[OSGeo-UK] GoFundGeo 2024

[Nick Bearman]

Every year at our AGM (November) we use surplus funds from FOSS4G:UK conferences (and other funds) to support Open Source Geospatial software projects that will have an impact in the UK. In 2023 we supported 7 projects with a total of £5,633 and in 2022 we supported 5 projects with £3,879.

This year we have a budget of £6,000 and will be making the decision about which projects we support at our AGM on Mon 18th November. Come along and have your say!

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 toosgeouk at gmail.com  by Wed 13th Nov 2024 (just before the AGM on Mon 18th Nov 2024). 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 to the email list on Thu 14th Nov, for discussion at the AGM on Mon 18th Nov.

We have funding guidelines (https://uk.osgeo.org/fundingguidelines.html) and 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.

We are hopeful again to get support from the RGS-IBG GIScience Research Group who have previously provided funding of £250 to support GoFundGeo projects. If your organisation is interested in supporting this, please emailosgeouk at gmail.com.

If you have any questions, or need any more information please see the website https://uk.osgeo.org/gofundgeo.html, emailosgeouk at gmail.com  or come along to FOSS4G:UK 2024 South West in Bristol on 12th November (https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2024/bristol.html).

Best wishes,
Nick.

Nick Bearman
OSGeo:UK Chair

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