[Board] Re: [OSGeo-Conf] 2009 RFP draft review

[Paul Ramsey]

It's a bit of a big thing to hide in ambiguity, I think.  If we don't  
put a number to it, what is a bidder to make of it?

On 25-Oct-07, at 2:58 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:

> sorry paul, i see you were addressing the profit issue that Frank  
> also mentioned.  Here is the line that caught my attention:
>
> previous doc:
>
> "OSGeo will take on financial responsibility, including bridge  
> funding and absorbing shortfalls, should attendance fall short. It  
> is, however, intended that the conference be essentially revenue  
> neutral after completion."
>
> paul's:
>
> "OSGeo will take on financial responsibility, including bridge  
> funding and absorbing shortfalls, should attendance fall short of  
> conservative budgeted estimates (to be agreed on early in the  
> planning process).
> In return, it is expected that the conference will be budgeted to  
> produce some revenue ($20K) for OSGeo, using conservative expected  
> attendance and sponsorship estimates."
>
> Do we really want to put a number to this????
>
> --
> jeff
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>
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> Jeff McKenna wrote:
>> Starting to update the doc...
>> Paul, I see that you have suggested several changes in your  
>> document. Can you please summarize them in an email for everyone?  
>> (specifically I thought the consensus from yesterday's meeting was  
>> not to mention a specific profit number for now).  I was assuming  
>> that major changes would be discussed in yesterday's meeting, and  
>> today was minor updates...
>> jeff
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