<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Malena<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for your great proposal. <span style="caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif;" class="">Lot's of exciting ideas which I welcome. I'd like to focus on the financial stuff (as usual for me!) - also posted at </span><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37);" class=""><a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Q&A_Stage_2_Buenos_Aires" class="">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Q%26A_Stage_2_Buenos_Aires</a></span></font></div><div class=""><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A"); caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif;" class=""><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;" class=""><ul style="list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A");" class=""><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;" class="">You have asked for a $60k advance from OSGeo, normally we have limited our advance to $40k, can you provide some more detail on why you need a larger advance and the timing of the cash outflows?</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;" class="">Are you also seeking any further guarantees or underwriting from OSGeo?</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;" class="">If you request an advance from OSGeo the norm is that at least 80% of the surplus from your event is returned to OSGeo, your proposal only returns 30% to OSGeo. This is a substantial change which would need to be approved by the Board if recommended by CC, can you explain why such a low %age should be accepted?</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;" class="">Your projected surpluses are on the low side, whilst I appreciate your low ticket prices, I wonder whether you can afford to charge a little more and possibly reduce the early bird discount to a consistent 20% (particularly for what you define as International) as a way of increasing your surplus and providing a safety net?</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;" class="">I love the low prices that you are proposing and the option to top up pricing for those who can afford more, perhaps you could phrase this in a slightly different way by quoting higher prices and allowing those who need to self declare for a discount with the lowest price being your current rates? This could work well for corporates who may not respond well to a request to top up but could voluntarily exclude from an "in need" discount.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;" class="">I did not see any explicit mention of video recording or streaming. What are your plans and are they fully costed in your budget?</li></ul></li></ul><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">May the FOSS be with you</div><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 22 Nov 2019, at 23:32, Malena Libman <<a href="mailto:malena.libman@gmail.com" class="">malena.libman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default">Dear conference committee,</div><div class="gmail_default"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default">We are pleased to send you the full proposal to host the FOSS4G International conference in 2021 in Buenos Aires, Argentina: A part of the world which has never seen an international FOSS4G.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default">Please find attached: the proposal document, and the Anex with the letters of support. The budget will be sent privately.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default">Cheers</div><div class="gmail_default"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default">Malena & María</div><div class="gmail_default"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default"></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:396px;height:18px;max-height:18px;background-color:#f5f5f5;padding:5px;color:#222;font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;border:1px solid #ddd;line-height:1"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QHuC0MaHF3AH-9ZeXLKQC9mscNyDMMha/view?usp=drive_web" target="_blank" style="display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;padding:1px 0px;border:none;width:100%" class=""><img style="vertical-align: bottom; border: none;" src="https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/application/pdf" class=""> <span dir="ltr" style="color:#15c;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom" class="">Proposal - English.pdf</span></a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:396px;height:18px;max-height:18px;background-color:#f5f5f5;padding:5px;color:#222;font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;border:1px solid #ddd;line-height:1"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gV-SaYla6ze6CPVvVJWn6buz0swjttv4/view?usp=drive_web" target="_blank" style="display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;padding:1px 0px;border:none;width:100%" class=""><img style="vertical-align: bottom; border: none;" src="https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/application/pdf" class=""> <span dir="ltr" style="color:#15c;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom" class="">Proposal_Annex - English.pdf</span></a></div><br class=""></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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