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<p>I don't think that it is really any of our business what HOT does
with its funds. <br>
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<p>I do consider it slightly ironical that HOT is approaching
non-HOT OSM for funds to distribute to what are in the end OSM
groups though, surely we can do that ourselves if it should be
done at all. Wouldn't we rather want to spend our money on making
groups dependent on us (as in larger OSM and the OSMF) and not on
an organisation we don't control at all? Making that process
transparent is then in our hands (see my suggestion to have funds
dissemination to be done by a different group than the OSMF
board).</p>
<p>Simon<br>
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<div>And surely saying that the decision-making
process is "completely intransparent" is just
being plain lazy. Here are several blog posts
and documents providing quite a bit of detail
into the process and results that can be
reached with just a couple minutes of
Googling:</div>
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<div><a
href="https://www.hotosm.org/updates/2016-12-06_funds_for_community_led_projects_the_2017_hot_microgrants_program"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.hotosm.org/<wbr>updates/2016-12-06_funds_for_<wbr>community_led_projects_the_<wbr>2017_hot_microgrants_program</a></div>
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href="https://www.hotosm.org/updates/2017-02-02_hot_microgrants_programme_launches_0"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.hotosm.org/<wbr>updates/2017-02-02_hot_<wbr>microgrants_programme_<wbr>launches_0</a></div>
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href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SVI_wxf0CbZ2pOOf8kuqREkZwvmxmSTp9i3jbHsBkCo/edit"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>document/d/1SVI_<wbr>wxf0CbZ2pOOf8kuqREkZwvmxmSTp9i<wbr>3jbHsBkCo/edit</a></div>
<div><a
href="https://www.hotosm.org/updates/2017-04-20_hot_microgrants_2017_results"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.hotosm.org/<wbr>updates/2017-04-20_hot_<wbr>microgrants_2017_results</a></div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Eugene, you have posted 4 links,
can you please explain how these pages contribute to
transparency of the decision making process? The only 2
hints about the selection process I have found are as
vague as possible:</div>
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"* Who decides?<br>
Applications will be evaluated and funding decisions made by
a panel with representation from HOT senior staff, Board of
Directors, HOT voting membership, donor organizations, and
external advisors."<br>
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and then:<br>
"We had a fantastic response to our first ever Microgrants
Programme, with over 70 applications from nearly 50
countries worldwide. After much deliberation, we’re pleased
to announce we are supporting the following projects with
Microgrants for 2017 (in no particular order):"<br>
(followed by a list of 8 projects)<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Martin<br>
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