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

[Daniel Kastl]

Hi Gerald,

It's not really clear to me, how you come to a conclusion, that your
request has been denied by the PSC.
The votes I saw were:

   - +1 from two voters
   - +0 from one voter
   - 0 from two voters

So this is more positive than negative, and there is no veto or something
similar.
In my own comment I also just expressed some concern, but I also said, that
there is no reason not to make a request for funding. I'm not the OSGeo
board, so I'm not in the position to decide on the funding ;-)

What I think to be fair though is to request the mentorship money for GSoC
for the project.
Since Zoo-Project has been participating in GSoC, why not ask for that
money?

Best regards,
Daniel



On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Fenoy Gerald <gerald.fenoy at geolabs.fr>
wrote:

> Hi Markus and all,
> I am fine with your comments and agree with them.
>
> Looking at the current result of the votes, I wonder if it makes sense to
> wait for the other to vote. Indeed I tend to agree on what has been said by
> the PSC members that has voted +0 so I guess I should not feel shy to not
> attend this FOSS4G.
>
> If there is no more vote gathered until Friday, I will inform the FOSS4G
> LOC that they need to remove the presentation and the workshops that has
> been accepted. I will also cancel my hotel reservation.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Gérald Fenoy
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Djay
>
> > Le 21 juil. 2017 à 21:24, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> a écrit :
> >
> > Hi Gérald,
> >
> > I'm >+0 on this (if >+0 exists):
> >
> > - it should be equal for all requesting OSGeo projects or, better,
> another way be found;
> > + many projects are tight on budget and there is no point that
> developers spend their private money on top of their invested time;
> > + too high conference cost is prohibitive, hence some compensation is
> needed.
> >
> > In summary, a strongish +0.
> >
> > Best regards from geobeers at FOSS4G-Europe,
> >
> > Markus
> >
> > On Jul 10, 2017 3:32 PM, "Fenoy Gerald" <gerald.fenoy at geolabs.fr> 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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