Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

2017-11-21 Thread Mark Iliffe
Hi Suchith, I'm looking forward to hearing from the board! To further bolster this, I would look to use the funds exclusively on supporting the students to attend FOSS4G - flights, subsistence, hotels etc. This will make the money go a little bit further, and for little bit more on our side, it c

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

2017-11-21 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi Mark, Thank you for your mail and volunteering to administer (on behalf of LOC Dar) directly the $2k from the OSGeo board for this. I leave to the OSGeo Board to decide this as appropriate. Personally, I believe having FOSS4G in Africa in 2018, is a great opportunity esp. for the students i

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

2017-11-21 Thread Mark Iliffe
Dear Suchith, Notwithstanding Till’s email regarding the separation of the TGP and GeoForAll, I would like to formally request that you reconsider the withdrawal of the $2k application to the OSGeo board. If necessary, the Dar LOC can administer directly the $2k from the OSGeo board - instead o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

2017-11-21 Thread Suchith Anand
Yes, Charlie’s idea is excellent and very strategic for future GeoForAll expansion ideas, so we are going to follow up this. My suggestion is that we will do everything first to see if we can get volunteers with the required skillsets that we need for this work. If there are no volunteers for t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

2017-11-21 Thread SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
What about what Charlie suggested? Regarding a way to make possible 2-4 concrete multi-GeoForAll lab educational content collaborations? In the GeoFolrAll iberoamerica network there are many labs that will be very interested in these kind of collaborations... Sergio Acosta y Lara Departamento d