<div dir="ltr">Dear Craig Allan and other OSMG Board Members<div><br></div><div>We (OSGeo Oceania) are a local chapter of OSMF, and we have an agreement for OSMF to pay us on behalf of two other organisations (Meta and Esri).</div><div><br></div><div>I have been chasing these payments up for over three months, and honestly, I'm pretty disgusted and deeply disappointed that I have to continue following this up.</div><div><br></div><div>Can you please immediately make the transactions as agreed so that I can move on to spending my volunteer time on things that are actually useful to our community.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm honestly going to be reluctant to engage with the OSMF personally again after this.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope to hear from you immediately.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Alex Leith</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 at 09:39, Alex Leith <<a href="mailto:alexgleith@gmail.com">alexgleith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hey folks<div><br></div><div>Happy new year :-) <br><div><br></div><div>It's been another month. I know we're all volunteers, but it would be great to get this off my list of things to follow up!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 at 08:15, Alex Leith <<a href="mailto:alexgleith@gmail.com" target="_blank">alexgleith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hey Treasurer Folks</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Do you have an update on when these two payments will be made?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kind regards,<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>Alex Leith</b><br></font></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">m: +61 419 189 050</font><div><a href="https://auspatious.com" target="_blank"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">https://auspatious.com</font></a></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 at 7:38 am, Alex Leith <<a href="mailto:alexgleith@gmail.com" target="_blank">alexgleith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Thank you for this comprehensive information.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If the treasurer can please let me know if they require any information from me, that’d be appreciated.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We’re also a volunteer Board here at OSGeo Oceania, so I totally appreciate the process!</div><div dir="auto"><br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>Alex Leith</b><br></font></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">m: +61 419 189 050</font><div><a href="https://auspatious.com" target="_blank"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">https://auspatious.com</font></a></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 at 11:01 am, Héctor Ochoa Ortiz <<a href="mailto:hector.ochoa.ortiz@osmfoundation.org" target="_blank">hector.ochoa.ortiz@osmfoundation.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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Apologies, first of all, for the delay and lack of clear communication from our side.
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This is the current status of the sponsorship transfers.
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The board first received your request on the 26th September
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A circular was created by Arnalie on the 6th October, and passed a week later unanimously (<a href="https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2024-11#2024/Res42_Approve_OSM_assistance_to_receive_funds_from_ESRI_for_OSGeo_Oceania_(sponsorship_distribution_for_FOSS4G_x_SotM_Oceania_2024)" target="_blank">https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2024-11#2024/Res42_Approve_OSM_assistance_to_receive_funds_from_ESRI_for_OSGeo_Oceania_(sponsorship_distribution_for_FOSS4G_x_SotM_Oceania_2024)</a>).
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Currently, the issue is on the Treasurer to initiate the transfers.
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As it is the first time the OSMF is distributing Corporate Member funds across multiple SotMs. This, together with the Board elections and onboarding of newly elected board members, meant that the issue handling was delayed from our side.
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24th October the board received the first notice of your approval from the LCCWG.
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The board discussed the issue on our meeting on 21st November (<a href="https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2024-11-21#Distribution_of_Meta_sponsorships_to_regional_SotMs" target="_blank">https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2024-11-21#Distribution_of_Meta_sponsorships_to_regional_SotMs</a>)
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A circular was started on the same day, with a duration of one week, for board members to vote on. This circular included 4 out of the 8 proposed events (as they had contacted the board with the needed details), but missed the FOSS4G/SotM Oceania event, as confusion between the mails for the ESRI and Meta sponsorships meant that a ticket for it was not created on our internal issue handling system.
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I picked up on this, and created a second circular on the 30th November, including the FOSS4G IT - OSMIT 2024 (which contacted after first circular started) and FOSS4G/SotM Oceania 2024 events (<a href="https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2024-12#2024/Res48_Distribution_of_Meta_Sponsorship_to_regional_SotMs,_via_OSMF_-_FOSS4GIT-OSMIT_2024_&_FOSS4G/SotM_Oceania_2024" target="_blank">https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2024-12#2024/Res48_Distribution_of_Meta_Sponsorship_to_regional_SotMs,_via_OSMF_-_FOSS4GIT-OSMIT_2024_&_FOSS4G/SotM_Oceania_2024</a>). This circular was approved by 5 votes in favour, 2 did not vote.
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Currently, the issue is on the Treasurer to initiate the transfers.
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As a reminder, the board is composed of all volunteer members. We work on these issues on our spare time, which makes any completion dates hard to predict. I am deeply sorry for taking so much time, as I know this is affecting the regional SotMs organizers.
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Look, this has been quite a long time and I haven't heard an update.
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FYI, can you please provide an update to me regarding these two sponsorship payments.
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<br>Cc: Arnalie Vicario <<a href="mailto:arnalie.vicario@osmfoundation.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">arnalie.vicario@osmfoundation.org</a>>, FOSS4G SotM Oceania Sponsorship <<a href="mailto:sponsorship@foss4g-oceania.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">sponsorship@foss4g-oceania.org</a>>, Jonah Sullivan <<a href="mailto:Jonahsullivan79@gmail.com" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jonahsullivan79@gmail.com</a>>
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Can you please give me an update on where the two outstanding payments are at?
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This is our last remaining sponsor payment, the Meta and Esri fund transfer.
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Can you please let me know where we're at with the two payments OSMF is due to make to OSGeo Oceania.
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<span style="font-size:8pt">¹ As per <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_naming_customs" target="_blank">Spanish naming customs</a>, Héctor is my given name, while Ochoa and Ortiz are my paternal and maternal surnames, respectively.</span>
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