[Oceania-Board] Document Prettification

[Dionne Hansen]

I am happy for this to go ahead.

On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 at 12:26, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:

> To get this back on topic, the proposal is to approve expenditure of up to
> $440 on formatting the annual report document.
>
> This expenditure fits in the "under $1,000 and unbudgeted" line of the finance
> policy
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WtJGVLfbaaQ7j8G6hI86FJgFNFAgEv9X/view?usp=sharing>,
> and as such, is within my delegation limit, so technically doesn't need
> approval.
>
> Please let me know if you have any issues with this expenditure.
>
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 19:39, Adam Steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just reading the board meeting minutes [1] in the context of annual
>> report decoration - cc'ing this response to the board list with
>> contract details removed.
>>
>> Perhaps report organisation is a job for the O&CWG? I empathise a lot
>> with Dionne and Hamish and Celina - vast energy was spent building the
>> O&CWG and it is not used - at worst sometimes actively sidelined or
>> weirdly excluded/dismissed ( eg [2] - a perfect opportunity to respond
>> with 'yes lets get WGs looking at things which will help' ). So I am
>> completely unsurprised that the WG feels directionless. I think the
>> way forward is to simply use the O&WG to do the things it is nominally
>> tasked to do.
>>
>> Board meetings are held in the middle of the night in GMT+1 (this week
>> was 02:00-03:00), we all knew it was going to be near impossible for
>> me to show up in person to meetings months ago. So, overdue
>> resignation incoming.
>>
>> Great to read that the 2020 hybrid conference was well attended and
>> has given some fertile ground for future ideas!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> [1]
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/14VldLytdGMNqbIvqKNxSjyejSkW-xCkRbR7nW4_7WP4
>> [2]
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/private/oceania-board-private/2020-July/000453.html
>>
>> --
>>
>> "Move purposeful, and fix things"
>>
>> --Alyssa Wright, FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018 keynote
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 07:20, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hey folks
>> >
>> > As discussed at the Board meeting today, here’s a quote for making the
>> annual report look pretty.
>> >
>> > Lauren usually delivers in less time than she quotes.
>> >
>> > So, any objections to my proceeding with working with Lauren to get us
>> a shiny annual report?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>>
>
>
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