[UN] Budget 2017 UN committee - hackathon in South Africa?

Thu Mar 2 07:43:54 PST 2017

Thanks, Maria, looking forward to hearing from them. 

Regards,
Serena

On 23 Feb 2017, at 20:14, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> wrote:

Dear Serena, excellent.
I put in CC Prof. Ki-Joune Li and Dr. Kyoung-Soo Eom asking them to contribute with ideas and UN people to invite. As OSGeo is involved in UN OpenGIS in my opinion we should consider an Hackaton in line with this initiative. 
Best regards,
Maria

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Da: Serena Coetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com> 
Data: 23/02/17 15:34 (GMT+01:00) 
A: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> 
Cc: Fleming Gavin <gavinjfleming at gmail.com>, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>, Bridget Fleming <fleming.bridget at gmail.com>, un at lists.osgeo.org 
Oggetto: Re: [UN] Budget 2017 UN committee - hackathon in South Africa? 

Dear Maria and all, 

we discussed the OSGeo-Hackathon for FOSS4G 2017 at last week’s LOC meeting. A codesprint was aleady planned for the Saturday after the conference (1 July). We would like to transform this into the OSGeo-UN Hackathon. Jeff McKenna will be there for the codesprint. Gavin has found a suitable venue, the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) http://www.jcse.org.za/ <http://www.jcse.org.za/>, close to the conference venue. It is based at Wits university and should attract young people to participate and to be incentivized.  

Gavin will prepare a budget and send it to you soon. 

We have not yet discussed themes of interest for the Hackaton. Will put that on the agenda of the next LOC. You are welcome to propose themes!

If there are any suggestions about UN partners to invite, let us know...

Regards
Serena

On 15 Feb 2017, at 08:31, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:

Dear Gavin
In my opinion the main point is to give the possibility to young people to participate. On the other side some prizes can incentivize the participation as well. 

My suggestion is to have
1000 $ first prize
500 $ second prize

and use the other money for meals and travels. 
I don't understand what you mean with registration. Generally there are no registration cost for Hackaton.

Shall we define also some themes of interest for the Hackaton? In case I can figure out what we can propose following the activity that UN OpenGIS is currently doing.

Thanks a lot!
Cheers,
Maria

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Da: Gavin Fleming <gavinjfleming at gmail.com <mailto:gavinjfleming at gmail.com>> 
Data: 14/02/17 16:01 (GMT+01:00) 
A: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>, Serena Coetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com <mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>> 
Cc: Bridget Fleming <fleming.bridget at gmail.com <mailto:fleming.bridget at gmail.com>>, un at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:un at lists.osgeo.org> 
Oggetto: Re: [UN] Budget 2017 UN committee - hackathon in South Africa? 

Hi all

For FOSS4G Africa 2017 http://foss4g-africa.org <http://foss4g-africa.org/> we are planning a traditional one day FOSS4G codesprint for 1 July, which could easily morph into a UN GIS hackathon. I'm sure we could also figure out a way to make a three day hackathon work, possibly working it into the conference itself.

What budget items should we provide?

Meals?
Prizes?
Travel?
Registration?

We've also got a collaboration going with the JCSE Johannesburg Centre for Software Engineering...For promotion, venue, etc.

Regards

Gavin

On Fri, 3 Feb 2017, 15:34 Suchith Anand, <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk <mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
This is an excellent idea.

Suchith
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Subject: Re: [UN] Budget 2017 UN committee - hackathon in South Africa?

Dear Serena

I'm supportive with respect of this initiative, which can be connected both to UN OpenGIS and FOSS4G 2018.

Please can you send a draft budget to the Committee in order to evaluate the initiative also from the economic point of view?

My suggestions are

1) to use as much as possible of the budget for awarding the winners of the hackathon and to include in this discussion also the two chairs of FOSS4G 2018.

Please, members of the Committee, feel free to comment.

Best regards,

Maria

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Da: Serena Coetzee <serenacoetzee at gmail.com <mailto:serenacoetzee at gmail.com>>
Inviato: venerdì 3 febbraio 2017 11.27
A: Maria Antonia Brovelli
Cc: Jeff McKenna; un at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:un at lists.osgeo.org>; Fleming Gavin; Bridget Fleming
Oggetto: Re: [UN] Budget 2017 UN committee - hackathon in South Africa?

Dear Maria,

I want to come back to you about this email sent a while ago already…

As you probably know, there will be a FOSS4G Southern Africa conference this year in the last week of June (https://qgis.org.za/en/events/foss4g-southern-africa-and-qgis-user-group-conference/ <https://qgis.org.za/en/events/foss4g-southern-africa-and-qgis-user-group-conference/>) and next year the FOSS4G2018 will be in Africa.

Local organizing committee (LOC) of this year’s conference are interested in attaching a hackathon to the conference (they are CC’d in). Based on the budget that was approved by the OSGeo Board, it will not be enough for the three day hackathon proposed by Jeff (see bottom of the email), but it could be used to arrange a one day hackathon?

This could be an opportunity to raise awareness of the UN Open GIS initiative in Africa, and also to raise awareness of FOSS4G 2018 in Africa. From what I gathered during our VTC calls, all the other events planned for this year will be on other continents.

The LOC is meeting later today. Maybe I can bring feedback from the LOC to our next VTC call to discuss the possibility?

Regards
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On 15 Dec 2016, at 17:43, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it><mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>> wrote:

Dear All
I agree with the proposal.
Maria

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Da: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com><mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>>
Data: 15/12/16 16:32 (GMT+01:00)
A: un at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:un at lists.osgeo.org><mailto:un at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:un at lists.osgeo.org>>
Oggetto: Re: [UN] Budget 2017 UN committee

Please also note that this would not an official request for 20k from
the OSGeo Board, this is to let the OSGeo Board know that this is the
amount that we foresee the OSGeo UN committee possibly requesting, in
2017, for the first of its kind, an "OSGeo-UN Hackathon", attended by
OSGeo's project leads and UN partners.

-jeff

On 2016-12-15 10:18 AM, Serena Coetzee wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I support the idea of the hackathon to get things going. It shows commitment.
>
> I would be hesitant about funding travel because it may set a precedent and create expectations, but since this is an important initiative in its early stages, I think there is much value in face-to-face meetings.
>
> Regards,
> Serena
>
> On 15 Dec 2016, at 15:06, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com><mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>

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