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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi all</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There’s been much discussion about the budget the past few
days (finally!). Some specific comments and attempts at answers follow. Petro from PeopleSA will send her wrap-up with
fixes after this, then we hope to have a budget that the OSGeo
Finance Committee can approve. </span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal ><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"
>Dewald
asked if the recent invoice from <span class=SpellE>PeopleSA</span> was
the only invoice for professional services. Answer: No, it is the first of
three. The first two are a third of the estimated total conference cost and
the third will be reconciled with the actual conference cost, based on a
fee of 7.5% of total conference cost. </span></font>
<li class=MsoNormal ><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"
></span></font> Paul asked to see s<FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ponsorship targets.
A: A preliminary report from our database was distributed on Monday. The next
report will show some sort of ranking and more detail. PLEASE ALL PROVIDE
INPUT AS REQUESTED.</SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Paul asked: <FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">So, give me some comfort
here: </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></LI>
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">what does GISSA do in
sponsorship, usually?<SPAN> A: AfricaGIS/GISSA2005 was around
R1500000 (please confirm Carrin)</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN></SPAN>What do
they do in attendance? A: AfricaGIS/GISSA2005 was around 800 and that was
mainly from Africa. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">What are their
attendance fees?<SPAN> A: Carrin or other please
comment</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN></SPAN>What do
the GISSA people think of this budget?<SPAN> A: GISSA people please
comment! From my discussions I gather that GISSA people believe it's
doable. </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN></SPAN>How does
it compare to their past events? A: GISSA people please
comment!</SPAN></FONT></LI></UL></UL></UL></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Paul: <FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">The head <SPAN
class=GramE>note, that</SPAN> students will be allowed in at R240, the "cost
of food" does not line up with the food costs lower down the page, which are
much <SPAN class=SpellE>much</SPAN> higher than that. A: See earlier comments
by Carrin and others. Yes, this needs to be raised. We're open to suggestions
as to how best to handle student registration.
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Carrin: GISSA members
discount (about R150?). I agree with it - Petro please introduce it as per
Carrin's suggestion, say for 400 GISSA
members?</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P></LI>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Paul: <FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">I see two undifferentiated
expense items that I would like broken
out:</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Computer
Equipment.<SPAN> </SPAN>What's the per-unit cost here?<SPAN>
</SPAN>It looks over twice our 2007 cost. A: The budget says it's R3550
per unit for the week. We haven't shopped around here too much as we're
really pushing for a direct sponsor who will then donate the computers to
schools and universities. We have some positive leads for this.
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<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
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face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Gifts for
Delegates.<SPAN> </SPAN>Again, what comprises this?<SPAN>
</SPAN>We got by on about $10 per person (<SPAN
class=SpellE>bag'n'shirt</SPAN>), this seems to be about three times that.
A: If this ends up being a pure cost we'll do it cheaply. But again we are
seeking direct sponsorhip of these items so we hope to have some really
nice goodies in the bag.
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<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Paul: <FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Food pricing appears
similar to Victoria, which is fine, but I was given the impression this was
one of the areas where SA would easily beat us in providing value for money.
A: Perhaps Petro could comment here. I believe this goes along with the venue.
We are paying a premium for both since it's one of very few venues that can
handle this size conference and it's in huge demand as well as being recently
rated the top conference destination in the world. So we have to bite the
bullet on that one. Food and bev for other attendee costs outside the
conference hours should be cheaper, but then again, there's a huge range of
prices in a city like Cape Town. In general these prices were at least double
in Victoria compared to what I'm accustomed to in
SA. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Paul: <FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Could you explain the Gala
<SPAN class=GramE>Dinner.</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN>Is R370 full cost
recovery?<SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">That's what it costs, and
that's what we're charging delegates?<SPAN> </SPAN>(If so, hear <SPAN
class=SpellE>hear</SPAN>, let the days of subsidizing the gala end.) A: It's
treated as one of the general costs at the moment with the idea that everyone
goes, removing the affordability issue which would keep a lot of delegates
out. It's a fantastic venue and we want everyone there. So I guess as the
budget stands it's being partly covered by registration fees and partly by
sponsorhip.</SPAN></FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Paul: <FONT
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">How does "Final On-site
Programme" (R12000) differ from "various costs associated with printing of
abstract book" (R40000<SPAN class=GramE>) ? A: The Programme is the equivalent
of what FOSS4G2007 had - find your way around the venue, choose labs and
presentations, etc. The Abstract book is a full book of complete abstracts of
each presentation, which we normally do at GISSA conferences and which wasn't
done at FOSS4G2007. We've put the cost in so there are no surprises, but
what we end up doing re Abstracts and paper vs online will depend on decisions
over the coming
months. </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN class=GramE>Paul:
<FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Are we planning on two (2)
invited speakers at R33000 each?<SPAN> </SPAN>That would include
speaking fees, I assume, with that much money. A: We're <EM>budgeting</EM> for
2, not necessarily planning on 2. It's still early
days.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Is the exhibition hall
layout flexible? A:
Yes</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN class=GramE>For
how long?</SPAN> A: It's going through 'final' changes this week - see
latest version of Prospectus. I guess it shouldn't change too much after
we've put it to the market, but it can.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">You have the dressing
costs in there already, assuming a certain number of exhibitors,
presumably we can downsize if necessary?<SPAN> A: Petro can comment.
