Hello mentors, > Question for students in Asian countries: is US$500 sufficient for you to > get the visa and fly to Taiwan?
I did a check on travel expenses from India to Taiwan, this is what I can estimate. It will take around 530 - 580 USD for the flight from India(New Delhi or Banglore or Hyderabad) to Taiwan and return. Visa fee for Taiwan is 50 USD. I hope this will help to get a rough estimate. Regards, Nitish On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 2:11 AM, Daniel Pocock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 04/04/18 18:37, Nicolas Dandrimont wrote: > > Sorry for the delay in replying to this. Comments inline. > > > > * Daniel Pocock <[email protected]> [2018-03-27 22:19:41 +0200]: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> The deadline to apply for a DebConf travel and accommodation bursary is > >> 13 April > >> > >> That is before the official announcement about who participates in GSoC > >> and Outreachy. > >> > >> Has anybody looked into the procedure for students to apply? Will the > >> bursary team give them an extended deadline? Or should all the > >> candidates apply before 13 April? > > > > Does the Outreach Team have a program-specific budget to send interns to > > DebConf? > > > > It has not been discussed > > > [the following is not current information; I don't know the current > > information; it's up to current outreach team members to find the > accurate > > information for this round] > > When I was last involved, the breakdown was like this: > > - Each Outreachy intern would be able to get US$500 for conference > travel, from > > Conservancy (so, in the end, from the sponsoring organization). > > - Each GSoC _organization_ would be able to get partial travel funding > to send > > _one_ outstanding intern to a conference (iirc the amount was US$500 > as well). > > This kind-of-prevents sending current interns to conferences: how can > you tell > > an intern is outstanding before their internship has completed? > > > > GSoC organizations would also recieve a discretionary US$500 per accepted > > intern, which we usually considered as part of a travel budget for GSoC > interns > > _and mentors_. > > > > Question for students in Asian countries: is US$500 sufficient for you > to get the visa and fly to Taiwan? > > > Finally, GSoC organizations get a US$2200 budget to send two mentors to > the > > mentor summit. > > [end outdated information] > > > > If the Outreach Team has a program-specific budget to send interns to > DebConf, > > please let the DebConf bursaries team know and we can special-case > handling > > your applicants to avoid double-funding. > > > > If the Outreach Team doesn't have a program-specific budget, or if the > > program-specific budget doesn't cover the full amount of the expenses > for a > > given prospective intern, the rest of the amount could be covered > through the > > usual DebConf bursaries process. > > > > Considering the acceptance announcement for GSoC is 23 April (and I > expect > > Outreachy to be around that date as well), it is well within the DebConf > > bursaries review/ranking timeline. The Outreach Team should send us the > list of > > accepted interns for this round and we will be able to factor the > information > > in our rankings. > > > > We probably need somebody from the Outreach team to volunteer to handle > all of that administration from end-to-end. As it may be their first > time doing this, will anybody from the bursaries team be able to > collaborate with them on that? > > > >> Some candidates who do not get selected for GSoC or Outreachy might > >> still be selected for a diversity bursary or based on other > >> contributions to Debian so I generally think it is a good idea for > >> everybody who applied for GSoC or Outreachy to look at the application > >> form before 13 April: > >> > >> https://debconf18.debconf.org > > > > Regardless of GSoC/Outreachy status, yes, please have prospective interns > > register and ask for a bursary (at least for food and accommodation) > within the > > DebConf-mandated deadlines (that is, before the 13th of April). It only > takes a > > few minutes to register and you can edit your registration afterwards. > There > > might be an extension (as we don't really have a budget yet), but I would > > really like to keep it short. > > > > Reminder was sent to everybody. I have the impression some people > are not around because of Easter vacations so maybe it will be a good > idea to do a final reminder on 9 or 10 April. > > Regards, > > Daniel > >
