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    <p>Dear Peteris,</p>
    <p>the motion towards accepting your request for seed funding passed
      [1]. You may contact Michael, our treasurer, in order to fix the
      details on how the money comes to you.</p>
    <p>Regards, Till<br>
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    <div class="moz-forward-container">[1] <a
href="https://www.loomio.org/d/7PLSuq6W/foss4g-europe-2020-request-for-seed-funding">https://www.loomio.org/d/7PLSuq6W/foss4g-europe-2020-request-for-seed-funding</a><br>
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            <td>Re: [Board] FOSS4G Europe 2020 request for seed funding</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap">Datum: </th>
            <td>Sat, 1 Feb 2020 12:04:54 +0200</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap">Von: </th>
            <td>Angelos Tzotsos <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com"><gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com></a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org">board@lists.osgeo.org</a></td>
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      Motion passed on loomio:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.loomio.org/d/7PLSuq6W/foss4g-europe-2020-request-for-seed-funding">https://www.loomio.org/d/7PLSuq6W/foss4g-europe-2020-request-for-seed-funding</a><br>
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      On 1/31/20 1:37 PM, Till Adams wrote:<br>
      <blockquote type="cite">/done<br>
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        Am 31.01.20 um 11:21 schrieb Angelos Tzotsos:<br>
        <blockquote type="cite">Hi all,<br>
          <br>
          Since we did not manage to discuss this during our meeting
          (due to<br>
          long agenda), lets make a motion on Loomio and get this
          approved, if<br>
          everyone is ok with the discussion.<br>
          This request aligns with our mission and we have provided seed
          money<br>
          to local events in the past.<br>
          <br>
          Regards,<br>
          Angelos<br>
          <br>
          On 1/31/20 9:49 AM, Till Adams wrote:<br>
          <blockquote type="cite">Michael,<br>
            <br>
            cool, do we need a board decision on this or is it a more
            "just do<br>
            it" ;-) ?<br>
            <br>
            Till<br>
            <br>
            Am 30.01.20 um 18:28 schrieb Michael Smith:<br>
            <blockquote type="cite">Till,<br>
              <br>
              We have provided seed funding to a regional conference, eg
              FOSS4G-NA.<br>
              <br>
              Mike<br>
              <br>
              <br>
              -- Michael Smith<br>
              OSGeo Treasurer<br>
              <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:treasurer@osgeo.org">treasurer@osgeo.org</a><br>
              <br>
              <br>
              On 1/30/20, 12:24 PM, "Board on behalf of Jachym Cepicky"<br>
              <<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:board-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">board-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a> on behalf of<br>
              <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jachym.cepicky@gmail.com">jachym.cepicky@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
              <br>
                   Hi Till and all,<br>
                        as far as I remember (as previous board member
              and<br>
              long-time shadowing<br>
                   chair of FOSS4G-Europe), seed money was always
              granted (under the<br>
                   condition, it will be returned back).<br>
                        Just my 0.02<br>
                        Thank you<br>
                        Jachym<br>
                        čt 30. 1. 2020 v 18:07 odesílatel Till Adams<br>
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de"><till.adams@fossgis.de></a> napsal:<br>
                   ><br>
                   > Dear Peteris,<br>
                   ><br>
                   > I am not sure, whether we had the case before,
              that a local<br>
              chapter asked OSGeo for seed money for their regional
              conference,<br>
              but maybe the older colleagues of the board may remember.<br>
                   ><br>
                   > If you ask me, I see no problems with helping
              out from the<br>
              OSGeo side, but as said, maybe the colleagues know better
              about such<br>
              cases than I do.<br>
                   ><br>
                   > Nevertheless, I have one quesiton: For our
              global FOSS4G<br>
              events OSGeo also helps LOC's with seed money and then
              these are<br>
              usually amounts between 20 and 40 k (recently even more).
              In this<br>
              case, OSGeo claims at least 80% of the surplus of the
              conference. Do<br>
              you have a plan, what should happen with a (potential)
              surplus of<br>
              the european confernece?<br>
                   ><br>
                   > Thanks, Till<br>
                   ><br>
                   ><br>
                   ><br>
                   > Am 27.01.20 um 16:32 schrieb Peteris Bruns:<br>
                   ><br>
                   > Dear Board,<br>
                   ><br>
                   > this mail comes from FOSS4G Europe Local team. I
              am Peteris<br>
              Bruns the Chair of FOSS4G Europe 2020.<br>
                   ><br>
                   > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://2020.europe.foss4g.org/">https://2020.europe.foss4g.org/</a><br>
                   ><br>
                   > We would like to ask for seed funds for
              FOSS4G-Europe 2020<br>
              which we are organizing for July 2020.<br>
                   ><br>
                   > We are expecting 200-300+ attendees.<br>
                   ><br>
                   > We already have some expenses we have that we
              would like to<br>
              cover. Some expenses we have already covered by our
              company, and<br>
              moust likely we will continue in some cases, but we would
              be happy<br>
              to reduce this dependency. So we would like to ask OSGeo
              for seed<br>
              2.000 Euro money. We will pay the money back after the
              event.<br>
                   ><br>
                   > It would be great if you could find a descission
              in the board<br>
              meeting today. Please notice that Codrina Maria Ilie and
              Astrid Emde<br>
              are also in the organizing committee.<br>
                   ><br>
                   > With greetings from rainy Latvian winter,<br>
                   ><br>
                   > --<br>
                   > Peteris Bruns<br>
                   ><br>
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                                  --<br>
                   Jachym Cepicky<br>
                   e-mail: jachym.cepicky gmail com<br>
                   URL: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://les-ejk.cz">http://les-ejk.cz</a><br>
                   GPG: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://les-ejk.cz/pgp/JachymCepicky.pgp">http://les-ejk.cz/pgp/JachymCepicky.pgp</a><br>
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
Charter Member
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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