We have to pay for the full space but I believe we only pay for the
dressing costs for the stands we
sell.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN></SPAN>Does this
exhibition hall size match GISSA previous experience?</SPAN> A: Magda
(exhibitor coordinator) tells me it's a little bigger than the space at
AfricaGIS 2005 but a lot depends on how we configure it. Fire and other
regulations contrain the space we can squeeze booths, food service and
demo theatre into. We don't have a separate room for the demo theatre
unless we double up one of the workshop rooms so we plan to build one up
right in the exhibition space and cover it through a direct sponsorship.
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<LI class=MsoNormal></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> Paul: <FONT
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">The venue cost is double
what was anticipated in the bid, any reason for that?<SPAN>
</SPAN>(Almost three times the Victoria cost.) A: see my comment on food
above. Same answer! Plus PeopleSA have done a lot of negotiating for ideal and
sufficient rooms. I believe it's minimised where possible. e.g. we only
use and pay for the main auditorium on the Monday and Thursday and we've tried
to get maximum use out of it. All other spaces are probably already sold
to other users. </SPAN></FONT></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Paul: <FONT
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">What's the cost of
exhibiting going to be? A: This will depend on final floorplan due in the next
day or two but we're looking at from R12500 for early non-profit to R20000 for
late commercial per 3x3m stand. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Frank and Dave M: "<FONT
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Note also that the
revenues and expenses for the conference are the single largest component of
the OSGeo budget, and go a long way to satisfying the needs of our non-<SPAN
class=GramE>profit<SPAN> </SPAN>501</SPAN>(c)(3) status. This means we
need to take particular care to ensure any contracting etc<SPAN
class=GramE>..</SPAN> <SPAN class=GramE>is</SPAN> handled appropriately to
ensure we can count these funds towards <SPAN class=SpellE>OSGeo's</SPAN>
overall revenues/expenses." A: I'm not sure how relevant this is if I read it
correctly. OSGeo has no revenue or expenses at present relating to this
conference. Once the budget is approved and an agreement between GISSA and
OSGeo signed, we'll know the extent of OSGeo's investment / expenses / risk
and potential revenue / profit share. Carrin is working on the agreement at
present. Dave M, please pick up the next version of the budget that gets sent
to the LOC in the next day or two and take that to the Finance Committee for
consideration, along with the (draft) agreement that Carrin should be sending
out soon.
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<P class=MsoNormal>Some comparative musings on sponsorship and exhibitors.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I see in the 2007 Prospectus that<font size=2 face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> CND210000 was sought from sponsors alone as per
the prospectus offerings (=~R1500000) – about the same as we’re
looking at this year. </span></font></P>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I seem to remember from a post that CND160000 was obtained
for 2007, although Paul says in another post that</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CND125000 was obtained from sponsors and exhibitors after
hoping for CND150000.</span></font></p>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Our target is R1500000 and based on
AfricaGIS/GISSA2005, it's possible. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Again, I ask that when you look at
the budget spreadsheet, you play around with variables like numbers of
delegates, exchange rate, registration fee and proportion of early bird
registrations. This will either satisfy your curiosity or aloow you to make
specific comments for improvement, or where risks really are!</SPAN></FONT></P>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">All in all, my opinion is that although the budget is big
and the sponsorship ask is also substantial, we can pull it off. We have a team
of dedicated, experienced and passionate people and enough time. South Africa in
2008 is the right place and time for FOSS4G!</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I hope I've 'given you some comfort'!</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal > </p>
<p class=MsoNormal ><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-ZA style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">cheers</span></font></p>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-ZA
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Gavin</SPAN></FONT></P>
<p class=MsoNormal ><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-ZA style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"></span></font> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal ><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-ZA style="FONT-SIZE:
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"></span></font> </p>
<p class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><a
name="_MailAutoSig"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE:
12pt">Gavin Fleming MSc</span></font></a></p>
<p class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span
><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Senior GISc and Sustainable
Development Researcher </span></font></span></p>
<p class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span
></span><a href="http://www.foss4g2008.org/"><span
><span >FOSS4G2008</span></span><span
></span></a><span ><span
> conference chair</span></span></p>
<p class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span
><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Mintek, </span></font></span><span ><span
lang=EN-US >200 Malibongwe
Drive</span></span><span ><span
lang=EN-US> (formerly Hans Strijdom Drive)</span><span
></span></span></p>
<p class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span
><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">P/Bag X3015, Randburg, 2125, </span></font></span><span ><span
lang=EN-US >South Africa</span></span><span
><span ></span></span></p>
<p class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span
><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">w: +27-11-709-4668 c: 0845965680 f:
0866164820</span></font></span></p>
<p class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span
><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">xmpp (Jabber, Google Talk, etc.): </span></font></span><span
></span><A
href="mailto:gavinjfleming@gmail.com" ><span ><font
size=1 face=Tahoma><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">gavinjfleming@gmail.com</span></font></span><span ></span></a><span ><span
></span></span></p>
<p class=section1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span
><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Skype: phlemingo</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span ><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">27.9782E 26.0896S</span><span ></span></font></span></p>
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