<html><body><div style="color:; background-color:; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Organizing scholarships is a lot of work, particularly getting a good set of documents for submission with the visa application, and the travel plans. But it's a path several of us have run down before. For example, </span><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2011/Scholarships" style="background-color: transparent; ">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2011/Scholarships</a></div><div> </div><div>Ideally, I'd say a half dozen people dividing up the tasks, makes this easy work for all.</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Please do speak up if you're interested to help. We should set up an IRC chat next week to put together the plan (and
quick, only 2 months to ICCM).</div><div><br></div><div>* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Kate Chapman <kate@maploser.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> hot <hot@openstreetmap.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 7, 2012 2:31 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [HOT] HOT Scholarships to the CrisisMappers Conference<br> </font> </div> <br>
Sorry everyone.<br><br>I forgot to include a link to the conference information:<br>http://crisismappers.net/page/iccm-washington-2012<br><br>-Kate<br><br>On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Kate Chapman <<a ymailto="mailto:kate@maploser.com" href="mailto:kate@maploser.com">kate@maploser.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi All,<br>><br>> The International CrisisMappers Conference is in Washington DC this<br>> October 11th-14th.<br>><br>> The HOT board would like to provide scholarships individuals involved<br>> in OpenStreetMap for disaster response type projects.<br>><br>> To decide how to award these scholarships fairly I'm forming a<br>> committee which will oversee the process.<br>><br>> The process will at least involve:<br>><br>> -Assisting in Obtaining of Visas<br>> -Assistance in Travel<br>> -Determination of the Award Process<br>><br>> I'm sure there will be other things as well.<br>><br>>
Questions/Interest please let me know.<br>><br>> Best,<br>><br>> -Kate<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>HOT mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org">HOT@openstreetmap.org</a><br>http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot<br><br><br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>