[Board] Re: Board to pay for FOSS4G 2009 code sprint?

[Paul Ramsey]

Not at $10K we're not :)  The 2007 event came in at under $5K, for
room and food.

P.

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
> OSGeo board,
>
> A while back, Paul Ramsey suggested that the code sprint following FOSS4G
> should be budgeted separately to the main FOSS4G conference.
>
> This means that FOSS4G attendees will not be subsidising the code sprint,
> and we will be able to reduce the cost of FOSS4G.
>
> Can I please have confirmation from the board that the board will take
> responsibility for financing the OSGeo Code sprint (probably by finding
> sponsors). I'm expecting costs to be in the order of $10K to $20K.
>
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