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<p>Dear Calgary team!</p>
<p>although the questions from Michael came in late yesterday and
although you already sent your final statement - the questions
came in in time, so could you please answer to these quesitons too
(it's already on the WIKI)?<br>
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<p>I will give a note to wait to all voting menbers when calling for
the vote.</p>
<p>Thanks & good luck!<br>
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<p>Till</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 05.12.18 um 23:57 schrieb michael
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Thanks for all the hard work on your excellent and
comprehensive proposal. A few questions:</div>
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<li style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">In the
narrative and budget details document I didn't find any
mention of a Professional Conference Organizer (PCO)
which has been a component, and expense of recent
conferences. Will there be a PCO? If so, how, and at
what level will they be funded?</font></li>
<li style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Under Section
IV.V Seed Funding, there is some mention of TECTERRA
providing "in-kind contributions of staff time for
planning and hosting the event". Is this the equivalent
of a PCO? If so, is there an estimate of the value of
this in-kind contribution (as that will help to
understand level of PCO-like support that might be
available)? Will TECTERRA be providing PCO-like services
such as banking, registration system, abstract
collection/scoring system, support staff (e.g.,
registration and setup), administration of the mobile
app, etc., during the event?</font></li>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Again,
congratulations and a great and compelling proposal. Good
luck...</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 10:18 AM Steven Feldman
<<a href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Hi Calgary team
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<div>Thanks for your great proposal</div>
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<div>Following on from Till’s questions here are a few
more from me:</div>
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<li>In your vision statement you say that FOOS4G will
be “...a catalyst to foster the democratization of
opportunity that open-sources represents for
creators at every scale…” Could you explain further
(particularly for people on this list for whom
English is not their first language)</li>
<li>Can you confirm that although visas are not
required for some countries an ETA will be required?</li>
<li>Can you provide clarity on whether you will be
videoing and/or streaming all or some of the
conference streams? Is this provided for in your
budget?</li>
<li>Your budget has a high dependency on sponsorship,
what are your contingencies if your target is not
achieved?</li>
<li>If you do not receive specific funding for the
gala evening what will be the charge to delegates in
USD?</li>
<li>Can you confirm that you will not be seeking any
seed funding or guarantees from OSGeo?</li>
<li>You appear to make very little additional profit
from higher levels of attendance. Can you explain?</li>
<li>Is there any option to reduce the costs of
catering to either reduce ticket prices or increase
surplus?</li>
<li>Is the 50% share of surplus contribution to OSGeo
negotiable?</li>
<li>The co-hosting alongside Inventure$ 2020 radically
changes your budget and proposal. Can you provide
some more detailed info on this opportunity and
clarify whether this is your preference ()and if so
why you did not base your proposal around it?)</li>
<li>Can you confirm that the workshop fee of US $200
ids for 2 full days of workshops. Is there an option
for attendees to register for only 1 or 2 workshops
individually?</li>
<li>Can you confirm whether you are offering a
discount on delegate fees to workshop presenters?</li>
<li>In your budget you have a line for printing a
programme. Can you explain? (in the last 2 years we
have had digital programmes)</li>
<li>You make no mention of producing a conference
t-shirt or the costs, is that correct or have I
missed it?</li>
<li>You mention a Travel Grant Programme - is this the
OSGeo TGP initiative or one that will be run
independently by your LOC?</li>
<li>Can you confirm that any funds allocated to a TGP
(your own or the OSGeo one) will be used for travel
and subsistence support and that all TGP recipients
will receive a free conference pass in addition (i.e
the TGP funds will not be used to cover delegate
passes)?</li>
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<div>I’ve dropped a copy of these questions into the
wiki at <a
href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2020_Q&A_2_Calgary"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2020_Q%26A_2_Calgary</a> -
it’s probably easier for everyone reviewing if you
post your answers to the wiki rather than stretching
this mail trail.</div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
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<div>On 26 Nov 2018, at 07:16, Till Adams <<a
href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>>
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<p>Dear Calgary Team!</p>
<p>I open the question round on step 2 of RfP
with these two questions:</p>
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<li> "The remaining 50% of profit will be held
in-trust by TECTERRA and used as a travel
grant program for Alberta-based students to
travel to future international FOSS4G events
(Page 40):</li>
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<p>In the FOSS4G cookbook [1] it is not clearly
defined, how much of the revenue has to be
passed back to OSGeo, but there is a not yet
decided proposal that 85% of a FOSS4G surplus
goes to OSGeo. The idea to hold 50% in order
to setup a dedicated travel grant programme
for Alberta people for future OSGeo events
only sounds little strange to me - especially
as there is an official travel grant programme
of OSGeo. Can you please explain your ideas
behind that a bit more? </p>
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<li> Finances</li>
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<p>Your calculation is based between 24-30% on
sponsorship - depending on scenario "LOW" or
"GOAL". Even when regarding the already signed
sponsorships, in any case there is a need to
sign at least a sum of 150k more
sponsorship-money, in order to reach a
balanced budget. Do you have an emergency
plan, what happens if something unexpected may
happen or what to do when missing your
sponsorship goal? </p>
<p>I also put the questions into the WIKI [2].
Please put your answers also there.<br>
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<p>Regards, Till<br>
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<p>[1] <a rel="nofollow"
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href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook#Finances"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook#Finances</a>,
bullet (7) <br>
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<p>[2] <a
class="m_5174296383369572263moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2020_Q%26A_2_Calgary"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2020_Q%26A_2_Calgary</a>
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