[OSGeo-Board] F2F Agenda

[Gary Lang]

We have a line item budget, more or less, but it needs to be drilled
down into. I agree with you on prioritization. That's always tricky, but
what we did was rank a bunch of items. You can see the voting results on
the F2F announcement page.

Gary 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Birch [mailto:Jason.Birch at nanaimo.ca] 
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 10:31 PM
To: Gary Lang; board at board.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Board] F2F Agenda

Although I am not going to be there (wish I could), and am not a board
member, I really think that these topics need some attention, especially
a brass tacks line-item budget.  No hand waving.  It's nice to spend
time in self-reflection and future goals, but practical requirements
really need to be addressed if we are to survive into our second year.
 
There also needs to be a prioritisation of budget items.  If fundraising
does not go as well as expected, what can we drop.  If fundraising goes
better, do we roll over the funds to the following year, or do we have
items that can be earmarked for additional funds if available?
 
Given the current agenda, I think that an additional two hours is a bare
minimum.  Might also want to consider an 8:30 start :)
 
Jason

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From: Gary Lang [mailto:gary.lang at autodesk.com]
Sent: Mon 2006-09-04 10:06 PM
To: board at board.osgeo.org
Subject: [OSGeo-Board] F2F Agenda



Board,

Take a look.

http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Face_to_Face_Meeting_Lausanne_2006

It feels tight on time. I spent time scheduling the afternoon but just
noticed that Frank did it elsewhere. I'll leave that part alone for now,
but will point out that we are not leaving enough time to discuss
budget, ED responsibilities, etc., in the interest of what feels like a
public presentation rather than a working meeting.

I would suggest that the public part start at 15:00 rather than 13:00 to
give us time to get work done.

Gary