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

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Cameron,
I would strongly oppose taking the code sprint out of the FOSS4G  
budget and in a way also out of the organization. I think it is a  
required component of the conference and that it is up to the  
conference organizers to decide if it should be a one, three, five, x  
days event. You could consider to try to attract specific sponsors for  
it to get it covered, but I don't think it makes much sense to push it  
to the board.
If you think you can't get the funding & support to make the code  
sprint a three days event and it doesn't provide the added value to  
the conference attendees you hope for, consider just leaving it one  
day instead.
My 2 cents, ciao,
Jeroen

On Nov 23, 2008, at 9:22 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:

> My increased estimate is based upon:
> 1. Proposed 3 day code sprint instead of 1.
> 2. Potentially more attendees, based on more OSGeo projects and  
> hence developers.
>
> Paul Ramsey wrote:
>> 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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>
>
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> Cameron Shorter
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