We are listing GSOC as a initiative, can the participating mentors make a decision?
I have suggestions (such as a donate to the travel grant program for student travel) but it should be up to the participants. On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 10:11 AM Massimiliano Cannata < massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote: > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- -- Jody Garnett
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