<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Thanks to Steve and Angelos for this mornings chat - we did not have enough board members to make quorum so no actions could be taken.</span><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Steve was able to confirm that the conference committee is interested in taking on this additional responsibility.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">I ask board members to vote promptly (24 hours) on the following: </span><a href="https://www.loomio.org/p/4CZrPTLS/assign-travel-grant-responsibility-to-the-conference-committee" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">https://www.loomio.org/p/4CZrP<wbr>TLS/assign-travel-grant-respon<wbr>sibility-to-the-conference-<wbr>committee</a></div><div>- This modifies the responsibilities of the conference committee, adding responsibility for a travel grant program.</div><div>- The proposal also removes some language from the original FrankW motion forming the conference committee. This language was removed since both the conference committee and foss4g are now established.</div><div><a href="https://www.loomio.org/p/4CZrPTLS/assign-travel-grant-responsibility-to-the-conference-committee" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><br><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Next up there is a working budget model for travel grants in 2017, </span><a href="https://www.loomio.org/p/jhp8SX1L/travel-grant-budget-10-10-proposal" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">https://www.loomio.org/p/jhp8S<wbr>X1L/travel-grant-budget-10-10-<wbr>proposal</a></div><div>- This is a conversation opener, we have a bit more time to act as the conference committee gets set up</div><div><br></div><div>We also reviewed the draft document written for the board, the conference committee can use this as a starting point. If you are interested in joining the conversation head on over to that mailing list.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Please note that the format of the travel grant program is up to the conference committee; right now the board is only concerned with providing a mandate (and budget).<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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