[OSGeo-Board] ED Candidate at Face to Face, FOSS4G

[Michael P. Gerlek]

Can we also clarify/document the reimbursement process?  I believe it is
"send proof-of-purchase slips to Laura", yes?

-mpg
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnulf Christl [mailto:arnulf.christl at ccgis.de] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:17 AM
> To: OSGeo-Board
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Board] ED Candidate at Face to Face, FOSS4G
> 
> Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> > Arnulf Christl wrote:
> >> Gary as treasurer and board member should be able to hit reply at 
> >> once. Did we set a top limit? I guess it was 1000,- for 
> VisCom at some 
> >> point (or was I dreaming) and I'd be happy to have Gary 
> spend 5k on 
> >> this kind of thing. We have to be more efficient with things like 
> >> this. If this has to do with trust, yes I trust Gary.
> > 
> > Arnulf,
> > 
> > The motion in effect reads:
> > 
> >  > Frank Warmerdam made a motion, subsequently approved to 
> put into place
> >  > following spending limits for officers of the 
> foundation. Amounts of up
> >  > to $500 USD can be committed by any officer. Amounts of 
> up to $10000 USD
> >  > can be committed by agreement of any officer and the 
> treasurer. Amounts
> >  > over $10000 USD must be approved by the board as a whole.
> > 
> > So, the trip expenses are in excess of the $500 limit for any one 
> > officer, but
> > could be approved promptly by one officer (ie. me the 
> president who brought
> > the matter forward), and the treasurer.
> > 
> > My request to the board was not a formal motion (as it 
> would have required
> > 100% approval by email), but rather a chance for comment.  
> And once I had
> > Gary's approval it was technically fine.  I was a bit fuzzy 
> on what the
> > spending limits we established were, so in retrospect I 
> could have just
> > taken it up with Gary.  But in any event, I do like to get 
> a sense of the
> > position of the board on matters that I am uncertain are 
> obvious from the
> > budget.
> > 
> > BTW, I instructed our candidate yesterday to proceed to 
> book the trip based
> > on Gary's support, and the broader board support on the board list.
> > 
> > So the good news is that we have the tools in place to 
> handle this sort of
> > situation, even if I perhaps need to be more familiar with them. :-)
> > 
> > Best regards,
> 	
> Perfect. I just wanted to make sure that we function and it 
> seems we do 
> which is good to know.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
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