<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Michael<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My answers (just one member of the ConfCttee though)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><ol class="MailOutline"><li class="">I suggest you obtain a draft agreement between your PCO and OSGeo, send it to the CC and we will review it and then either suggest changes or forward to the board with a recommendation. </li><li class="">With regard to an advance please note the type of guarantees from the LOC or PCO to that are outlined in the wiki at <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook#Guarantees" class="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook#Guarantees</a>. The actual agreement with 2016 is at <a href="https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2016/budget_planning/" class="">https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2016/budget_planning/</a> . Could you give an indication of what the advance is required for?</li><li class="">I would suggest that you send requests to the ConfCttee and we can decide if the matter needs board consideration</li></ol><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Great to see you guys getting stuck in so early</div><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 25 Jan 2016, at 12:33, Michael Terner <<a href="mailto:mgt@appgeo.com" class="">mgt@appgeo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class="">Cameron <i class="">et al</i>:</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class="">Thank you very much for the careful guidance and the lesson on how to communicate going forward. Obviously, we're feeling our way into this realm but you will find us eager students and quick learners. Please keep the guidance coming. As such, see below for our re-factored "<span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">concise questions", and a request for clarification on one ambiguity:</span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class="">Immediate questions from the BLOC on needs/next steps:</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><ol class=""><li class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Since our LOC is not incorporated, we would like to proceed with the same model that Cameron described he followed in 2009 with "</span><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">OSGeo (being) the legal body which engaged with the PCO." What should we do, and with whom, to initiate this process? </span><br class=""></font></li><li class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Can the BLOC obtain a $10,000(US) advance to fund startup costs, including with our PCO, to cover the period from February - August? </span><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">What should we do, and with whom, to initiate this process?</span></font></li></ol><div class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class="">Request for clarification:</font></span></div><div class=""><ol class=""><li class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class="">Heard, understood and acknowledged regarding aiming messages at the Conference Dev mailing list. Should we do this exclusively on opening salvos of requests? Or, should we also CC the Board? In other words, is it up to the Conference Dev list to decide when something needs to be elevated to the board?</font></span></li></ol><div class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Thanks again...We're looking forward to moving into the activation phase of this odyssey.</span></font></div></div><div class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">MT</span></font></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hi Michael,<br class="">
For conference related questions, I suggest your first point of call
be the conference email list (CCed), which contains past foss4g
leaders.<br class="">
<br class="">
(This is how OSGeo was set up to work when things are working
smoothly. Committees are where most decisions are made, and the
board is only called in to validate important decisions.)<br class="">
<br class="">
For this email thread, I suggest being more specific in your
question. If you know what you want, suggest it.<br class="">
"I'm thinking we should do XXX, can you please confirm this is ok."<br class="">
"We have selected our PCO, and we now need to set up a contract. We
have a contract needing reviewing / We need to draft a contract /
Are there any prior contracts we can look at to use as a basis of
our contract / ..."<br class="">
<br class="">
You will find concise questions are much easier to answer, and hence
you are more likely to get a response.<br class="">
<br class="">
In part answer to your question, there have been a number of
different engagement models for FOSS4G over the years.<br class="">
In 2009, which I was involved in, the LOC was not incorporated, and
OSGeo was the legal body which engaged with the PCO.<br class="">
In other years I think the LOC directly engaged the PCO.<br class="">
How would the LOC like to proceed?<br class="">
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Warm regards, Cameron<div class=""><div class="h5"><br class="">
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<div class="">On 22/01/2016 4:47 am, Michael Terner
wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">While
entirely respecting the ongoing efforts and precedence for
both the FOSS4G 2016 even in Bonn and the FOSS4GNA 2016 in
Raleigh, NC, the Boston Location Organizing Committee (BLOC)
has begun our planning in earnest. Toward that end it is time
for us to formally engage with our Professional Conference
Organizer (PCO) and to think about contracts. Our
understanding is that this generally happens with contracts
between OSGeo and the PCO, and then the PCO acting as a
financial agent on behalf of OSGeo vis a vis entering into
contracts with the venue and other suppliers.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br class="">
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">At
this stage we are looking for guidance/confirmation on the
process and with whom we should engage to get details and
start the ball rolling? We also understand that it may be
possible to obtain some early advance funding that could
support our startup until the Bonn event concludes and we
really accelerate the planning process.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br class="">
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Thank
you in advance for your support and guidance...</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br class="">
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Sincerely,</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br class="">
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">MT
& the BLOC</div>
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