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    OSGeo Board, <br>
    I'm about to drop <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:board@lists.org.osgeo.org">board@lists.org.osgeo.org</a> off this email thread,
    as I feel conference topics can be addressed at the conference
    committee level. Feel free to join the conference list if you wish
    to follow along.<br>
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    Cheers, Cameron<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/01/2016 12:29 am, Steven Feldman
      wrote:<br>
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      Michael
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      <div class="">My answers (just one member of the ConfCttee though)</div>
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        <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 moz-do-not-send="true"
              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
              moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2016/budget_planning/"
              class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2016/budget_planning/">https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2016/budget_planning/</a></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>
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        <div class="">Great to see you guys getting stuck in so early</div>
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            <div class="">On 25 Jan 2016, at 12:33, Michael Terner <<a
                moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:mgt@appgeo.com"
                class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mgt@appgeo.com">mgt@appgeo.com</a></a>> wrote:</div>
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                <div class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="tahoma,
                    sans-serif">Cameron <i class="">et al</i>:</font></div>
                <div class="gmail_default"><font class="" face="tahoma,
                    sans-serif">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>
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                <div class="gmail_default"><span
                    style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><font class=""
                      face="tahoma, sans-serif">Immediate questions from
                      the BLOC on needs/next steps:</font></span></div>
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                    <li class=""><font class="" face="tahoma,
                        sans-serif"><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 class="" face="tahoma,
                        sans-serif"><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>
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                  <div class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><font
                        class="" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Request for
                        clarification:</font></span></div>
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                      <li class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px"
                          class=""><font class="" face="tahoma,
                            sans-serif">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 class="" face="tahoma,
                        sans-serif"><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>
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                  <div class=""><font class="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span
                        style="font-size:12.8px" class="">MT</span></font></div>
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                <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 3:36
                  PM, Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a
                      moz-do-not-send="true"
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                      target="_blank" class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a></a>></span>
                  wrote:<br class="">
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                    <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" class=""> 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="">
                      <br class="">
                      Warm regards, Cameron
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                          <div class="">On 22/01/2016 4:47 am, Michael
                            Terner wrote:<br class="">
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                                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>
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                                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>
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                                style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Thank

                                you in advance for your support and
                                guidance...</div>
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                                style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br
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                                style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Sincerely,</div>
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                                style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">MT
                                & the BLOC</div>
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LISAsoft
Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009

P +61 2 9009 5000,  W <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.lisasoft.com">www.lisasoft.com</a>,  F +61 2 9009 5099</pre>
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