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 th
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 poss