Thank you all. we are finally done on the topic of grant distribution. Cheers -Stefano and Claudio
ps. pls update my email account
On 27 Apr 2012, at 10:05, Galton, Antony wrote: OK, let’s go for it. Antony From: iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fabian Neuhaus
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Subject: Re: [iaoa-education] grant distribution: results? agree On Apr 26, 2012, at 6:35 PM, Obrst, Leo J. wrote:
Institute for Geoinformatics Complexity is a symptom of confusion, not a cause. (Jeff Hawkins) On Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 6:44 PM, Robert Hoehndorf wrote:
I agree, it would be good for us to cover this. GA> I would be happy for us to pay his return fare. What do the rest GA> -----Original Message----- From: GA> Stefano Borgo Sent: 26 April 2012 15:04 To: IAOA education Cc: GA> Claudio Masolo Subject: Re: [iaoa-education] grant distribution: GA> Dear all, all applicants but Ali Rahnama have been contacted. GA> will it take long to decide about Ali? to open a special GA> registration session for these people (which will pay the early GA> registration fee since we asked them not to register before the GA> decision about the grants) we need to have all information out. GA> On 24 Apr 2012, at 12:19, Stefano Borgo wrote: >> Thank you, Antony. We are holding the message to Ali Rahnama. >> As far as I can say at this moment, Ali seems willing to stay in >> Trento from the time of the school. Cheers -Stefano >>> (1) Here is our statement about the process: >>> "Applications were judged on the basis of qualification (as >>> evidenced by the applicant's background and statement of >>> purpose) and economic need. Five submissions were rated "strong >>> accept" and 10 "accept"; grants were awarded to all applicants >>> of the former group and the strongest of those in the latter as >>> far as our budget would extend, allocating funding as far as >>> possible in accordance with what was requested." >>> (3) We suggest Camara as a reserve candidate >>> (4) Not sure. We haven't discussed this - we'll get back to you. >>> -----Original Message----- From: >>> Stefano Borgo Sent: 23 April 2012 11:33 To: IAOA Education >>> Committee Cc: Claudio Masolo Subject: Re: [iaoa-education] grant >>> distribution: results? >>> Dear Antony and all, thank you for all the work. >>> We have a few things to ask you: 1) will you make a short note >>> to make the process transparent? we could add this in the >>> answer to the applicants and/or as a note open to IAOA members >>> (e.g. how many applications where acceptable, what was taken >>> into account in the evaluation, how the lump of money was >>> 2) it seems more reasonable to us to count 6 nights at least for >>> those coming from a different continent (there is no airport in >>> Trento and it is unlikely one can arrive on Monday morning or >>> leave right away on Friday evening). Also, Nelcy asked for >>> lodging and not for registration (she already paid for the >>> school). Then we could redistribute this part of the grants as >>> Nelcy: accommodation only 160 Euro Skowron, Sojic, Dramé, Kless: >>> reg.+accommodeation 310 x 4 = 1240 Euro total: 1400 Euro >>>> Reg. + Accommodation: Nelcy, Skowron, Sojic, Dramé, Kless 5 x >>> 3) we should have some other candidate in the case someone does >>> not accept the grant we propose. >>> 4) one of the students (Ali Rahnama) is planning to spend some >>> time at LOA after the school (this would be a 6-month stage >>> within his PhD program). Things are being discussed now and >>> nothing has been fixed yet. In particular we do not know if he >>> will remain in Trento after the summer school or go back to his >>> country to come to Trento in the fall. In the first case >>> (i.e. if he will remain in Trento for some time) we leave up to >>> you to decide whether to cut the reimbursement e.g. to cover >>> just half of the ticket. >>> Cheers Stefano and Claudio >>> On 21 Apr 2012, at 14:18, Galton, Antony wrote: >>>> I think we've come up with a final decision now, as follows: >>>> Registration only: Ruggieri 150.00 Reg. + Accommodation: Nelcy, >>>> Skowron, Sojic, Dramé, Kless 5 x 287.85 = 1439.25 Reg + Accomm >>>> + Travel: Aysolmaz 650.00 Rahnama 1100.00 Deniz Iren 600.00 >>>> Total: 3939.25 euros GA> _____________________________________________________________________ GA> Committee File-share: GA> ...(coming!) To join: please email committee chair or to: info @ GA> _____________________________________________________________________ GA> Committee File-share: GA> ...(coming!) To join: please email committee chair or to: info _____________________________________________________________________ To join: please email committee chair or to: info @ iaoa.org
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