Euros  <-- the small addition from their own
>> pocket would not be that small
>>
>
> Google only gives 500 USD for this purpose. To make it fair for everyone,
> next year you can propose them to be used for a conference in Hyderabad.
> Last year nobody came up with a proposal, I think an unfair proposal is
> better than no proposal at all.
> Regards,
>
>>
>> ​There is no mention on what would happen with money not used by this
>> proposal.
>> (imagine only one student participating on FOSSDEM)
>>
>>
>> VIcky
>> PS sending only to OSGeo-Soc based on Jody's mail
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 7:38 AM, Margherita Di Leo <diregola at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear OSGeo Board,
>>>
>>> I would like to propose a motion to be discussed at your earliest
>>> convenience. I'm not sure how to do that, I assume I can write it in this
>>> mailing list?
>>> This is my proposal.
>>> In the payment issued by Google for GSoC 2017, they accounted 500 USD as
>>> a grant for GSoC students mobility. This money should be used as a travel
>>> grant for GSoC students that would like to present their work to
>>> conferences.
>>> I would like to propose that OSGeo use this money for the geospatioal
>>> devroom at FOSDEM 2018 [1,2,3]. Why FOSDEM? Because for several years I
>>> tried to invite GSoC students to present, they replied that they could
>>> consider it only if there was a sort of economical aid. FOSDEM is a
>>> free event and the amount of $500 should decently cover accommodation and
>>> travel at least within Europe, but would make it also possible to join from
>>> outside Europe with a small addition from their own pocket.
>>> Please let me know should you need any additional information /
>>> clarification.
>>> Thank you in advance
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> [1] https://fosdem.org/2018/
>>> [2] https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2017-October/002633.html
>>> [3] Last year's geospatial devroom: https://archive.fosde
>>> m.org/2017/schedule/track/geospatial/
>>>
>>> --
>>> Margherita Di Leo
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> Margherita Di Leo
>



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