[Board] Funding for booth at Location Intelligence

[Dave McIlhagga]

I think you've hit the nail on the head Arnulf -- we have a lot of work 
to do. Many of us will try the best we can to find time to support the 
effort -- but this is definitely one of those activities that is not 
well served "as time permits" which is unfortunately the nature of 
volunteers.

For that reason, I think we'll need Tyler to play an active role to help 
fill in the holes, coordinate activities, and push FunCom to keep moving 
forward. No one can do this alone -- but we will need someone to take 
ownership of the activity.

Dave



Arnulf Christl wrote:
> On Sat, February 24, 2007 18:30, Tyler Mitchell wrote:
>> On 24-Feb-07, at 9:19 AM, Dave McIlhagga wrote:
>>
>>> Tyler -- I don't think I need to underscore this, but I'm sure you
>>> can appreciate that your #1 priority needs to be the ongoing
>>> sustainability of the organization above all else. As long as that
>>> is secure, other activities can move forward -- but without
>>> sustainability, OSGeo won't have much of a future.
>> I'm with you... this is a good reminder, thanks.
> 
> Maybe I get this all wrong and FunCom's job was finished when the sponsor
> docs were drafted but I thought that it is FunCom's underscored priority
> #1 to actively access sponsors.
> 
> From
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Executive_Director_Job_Description#Responsibilities
> 
> The Executive Director is to work "... with other members to pursue
> fundraising opportunities by writing proposals, meeting potential sponsors
> and developing relationships"
> 
> But that is bullet 6 out of 9.
> 
> Google is Gold sponsor for FOSS4G (kudos, well done) so does not seem
> impossile. Is there a FunCom list of potential sponsors, contact persons
> and a timetable when to contact them?
> 
> I have updated the Wiki page to point to the correct mailing lists:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Fundraising&action=history
>