[Board] Re: Board to pay for FOSS4G 2009 code sprint?

[Paul Ramsey]

Since I was hoping to see the profits from foss4g cover the f2f and
code sprint, reducing the cost of foss4g sort of defeats the purpose,
too... also, we got a certain amount of leverage out of using the
larger foss4g purchasing power to help arrange the other events (like
free / reduced cost rooms from our conference hotel in which to put
the other events). So, in retrospect, separating them out is a false
economy.

p.

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca> wrote:
> Not at $10K we're not :)  The 2007 event came in at under $5K, for
> room and food.
>
> P.
>
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Cameron Shorter
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> OSGeo board,
>>
>> A while back, Paul Ramsey suggested that the code sprint following FOSS4G
>> should be budgeted separately to the main FOSS4G conference.
>>
>> This means that FOSS4G attendees will not be subsidising the code sprint,
>> and we will be able to reduce the cost of FOSS4G.
>>
>> Can I please have confirmation from the board that the board will take
>> responsibility for financing the OSGeo Code sprint (probably by finding
>> sponsors). I'm expecting costs to be in the order of $10K to $20K.
>>
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