I believe that GSoC people should make a proposal to be discussed at board level, of course hints from everyone is welcome...
Maxi Il 26 ago 2017 7:02 PM, "Marc Vloemans" <marcvloema...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Dear Vicky, > > Before going into your question; decisions to spend money on codesprints > or student conference attendance has not been part of the Marketing > Committee remit. > > Perhaps the Board can decide on the what/where/how of this type of support? > > Kind regards, > Marc Vloemans > > > Op 26 aug. 2017 om 18:51 heeft Vicky Vergara <vi...@georepublic.de> het > volgende geschreven: > > > > Hello all > This thread started on the osgeo mentors list. > By suggestion of Margherita I tried to move it to marketing, but it never > arrived, so I am sending to discuss.. > Sorry I can not give you links to the different responses, it so happens > that OSGeo google mentors mailing list is private (for what ever reason). > > Please have a look. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Margherita Di Leo <dileomargher...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:01 AM > Subject: Re: [OSGeo GSoC Mentors] Hello all > To: osgeo-gsoc-ment...@googlegroups.com > > > Dear Vicky, Maxi, all, > > The money that OSGeo gets from Google is this year 500USD per student. > Before i was admin and also before i acted as a mentor, this matter was > discussed among the mentors at the time, whether to distribute the money > among the mentors or to destinate them to another use, being this decision > up to the organizations participating in gsoc. As far as i can tell, the > problem of distributing the money to the mentors was to make a lot of small > payments of which a considerable part would be eaten by bank transfers and > currency changes. So it was agreed that the whole sum should be used to > support code sprints instead. > Now, if you guys think this should be discussed over again, you're > welcome, but this would apply to next year's budget, and should be agreed > upon by all mentors. > My personal opinion: I think it more useful to use the budget for a common > purpose rather than distributing it in small amounts, for example if you > don't like it destinated to code sprints, would be to use it for financial > support for students to attend conferences. For example at fosdem we have > been organizing the geospatial session and i have every year invited our > gsoc students to present their works but they couldn't afford the travel > and accommodation. > Google also gives 500USD for supporting students travel to conferences, > you mentors will be asked to propose a name of a deserving gsoc student and > an event that he or she would like to attend and in case of multiple names > we will either split the aid or choose among the students. Last year if I > remember correctly this call was made directly to mentors by google to > provide names to them of deserving students, but i'm not aware if anyone of > osgeo made the request or got funded. > Back to your specific request, Vicky, I suggest you address this to the > osgeo marketing committee , that is administering osgeo's budget, and they > should be able to give you an answer. > > > > Il giorno ven 25 ago 2017 alle 17:22 Massimiliano Cannata < > massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> ha scritto: > >> Hi Viky and all, >> sorry to be direct (as always :-D) but.. >> >> As far as I know, nobody ever used the mentor money. >> They were always, silently (I hear some rumors on this), retained by >> OSGeo as organization. >> >> If is possible to use that money, I think this should be clearly stated >> along with the procedure to access it. >> As long term istSOS mentor, i would also be interested in using these >> money to support dissemination of the project. >> >> Regards, >> Maxi >> >> 2017-08-25 17:09 GMT+02:00 Vicky Vergara <vi...@georepublic.de>: >> >>> Hi, >>> pgRouting team members, have being participating mentoring since even >>> before I joined the team. >>> There is a FOSS4G in Argentina, and we would like to use some of the >>> money that was for mentors, to support that trip. >>> Do you know how to get those funds? and/or the process to get those >>> funds? >>> The money is planned to be used in: >>> - airplane fare for 1 person >>> - hotel >>> - pgRouting, OSGeo and OSGeo-GSoC poster promotionals >>> >>> >>> Vicky >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "OSGeo GSoC Mentors" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to osgeo-gsoc-mentors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Massimiliano Cannata* >> >> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica >> >> Responsabile settore Geomatica >> >> >> Istituto scienze della Terra >> >> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design >> >> Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana >> >> Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio >> >> Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 >> >> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 >> >> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch >> >> *www.supsi.ch/ist <http://www.supsi.ch/ist>* >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "OSGeo GSoC Mentors" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to osgeo-gsoc-mentors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Margherita Di Leo > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OSGeo GSoC Mentors" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to osgeo-gsoc-mentors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > > Georepublic UG (haftungsbeschränkt) > Salzmannstraße 44, > 81739 München, Germany > > Vicky Vergara > Operations Research > > eMail: vi...@georepublic.de > Web: https://georepublic.info > > Tel: +49 (089) 4161 7698-1 > Fax: +49 (089) 4161 7698-9 > > Commercial register: Amtsgericht München, HRB 181428 > CEO: Daniel Kastl > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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