[OSGeo-UK] OSGeo:UK AGM and GoFundGeo

[Nick Bearman]

This is your last call for GoFundGeo projects!

Currently we have 7 projects, asking for a total of ~£4600. With a 
budget of £6000, that leaves us a bit to spare. What would you like it 
to fund?!

I will circulate the list of projects and details on Mon 13th Nov, for 
discussion at the AGM on Mon 20th Nov.

Any questions, please do ask.

Best wishes,
Nick.

On 02/11/2023 3:45 pm, Nick Bearman wrote:
> A reminder please do submit your projects to GoFundGeo by Mon 13th Nov 
> 2023!
>
> Best wishes,
> Nick.
>
> On 16/10/2023 12:23 pm, Nick Bearman wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I can confirm that the OSGeo:UK AGM will take place on Mon 20th Nov 
>> 2024, 12pm - 1pm (GMT, UK/London) online using Zoom. More details 
>> available at https://uk.osgeo.org/agm/agm2023.html, including the 
>> draft agenda. We hope to see you there.
>>
>> Of particular note we will also discuss how we want to use the £6000 
>> of funding to support open source geospatial software development. 
>> We've decided to call this 'GoFundGeo' and we are running the process 
>> similar to last year, where we supported 5 projects with a total of 
>> £3,878.52.
>>
>> We are looking to use this money to fund relevant 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 by Mon 13th Nov 2023 (one week before the AGM on Mon 
>> 20th Nov 2303). 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.
>>
>> I am also very pleased to confirm that the RGS-IBG GIScience Research 
>> Group who provided funding of £250 in 2022 have agreed to provide 
>> £250 again in 2023.
>>
>> If your organisation is interested supporting future funding, please 
>> email osgeouk at gmail.com.
>>
>> If you have any comments, or would like anything discussed at the 
>> AGM, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Nick.
>>
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