[UN] Budget 2017 UN committee

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Maxi,

I support sending an OSGeo representative to 2 meetings of the OpenGIS 
initiative, for 2017.

I would also suggest that we request funding to host an "OSGeo-UN 
Hackathon" event in 2017, where we would host a 3 day coding event and 
invite lead developers from several OSGeo projects, to work specifically 
with UN partners face-to-face over 3 days.  OSGeo representatives would 
be funded for their time (yes, this is bold and shocking, but, this is 
long overdue).  The amount we would request would be approximately 20k 
(not the usual "3k to slide under the OSGeo Board radar", but an amount 
that says to the OSGeo Board "we are serious about helping the UN and 
its member nations leverage Open, and OSGeo is ready to step into that 
role and invest".

The actual event would be a combination of workshops and hackathons, 
depending on the needs of the UN partners.  As we found out in the 
initial meetings with the UN GIS team in Seoul in 2015, various UN 
partners are already examining OSGeo software, and this event in 2017 
would really gets things moving in this "relationship".

If we wait for the UN to make all of this happen (and wait for their 
funding) well it likely will never happen; so let us, OSGeo, give this 
UN relationship a big kick into high gear, for 2017.

PS. yes I would volunteer to lead this event, create a wiki page with 
more details, budget, research venues, set up program, gather OSGeo 
experts, etc.

-jeff


-- 
Jeff McKenna
President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna




On 2016-12-14 11:11 AM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
> dear UN committee members,
> i was asked to draft a budget for 2017 to be submitted to the OSGeo
> board for approval.
>
> This budget is intended to cover the costs of the committee operations.
>
> My proposal is:
>
> - participation to 2 international meeting of the Open GIS initiative by
> UN whose OSGeo is part per 1 person ~ 3'000 USD (note that geo4all
> participation is intented to be funded by geo4all).
>
> With this mail I'm asking your inputs /comments / feedback before
> forwarding the request to the board.
>
> My plan is to submit it on Sunday if no relevant discussions are raised
> by that time.
>
>
> Regards,
> Maxi
>
>
>
>
> --
> *Massimiliano Cannata*
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