<div dir="auto">Do we want it in Belgium? Looks like the feed there were expensive this las time. At least compared with other countries. And I don't know if we have volunteers there that want to run it. The current association is not legally finished, but we already started the process, not sure if it is reversible. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Part of this discussion is checking where are the volunteers located to see where we want it running.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El vie., 2 sept. 2022 18:26, Luís Moreira de Sousa <<a href="mailto:luis.de.sousa@protonmail.ch">luis.de.sousa@protonmail.ch</a>> escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">Dear all,</div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">I think this approach from ESA clearly shows the need for a pan-European entity. That and also FOSS4G-Europe, which should possibly take place in 2024.</div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">I think we should reply to Claudia with a minimum budget to keep the entity going:</div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><ul><li><span>coorporate fees in Belgium</span></li><li><span>organising an yearly code sprint</span></li><li><span>organising/guiding FOSS4G-Europe (next one possibly in 2024)</span></li><li><span>coordinate development of features/projects relevant for ESA<br></span></li></ul></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">This opportunity should not be missed, imho.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><br></div>
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On Friday, August 26th, 2022 at 11:52 AM, María Arias de Reyna <<a href="mailto:delawen@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">delawen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>
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<div dir="auto">Hi!<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I know Claudia has already talked to some of you at the FOSS4G. Looks like the ESA may be interested in throwing money and resources in OSGeo's direction to help develop geospatial FOSS.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">They need an European entity for this. Oops. I told her why we just closed our legal entity. She understood and asked me how much money would make resurrecting the legal entity worth it. Not promising anything, this is very early stages, but to have a reference.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If we decide this is a good opportunity to do it, we would need not only volunteers to organize and help redirect the money *actively*, but also look carefully where we can and should open the association, money and legally wise. Probably we should draft already a plan to help ESA decide.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If not, she is looking for other ways to help us, always inside Europe. Sponsoring events is the obvious answer, but do we have other needs or opportunities? Some local chapters have legal entities but splitting resources through them may be too fine granular and lot of bureaucracy. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers,</div><div dir="auto">María.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div>
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