[Board] FOSS4G Europe 2020 request for seed funding

[Till Adams]

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Am 31.01.20 um 11:21 schrieb Angelos Tzotsos:
> Hi all,
>
> Since we did not manage to discuss this during our meeting (due to
> long agenda), lets make a motion on Loomio and get this approved, if
> everyone is ok with the discussion.
> This request aligns with our mission and we have provided seed money
> to local events in the past.
>
> Regards,
> Angelos
>
> On 1/31/20 9:49 AM, Till Adams wrote:
>> Michael,
>>
>> cool, do we need a board decision on this or is it a more "just do
>> it" ;-) ?
>>
>> Till
>>
>> Am 30.01.20 um 18:28 schrieb Michael Smith:
>>> Till,
>>>
>>> We have provided seed funding to a regional conference, eg FOSS4G-NA.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Michael Smith
>>> OSGeo Treasurer
>>> treasurer at osgeo.org
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/30/20, 12:24 PM, "Board on behalf of Jachym Cepicky"
>>> <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on behalf of
>>> jachym.cepicky at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>      Hi Till and all,
>>>           as far as I remember (as previous board member and
>>> long-time shadowing
>>>      chair of FOSS4G-Europe), seed money was always granted (under the
>>>      condition, it will be returned back).
>>>           Just my 0.02
>>>           Thank you
>>>           Jachym
>>>           čt 30. 1. 2020 v 18:07 odesílatel Till Adams
>>> <till.adams at fossgis.de> napsal:
>>>      >
>>>      > Dear Peteris,
>>>      >
>>>      > I am not sure, whether we had the case before, that a local
>>> chapter asked OSGeo for seed money for their regional conference,
>>> but maybe the older colleagues of the board may remember.
>>>      >
>>>      > If you ask me, I see no problems with helping out from the
>>> OSGeo side, but as said, maybe the colleagues know better about such
>>> cases than I do.
>>>      >
>>>      > Nevertheless, I have one quesiton: For our global FOSS4G
>>> events OSGeo also helps LOC's with seed money and then these are
>>> usually amounts between 20 and 40 k (recently even more). In this
>>> case, OSGeo claims at least 80% of the surplus of the conference. Do
>>> you have a plan, what should happen with a (potential) surplus of
>>> the european confernece?
>>>      >
>>>      > Thanks, Till
>>>      >
>>>      >
>>>      >
>>>      > Am 27.01.20 um 16:32 schrieb Peteris Bruns:
>>>      >
>>>      > Dear Board,
>>>      >
>>>      > this mail comes from FOSS4G Europe Local team. I am Peteris
>>> Bruns the Chair of FOSS4G Europe 2020.
>>>      >
>>>      > https://2020.europe.foss4g.org/
>>>      >
>>>      > We would like to ask for seed funds for FOSS4G-Europe 2020
>>> which we are organizing for July 2020.
>>>      >
>>>      > We are expecting 200-300+ attendees.
>>>      >
>>>      > We already have some expenses we have that we would like to
>>> cover. Some expenses we have already covered by our company, and
>>> moust likely we will continue in some cases, but we would be happy
>>> to reduce this dependency. So we would like to ask OSGeo for seed
>>> 2.000 Euro money. We will pay the money back after the event.
>>>      >
>>>      > It would be great if you could find a descission in the board
>>> meeting today. Please notice that Codrina Maria Ilie and Astrid Emde
>>> are also in the organizing committee.
>>>      >
>>>      > With greetings from rainy Latvian winter,
>>>      >
>>>      > --
>>>      > Peteris Bruns
>>>      >
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