Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G TGP experiences

2018-09-26 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks Steven, I had some contact on telegram with several more travel grant recipients what would like to share their story. Is there any interest in running a second article. -- Jody Garnett On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 at 00:38, Steven Feldman wrote: > Jody pointed out that I posted this article in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G TGP experiences

2018-09-26 Thread adam steer
Thanks Steven, this is great and we will follow this model with our TGP in Oceania. Maria - well said. +100 Till (and all the board, and all of OSgeo) - thanks again for your support for our TGP, it’s had a fantastic response. While fairly small, it already looks like it will be instrumental in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G TGP experiences

2018-09-26 Thread Till Adams
Dear Maria, thank you for the strong statement, especially for me (as chair), for the whole conference committee and of course for our community. Your statement clearly shows, how important TGP should be for our community and also *why*. In the next 1-2 weeks I really want to work out a proposa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G TGP experiences

2018-09-26 Thread María Arias de Reyna
Thanks Steven, It is very important to understand *why* TGP is important. Why we do what we do. It is not charity. It is not throwing money to feel better. It is not spending money for washing bad behavior.* The intent is to grow and improve our community with more and more people that, otherwise