Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Free Developer Slots at FOSS4G events: [was RE: FW: [Board] OSGeo Board Priorities]
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Paolo Cavallini cavall...@faunalia.it wrote: So how many lower-rate slots would that require? We've got 17 official projects and 7 incubating projects according to the home page summary. With this year's rates (full 350 £, student 240 £) and only 2 developers per project it could account for a difference up to 110 £ * 48 = 5280 £. Not terrible after all. I thnk it's far less than that. Hopefully this will bring people that otherwise would not come, so no net cost (and a lot more value to the conference, and a more developer friendly attitude). Given the recent strategic message, I don't think its in the local FOSS4G committee's role to provide bursaries beyond the well-established student discount - certainly not for 2013 Nottingham anyway. If OSGEO want to do that, then they can consider it as a skim off the conference profits. I'm sure the local committee will be glad to point people to OSGEO bursaries from the conference web page. We just need to hear from OSGEO purse-holders to see if they are willing. I think we already have someone providing education-related bursaries, so there's a precedent. Barry ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Free Developer Slots at FOSS4G events: [was RE: FW: [Board] OSGeo Board Priorities]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 07/03/2013 12:03, Barry Rowlingson ha scritto: Given the recent strategic message, I don't think its in the local FOSS4G committee's role to provide bursaries beyond the well-established student discount - certainly not for 2013 Nottingham anyway. If OSGEO want to do that, then they can consider it as a skim off the conference profits. I'm sure the local committee will be glad to point people to OSGEO bursaries from the conference web page. We just need to hear from OSGEO purse-holders to see if they are willing. I think we already have someone providing education-related bursaries, so there's a precedent. Hi Barry, I think we are mixing two issues here: * 0 fees for developers - as I pointed out, this is not a cost for the conference, but rather an advantage (participants are more likely to come if the know most top developers are present); my suggestion is that this should become a requirement from OSGeo * bursaries to cover travelling and lodging; this is outside my original proposal, and should be treated differently. All the best. - -- Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia www.faunalia.eu Full contact details at www.faunalia.eu/pc Nuovi corsi QGIS e PostGIS: http://www.faunalia.it/calendario -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlE4dPwACgkQ/NedwLUzIr4FrwCgmb0PM/HIDR8osmZnI+/dZi0u sycAn3NZBz/G6tS2bDrsW6H9ZQeV+Epm =me4v -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Free Developer Slots at FOSS4G events: [was RE: FW: [Board] OSGeo Board Priorities]
I think we are mixing two issues here: * 0 fees for developers - as I pointed out, this is not a cost for the conference, but rather an advantage (participants are more likely to come if the know most top developers are present); my suggestion is that this should become a requirement from OSGeo I am unlikely to attend foss4g this year either way. Many of the developers I know can only attend conferences when their fees are covered (as a speaker or by giving a workshop). So while I am not automatically in favour of 0 fees for developers - it would have a large impact on enabling developers to attend. Cheers, Jody ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
