| 12 Apr 2017 |
 helena (IRC) | and we will need a volunteer to lead this | 15:14:34 |
 jgarnett (IRC) | I was hoping that by making this a funding question the board could avoid making the criteria and/or decisions for each event. | 15:15:16 |
 venka (IRC) | I suggest we have a timebound discussion on e-mail and try to arrive at a decision by 20 April. | 15:15:50 |
| jgarnett (IRC) | still this is only my idea, if I have made it too complicated we can choose another. | 15:15:51 |
| jgarnett (IRC) | foss4g has a specific short term need, I just want to avoid using travel grants as a band-aid for high conference fees (my concern with venka's suggestion). | 15:16:30 |
 mdsmithf (IRC) | i do like the idea of having it done by the event | 15:16:41 |
| mdsmithf (IRC) | then we get diversity in the funding grant approaches | 15:16:57 |
| helena (IRC) | so should we give foss4g2017 loc the funds and ask them to handle the travel awards? | 15:17:21 |
| mdsmithf (IRC) | or whomever | 15:17:32 |
| jgarnett (IRC) | I was going to propose we do a funding match with sponsors, to see if we can turn $10 used in 2016 (which we do not have in our budget this year BTW), into $20k. | 15:17:52 |
| mdsmithf (IRC) | funding the smaller events might bring more for the $ | 15:18:06 |
| jgarnett (IRC) | agreed about funding smaller events and code sprint travel. | 15:18:30 |
| jgarnett (IRC) | (since community connection can happen at all different sizes of gatherings) | 15:18:49 |
| venka (IRC) | I think this needs a discussion on e-mail. | 15:19:01 |
| jgarnett (IRC) | I woudl like to avoid the scramble and funny money games played on this topic for previous foss4g events. | 15:19:12 |
| venka (IRC) | This item needs a discussion on e-mail. | 15:19:16 |
| jgarnett (IRC) | (where we basically say deduct it from the money you return to us) | 15:19:27 |
| jgarnett (IRC) | venka woudl you like to make a motion to take this to email? | 15:19:40 |
| venka (IRC) | MOT6: Discuss about FOSS4G Travel Grant by email. | 15:20:08 |
 anitagraser (IRC) | MOT6 +1 | 15:20:14 |
| jgarnett (IRC) | MOT6 +1 | 15:20:15 |
| mdsmithf (IRC) | MOT6: +1 | 15:20:18 |
| venka (IRC) | MOT6: +1 Venka | 15:20:20 |
 kalxas (IRC) | MOT6: +1 | 15:20:20 |
| helena (IRC) | MOT6 +1 | 15:20:20 |
 maria_ (IRC) | MOT6 +1 | 15:20:42 |
| venka (IRC) | item 8: Sponsorship updates | 15:20:43 |
| jgarnett (IRC) | I will be quick, http://www.osgeo.org/content/sponsorship/sponsors.html | 15:21:01 |
| venka (IRC) | Any update about the sponsorships? | 15:21:01 |
 sigq (IRC) | Title: OSGeo Sponsors | OSGeo.org (at www.osgeo.org) | 15:21:03 |
