[Board] Mid-summer financial review

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,
We do have a meeting in Italy with OSGeo hackers on 21-27 June.  
There's still space to host some people inexpensively and Arnulf and  
myself are already there. I think Tyler is in the neighborhood also  
just before that week (UK wasn't it Tyler)?
Let me know if this is an option.
Ciao,
Jeroen

On Jun 2, 2009, at 12:25 PM, Jo Walsh wrote:

> dear all,
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:57 AM, Dave McIlhagga
> <dmcilhagga at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:
>> Re. the off-the-wall idea -- I'm not so sure its that crazy.
>
> I see no harm in at least writing to GITA and some other candidate
> at least saying, "we are considering this amongst a range of options,
> what do you feel about it?"
>
>> On the original issue re. the financial situation -- I still wonder  
>> if we're
>> doing enough on the fundraising side of the equation.
>
> I wondered if it would be easier to raise sponsors for FOSS4G 2009,
> rather than for the foundation directly, would it be a simpler sell.
> I joined Cameron's sponsor contact google document and wrote to a few
> people and got not one reply. I don't know how others here have made  
> out
> with that effort. I didn't try hard though because the climate
> economically is so offputting - who is spending money they don't  
> have to?
>
> Whatever happens I *would* like to see an in-person meeting of
> the board to handle this. Perhaps two board members can offer their
> institutional or personal premises, and another 3 or 4 come to them,
> that would save a bit of money and ideally directors can swallow
> their own travel expenses although it would be nice to have a small
> fund for this - it is important!
>
> cheers,
>
>
> jo
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