[OSGeo-UK] OSGeo:UK AGM and GoFundGeo

[Nick Bearman]

Hello,

I am very pleased to announce the list of projects who have applied for 
GoFundGeo this year. Please find the list at 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17XcO2yKaOAT81OihVCf_mSrVdTVoH0tqMNMOat13ywE/edit?usp=sharing. 


Any questions, please post comments in the document, or ask on here.

Best wishes,
Nick.

On 09/11/2023 1:52 pm, Nick Bearman via UK wrote:
> 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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Nick Bearman
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nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk

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