I agree. I was thinking aloud on the list so I can get more ideas coming in :-)
We want to get ideas/inputs from everyone before we decide the exact amount for the student prizes. May be we should aim for 1000 USD maximum for each global FOSS4G event for the student prizes (First , second and third prize) with certificate . That way we may be able to provide more for other FOSS4G events also as needed. The Travel Grant program for the global FOSS4G event is important , so maybe the solution is 1000 USD for student prize and 2000 USD for Student Travel grant to support widening participation. Is that okay? For local FOSS4G events maybe the aim should be 500 USD budget for the student awards. We will not be doing travel grants for local FOSS4G events as the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future. I will wait for inputs ideas from everyone . If you all can send before 22nd Nov it is greatly appreciated as I can then use the new estimates to propose GeoForAll budget including all these. Best wishes, Suchith ________________________________________ From: Steven Feldman <shfeld...@gmail.com> Sent: 20 November 2017 1:07 PM To: Suchith Anand Cc: Mark Iliffe; discuss osgeo; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; conference Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions Sounds like a lot of money for these awards Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs, we don’t solve that with the possibility of a prize. Would some of this money not be better invested in facilitating more people (students, academics, developers and practitioners) to attend FOSS4G? ______ Steven On 20 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote: Thanks Mark for the query. Yes, This is specifically for awarding the best presentations/posters of students at FOSS4G conference. It is fully upto the LOC to decide the criteria for this and plan this. It will need to be given at the closing ceremony and it will be good if someone from the LOC (after the event) sends us some photos and short blogpost for the OSGeo website. The bigger aim is to get more students to submit the work for FOSS4G conferences as well as providing recognition for the excellent work of students. Best wishes, Suchith ________________________________________ From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brove...@polimi.it<mailto:maria.brove...@polimi.it>> Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand Cc: discuss osgeo; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geofor...@lists.osgeo.org>; conference Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions Dear Mark These are prizes for the best presentations or posters of young authors at the conference. They are given at the closing session and there will be a jury at the conference evaluating posters and presentations. It is different from the travel grants. Best, Maria Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung -------- Messaggio originale -------- Da: Mark Iliffe <markili...@gmail.com<mailto:markili...@gmail.com>> Data: 20/11/17 13:11 (GMT+01:00) A: Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk>> Cc: discuss osgeo <discuss@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org>>, geofor...@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geofor...@lists.osgeo.org>, conference <conference_...@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:conference_...@lists.osgeo.org>> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions Dear All, Thank you for this! Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the two programs are targeting similar constituencies in groups that need to have their participation widened, so understanding GeoForAll’s specific guidelines will help guide the LOC in the appropriate approach. In that respect, with the LOC, I’m happy for this to be ran within the LOC, as a LOC effort too. Let us know what further information you require/want to discuss too! Thanks! Mark On 20 Nov 2017, at 02:44, Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote: Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated. Best wishes, Suchith ________________________________________ From: serenacoetzee <serenacoet...@gmail.com<mailto:serenacoet...@gmail.com>> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM To: Maria Antonia Brovelli Cc: Suchith Anand; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geofor...@lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo Subject: Re: [Geo4All] R: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions Dear Maria, happy to assist if you need help. Regards, Serena Sent from my iPhone On 20 Nov 2017, at 09:39, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brove...@polimi.it<mailto:maria.brove...@polimi.it><mailto:maria.brove...@polimi.it>> wrote: Dear Suchith I can lead the prizes commission and celebration for FOSS4G 2018 Dar, being the Chair of the Academic Track. If there is somebody else willing to help me, please show you up. Best. Maria Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung -------- Messaggio originale -------- Da: Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk>> Data: 20/11/17 02:07 (GMT+01:00) A: geofor...@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geofor...@lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geofor...@lists.osgeo.org>, discuss osgeo <discuss@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org>> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions Dear all, We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar. My suggestion is that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences (global or local). These awards will be decided and given by the FOSS4G LoC. But before we make this request to OSGeo Board , I would like to know if FOSS4G 2018 LOC in Dar Es Salaam will like to give Student awards (max 3500 USD in total for global event) and is there anyone in the LOC willing to coordinate this. Unless there is someone in LOC willing to do this, we cannot make this possible. If there are any other FOSS4G local events happening in 2018 and wish to give student awards , the LOC can contact the GeoForAll mail lists informing their interest and contact person and we can plan to allocate the rest (maximum 1000 USD per local event - so maximum 4 local events will be supported per year) My question is - Is there any one in FOSS4G 2018 LOC and local FOSS4G conferences happening in 2018 interested to give student awards and willing to be point of contact for this. Ideally, if the LOCs can match fund this with external funding the better for expanding impact . Please let us know asap, so we can make an informed decision. thanks. Best wishes, Suchith ________________________________________ From: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org><mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brove...@polimi.it<mailto:maria.brove...@polimi.it><mailto:maria.brove...@polimi.it>> Sent: 19 November 2017 4:15 PM To: geofor...@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geofor...@lists.osgeo.org><mailto:geofor...@lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions Sorry for my mistake. Below the correct version (Early Bird 15 May 2018!!!!) Dear All please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way: Abstract Submission deadline is 15 February 2018 Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018 Early Bird Registration closes 15 May 2018 Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by 30 April 2018 I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. They are published in “The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences”, which are open access publications, published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 License and listed in the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) of the Web of Science, SCOPUS, the E/I Compendex,and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Here the call for papers: https://easychair.org/cfp/FOSS4G2018ACA We are looking forward to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam (http://2018.foss4g.org/) Maria, Ally Hassan and the whole LOC Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies ---------------------------------------------------- Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing Politecnico di Milano ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG) Sol Katz Award 2015 P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy) Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867, <mailto:maria.brove...@polimi.it> maria.brove...@polimi.it<mailto:maria.brove...@polimi.it> ________________________________ Da: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brove...@polimi.it<mailto:maria.brove...@polimi.it>> Inviato: domenica 19 novembre 2017 16:56 A: geofor...@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geofor...@lists.osgeo.org>; discuss osgeo Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions Dear All please be noticed that, due to the extension of the Early Bird Registration and to the many requests, the deadlines of the FOSS4G Academic Track in Dar Es Salaam have been changed in this way: Abstract Submission deadline is 15 February 2018 Abstract acceptance notice is 15 March 2018 Early Bird Registration closes 31 March 2018 Camera ready paper for the Proceedings has to be submitted by 30 April 2018 I recall you that the Proceedings of the Academic Track will be ready the First Day of the Conference. 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