[Board] Re: [Fwd: [Foss4g2010-private] Budget FOSS4G 2010, review 12-2009]

Jeff McKenna jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
Thu Dec 3 13:11:49 PST 2009


Paul Ramsey wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Jeff McKenna
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> 
>> That said, what is relevant is possibly a discussion, dare i say it, of what
>> an LOC is supposed to do in the case of this profit - 2007's numbers were
>> very good (+120,000CAD?), and I believe the 2007 LOC gave a good chunk back
>> to OSGeo.
> 
> It all went back to OSGeo. OSGeo assumes 100% of the risk, and reaps
> 100% of the reward. In 2008 GISSA assumed part of the risk and shared
> the (meagre) reward.
> 

Ah thanks Paul, I tried to search the wiki for confirmation of this 
earlier but I wasn't able to find it (my fault).

But, we can't always assume that each LOC will always so such a thing. 
Should we have some wording in the 2011 RFP for this scenario?

-jeff








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