[Board] FOSS4G Pricing / Location

[Paul Ramsey]

FOSS4G 2007 will return about 10% on revenues. If we specified a  
budgeted return of 5% of revenue, that would be a start.

On 16-Oct-07, at 12:17 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> Paul Ramsey wrote:
>> We delegated the question of FOSS4G as a revenue generator to the  
>> AGM and got ... what? out of that?
>> The '09 RFP will be coming out soon, and if we don't provide  
>> direction, the status quo will prevail, which puts us locked into  
>> a particular scheme for two years.
>
> Paul,
>
> I didn't get a sense of a clear position at the AGM though perhaps  
> that has
> been colored by my own preferences and preconceptions.  Did others get
> a clear sense of the memberships position on this?
>
> Given the majority position at the board meeting that FOSS4G should be
> treated as a money maker, with a non-trivial portion disagreeing, I  
> would
> like to see a compromise position taken by the board for 2009.   
> Something
> along the lines of "the conference should be conservatively  
> budgeted to
> return a profit of 30000 USD to the foundation, with a higher  
> profit if
> sponsorship and attendance goes well".
>
> I have cc:ed the conference committee to keep them aware of this  
> issue.
>
> I have also added this to the agenda for the Nov. 2nd board meeting.
>
>   http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Thirtieth_Board_Meeting#Agenda
>
> Best regards,
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