[Board] FOSS4G 2013 Board Liaison

[Frank Warmerdam]

Cameron,

For reference, the "board liason"'s job is to monitor the conference's
finances in an effort to ensure it is staying within the parameters of
the budget approved by the board.  Often the liason can also be a
conduit for other information and a source of experience too but the
core function is to provide (hopefully light weight) financial
monitoring.

For reference I'm thrilled that Peter is willing to fill this role.

Best regards,
Frank

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not exactly sure what the role of a board liaison is, but I do think
> that the UK team can only benefit from a mentor from a previous FOSS4G
> chair.
>
> +1 from me. (as a member of the conference committee)
>
>
> On 4/07/2012 4:35 AM, Jo Cook wrote:
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Absolutely! You can keep us on the straight and narrow- but if anyone has
> any questions, they can always ask directly.
>
> Jo
>
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jo, yes I had wondered about the possibility of you doing the role too,
>> and I know you would do a good job of keeping the board informed. But as you
>> say, one of the advantages that I bring is having the experience of running
>> a previous event. And also I think there's probably some advantage to having
>> someone from outside the original proposing team just to give a bit of an
>> external perspective on things.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>     Peter.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Guys,
>>>
>>> Happy to +1 Peter- though don't forget you already have a built-in
>>> liaison- though without quite as much experience at conference organisation
>>> (until after September next year...)
>>>
>>> Jo
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I almost added that into my statement of qualifications :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Michael P. Gerlek <mpg at flaxen.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> +1, but only because you speak the same language as they do...
>>>>>
>>>>> .mpg
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 3, 2012, at 11:41 AM, Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Hi everyone,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I would like to volunteer to be the board liaison for FOSS4G 2013 in
>>>>> > Nottingham. As most of you probably know, I was Chair of FOSS4G 2011 in
>>>>> > Denver, and I am originally from the UK so that gives me an additional
>>>>> > interest in helping the UK team run a great conference. I'm not quite sure
>>>>> > of the protocol for choosing someone for this role, but I assume it makes
>>>>> > sense to propose a motion on it at the next board meeting? If anyone else
>>>>> > would like this role please speak up, I would be happy to let someone else
>>>>> > do it :). But equally if nobody else wants to, I will be happy to take it
>>>>> > on.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Cheers,
>>>>> >     Peter.
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>>>>
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>
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