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

[Jody Garnett]

Quick question, we have a travel grant program for use to help attend
events. Could this be considered fundraising for the global travel grant
program emarked for students?

I just ask because the travel grant program has up to a 10k match from
OSGeo, so your $500 would become $1000 :)

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Jody Garnett

On 8 November 2017 at 07:16, 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
>
> ​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
>
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> 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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