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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Peter, I'm in favor of the principle,
but would like to broaden the discussion before voting.<br>
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1. First, I suggest that the global FOSS4G should cover the travel
expenses of one OSGeo board member to attend the conference to
speak on behalf of OSGeo, defaulting to the OSGeo president in
most cases.<br>
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2. The OSGeo Advocate page has a guide for expenses here: <a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Expenses">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Expenses</a><br>
This includes a speakers fee (to cover loss of wages), which can
be waived. I suggest that the global FOSS4G conference should
cover travel and expenses, but not this speakers fee. My reasoning
is that I think it improves the reputation of the board's
integrity if we are not perceived to be doing the job as a money
making exercise.<br>
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3. As Jeff has already volunteered to do for this conference, I
think that there should be an expectation upon the paid OSGeo
delegate to coordinate the OSGeo booth and marketing at the
conference.<br>
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On 15/07/2013 5:55 AM, Peter Batty wrote:<br>
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<div
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Board,</div>
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I (and the Nottingham LOC) just recently found out that Jeff
was not going to be able to make it to FOSS4G Nottingham
because of lack of funding. Steven and the LOC would really
like to have Jeff there, and I would too. While I support the
growth of regional events, I think there's something special
about the global event and I think it's important for OSGeo
that our President is there. </div>
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<div
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have talked to Jeff and he has indicated that he will be able
to attend if his expenses are covered. The LOC has budget for
funding keynote speakers as needed, and could just go ahead
and fund Jeff's attendance from that, which is a fallback
option.</div>
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<div
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px">However,
I'm raising this with the board as I think we should establish
a principle that OSGeo should pay the President's expenses to
go to the annual global conference every year (unless he or
she is in a position to fund travel by other means). I think
this is a very reasonable thing to do - like I said, I really
think it's important for the Foundation that the President
should be there each year. But it's not reasonable to expect
whoever is President to fund that from their own pocket. I was
opposed to automatically funding the whole board to go, just
because that becomes a significantly larger expense for OSGeo
and quite a number of board members, myself included, work for
larger companies who are willing to fund them to attend. And
while it's good to have a reasonable number of board members
there, I don't think it's critical to the event to have all
board members in attendance. But I do think it's really
important for the President to be there.</div>
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<div
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of course, it would ultimately amount to the same thing for
OSGeo whether the LOC just approves the expense or whether the
board approves this. But I think we should agree to do it on
an ongoing basis.</div>
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<div
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I don't know if I should propose this as a motion at the next
board meeting, or whether we can just have a vote via email.
Just in case, I propose a tentative motion:</div>
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<div
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will refund reasonable travel and living expenses for the
OSGeo President to attend the global FOSS4G conference each
year. The President has the option of declining this funding
if he or she can obtain funding from another source.</div>
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<div
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let me know what you think.</div>
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<div
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Peter.</div>
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