[OSGeo-UK] OSGeo:UK AGM 11th Oct 2022 12-1 & Funding of Open Source Geo projects

[Nick Bearman]

We have received some submissions for OSGeo:UK Sponsorship, which we are 
going to discuss at the AGM on Tuesday 11th Oct at 12 noon UK time.

I have collated these into a document available for anyone to view at 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cHdzrLIAEsp73neJiXGagaz_zeh4GAiH6gVgMZIwPQw/edit?usp=sharing. 


Please do have a look before the AGM, and bring your comments along for 
our discussion during the AGM. Details here: 
https://uk.osgeo.org/agm/agm2022.html.

I am also pleased to confirm that we have £6000 - £7000 available, and 
additionally the RGS GISc Research Group have contributed £250 to be 
allocated to Open Source Geo projects.

Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday.

Best wishes,
Nick.

On 9/9/22 11:44, Nick Bearman wrote:
> Plans for FOSS4G:UK Local 2022 are developing quickly - we have a 
> range of venues, including Keyworth. Please register online and send 
> in your talks now! Details at https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2022local/.
>
> We also have scheduled the AGM for Tue 11th Oct, 12-1. We will run 
> this online, with the link circulated here and posted online. An 
> agenda is posted online at https://uk.osgeo.org/agm/agm2022.html, and 
> there are a number of official agenda items we have to cover.
>
> We are also going to discuss OSGeo:UK sponsorship, and this is where 
> we want your input. As discussed at the 2021 AGM 
> (https://uk.osgeo.org/agm/agm2021minutes.html) we have an overall 
> budget of money. This may be in-excess of the £5k mentioned in the 
> minutes, but is unlikely to be significantly above this. We are 
> looking to use this money to fund projects in the range of £500 - 
> £1000 each.
>
> We would like to hear from you - what project(s) do you think we 
> should fund? We are making this as simple a process as possible, so 
> please submit your ideas to osgeouk at gmail.com by Mon 10th Oct. We will 
> need a short paragraph that covers what is being funded, why it is 
> useful, who will do it and how much you are applying for. We will 
> share these for discussion at the AGM.
>
> We have funding guidelines online at 
> https://uk.osgeo.org/fundingguidelines.html, but briefly, we only fund 
> open source projects, our preference is to support discrete pieces of 
> work, or to meet specific sponsorship levels, and we are focused on 
> items that will benefit the UK community.
>
> We will discuss the submissions at the AGM, and decide which ones to fund.
>
> Everyone is welcome at the AGM, so please come along to discuss which 
> projects we should support.
>
> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
>
> Best wishes,
> Nick.
>
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> OSGeo:UK Chair
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> nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
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