[Board] Sponsoring FOSS4G 2018

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi Jeff,

In order for Loomio to represent your vote correctly (as a -1 or a veto
vote) can you please change your vote on Loomio to "Block"?

Thanks,
Angelos

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
> wrote:

> Thanks María for bring the Board discussions to the public (we should be
> doing this more often, so everyone in the community can follow discussions
> easily).  In the separate loomio vote here is my vote:
>
> Please interpret my vote as a "-1" (see Board Voting procedure at
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Voting_Procedure), where I have
> disagreed but also suggested an alternative solution. I feel that the OSGeo
> Board can instead provide the top-level sponsorship ("Tanzanite" at 30,000
> USD), since it is OSGeo's event, so that the LOC can apply those funds as
> they choose (such as video recording & processing).
>
> So I am proposing that the sponsorship vote/wording be changed to sponsor
> FOSS4G 2018 with the highest sponsorship available.
>
> I think this will help the local committee and give them more funds
> available to help make this event great.
>
> thanks,
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
>
> On 2018-06-19 6:14 PM, María Arias de Reyna wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> So, we had some discussion about this on previous IRC meetings. As this
>> year we didn't give any seed money for the organization of the main FOSS4G,
>> we were planning to give sponsorship money. Remember that not used money
>> goes back to OSGeo anyway.
>>
>> This year there is a special effort on Travel Grant, so most of the
>> sponsorship money will be used for it. We want to support and push OSGeo in
>> Africa.
>>
>> Here is the latest loomio poll: https://www.loomio.org/d/TaRPq
>> Fbs/platinum-sponsorship-for-foss4g-2018
>>
>> The motion didn't pass with a -1.
>>
>> Let the discussion start!
>>
>>
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
OSGeo Charter Member
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