[Board] 2009 RFP draft review

[Jeff McKenna]

is this a green light to release the RFP this afternoon?

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jeff




Robert Bray wrote:
> I tend to agree with Paul and would prefer to put a stick in the mud of some sort. Even if it is a small stick we can always adjust it later.
> 
> Bob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Paul Ramsey
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 4:19 PM
> To: Jeff McKenna
> Cc: conference; board at osgeo.org
> Subject: [Board] Re: [OSGeo-Conf] 2009 RFP draft review
> 
> 
> 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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>>
>>
>> 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