[ZOO-PSC] Requesting funds to go the FOSS4G 2017

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Hi Gerald,
my vote is 0
since, I fully agree that the costs are way too much and one could think if
these money could have a better investment... Maybe in another conference
where further expand the range of users?

Maxi

Il 10 lug 2017 5:16 PM, "nicolas bozon" <nicolas.bozon at gmail.com> ha
scritto:

> Hi Gérald,
>
> +1 for you to request the 2000$US from the OSGeo Board and to use it at
> Boston.
>
> I do also agree with you that both giving and attending ZOO Workshop and
> Presentation at FOSS4G cost more and more unfortunatelly.
>
> Best,
>
> Nick
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2017-07-10 16:56 GMT+02:00 Venkatesh Raghavan <
> raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>:
>
>> Gerald,
>>
>> Thanks for all your efforts to showcase ZOO and Mapmint at
>> FOSS4G-2017 Boston.
>>
>> The approved budget for 2017 [1] includes 17,500 for PSC
>> (Codesprints, Developer meetings) and ZOO-project has requested
>> for 2000USD (not Euro).
>>
>> I am +1 for using this amount for supporting organizing of
>> Z00 and MapMint workshop at FOSS4G-Boton and
>> participating in the Code Sprint.
>>
>> I think you should send a request to the board for releasing
>> this funds after getting approval prom ZOO-PSC.
>>
>> Hope you have a very fruitful time at FOSS4G-2017, Boston.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Venka
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2017
>>
>>
>> On 7/10/2017 10:31 PM, Fenoy Gerald wrote:
>>
>>> Dear ZOO-PSC members,
>>> I do apologize to come back to you so late about this specific query but
>>> at this point there is no other way around, so I have to send you this
>>> email.
>>>
>>> I would like to request for funds for being able to attend the FOSS4G
>>> 2017 in Boston. Indeed, as you have probably noticed we have been accepted
>>> for both the ZOO-Project and the MapMint workshop.
>>>
>>> Thanks to this acceptance, we got free tickets to attend the conference.
>>> Then for the MapMint workshop we asked for refund after the conference,
>>> this should make 750 $US when this money is send.
>>>
>>> Still, this does not even cover the fees I have advanced already for the
>>> flight tickets …. (bought in january this year for having cheap price).
>>>
>>> I have also booked a hotel, but for the first time in my life when
>>> preparing my journey to the global FOSS4G I have selected a hotel that I
>>> can cancel few days before the conference. Only the hotel for the minimum
>>> number of nights is around 1200€ which sounds not very reasonable for
>>> someone like me that is only willing to promote the software.
>>>
>>> Obviously there will be a Code Sprint there, and we have filled the fund
>>> request to OSGeo at the end of the last year (if I recall correctly the
>>> dates) for attending code sprint.
>>>
>>> So I would like to request for the full amount of money that we have
>>> asked to the OSGeo, so 2000€, for attending the global FOSS4G this year.
>>>
>>> I hope to hear from you and we can accept my proposal, in other case I
>>> will have to inform the FOSS4G LOC that both MapMint and ZOO-Project
>>> workshops and the ZOO-Project presentation will be canceled. Looking at the
>>> price for attending the conference, I still wonder if our place is there or
>>> not as selecting attendees on the money they are able to expense during the
>>> summer period is probably far from our initial vision … ( when I say « our
>>> place » I mean a place for any free software).
>>>
>>> I hope to hear your thoughts on this matter.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gérald Fenoy
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Djay
>>>
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