<div dir="ltr">I suspect the same workflow as last year:<div><br></div><div>* November -> budget requests and discussion for a draft budget (negotiation between your chair and the board)</div><div>* December -> budget approved for 2018 by the board</div><div><br></div><div>Do not be too stuck on what was approved for 2017 -- if you have new ideas to bring to the table for 2018 then please do so :)</div><div><br></div><div>(As was demonstrated by the conference committee and marketing committees in 2017 you can even ask to negotiate your mandate in order to take on a new responsibility).</div><div><br></div><div>I guess it can be helpful to review your 2017 budget, and subsequently how much of what was set aside you were able to effectively spend to support your volunteers and contributors. Treat it as inspiration for what you would like to repeat, improve or change in 2018.</div><div><br></div><div>All the best!</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 October 2017 at 11:25, Margherita Di Leo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:diregola@gmail.com" target="_blank">diregola@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear Board,<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 4:38 PM, Jody Garnett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I would like to follow up on two things here: <div><br></div><div>1) Operational Budget</div><div><br></div><div>Anita I think you found the draft budget, the approved operational budget is here: <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2017" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/w<wbr>iki/OSGeo_Budget_2017</a><br><div><br></div><div>2) Michael are you able to answer the question: <i>"<span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">We finally budgeted 17,500. How does this compare to the actual spending this year?"</span></i></div><div><br></div><div>3) Venka I really like your idea from the last board meeting:</div><div><br></div><div>> Venka suggested we send a remainder to all project PSC to submit their reports by end of Oct. 2017 and include their budget request for 2018 in the report.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>This is to let you know that the current years' GSoC active mentors are discussing to agree upon and submit to the board a proposal for using the budget deriving from GSoC 2017. Is there a deadline for that?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you in advance</div><div>Regards,</div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_8745591609111007481gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666">Margherita Di Leo</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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