<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Finance Committee, Board,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>At last - following the Face to Face meeting in Victoria -- I've put together some more information on the wiki regarding our newly formed finance committee:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Finance_Committee">http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Finance_Committee</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>And have also setup a tentative kick-off meeting for 4PM Eastern, 1PM Pacific:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Finance_Meeting_2007.11.01">http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Finance_Meeting_2007.11.01</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Finance committee members -- please let me know if you are able to attend the meeting on Nov. 1st. If possible it would be best to have all attend, and at a minimum, Ken's presence will be important for this first meeting. Please feel free to add agenda items.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have also posted our draft budget that we prepared in Victoria:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_2008_Budget">http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_2008_Budget</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>There are a few items in here I'm uncertain about - that I would like to review with Ken/Tyler before our finance meeting. We can go over everything at the finance meeting to ensure we have the correct information here -- and this will allow us to have a discussion with all the right 'facts' at our Board meeting before finalizing budget and approving so that we can move forward with this.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Tyler/Ken -- separately, if you have any time before Thursday -- I'd like to have a brief call with you to go over some of the items you discussed last week in San Rafael so I can understand my role as treasurer, and any activities/actions expected of me. I expect this to be brief -- about 15-20 minutes. I'll send you my questions re. budget beforehand as well. I'm available anytime tomorrow or Wednesday PM (Eastern).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Dave</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>