[Board] [Fwd: approved contract]

[Tyler Mitchell]

It's probably worth mentioning, for the new directors, that this FOSS4G conference organiser's contract is part one of the process.  The next (timing?) item on that front will be to approve a operational budget for the event.  Once that's approved than all the decisions of the event are in Lorenzo's and the Local Organising Committee's (LOC) hands.  

We've learned a few lessons these past couple years and there are a few ideas floating around for how we could make FOSS4G fit a bit tighter with OSGeo's mission in some ways;  but I would like to say that Lorenzo is already off to a good start having had lots of great discussions while in Sydney.  I'm really glad he was able to make it.

I'm thrilled to see the contract finalised this early on.

Tyler

----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)" <arnulf at osgeo.org>
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009 5:11 pm
Subject: [Board] [Fwd: approved contract]
To: board at lists.osgeo.org

> Board,
> the contract is now finally available, find it attached. All 
> points that
> were raised over the past four(!) months have been included. The 
> currentversion has been edited to its final version by Tyler 
> Mitchell, Arnulf
> Christl, Paul Ramsey, Lorenzo Becchi, Jeroen Ticheler, and Jeff 
> McKenna in
> Sydney.
> 
> I send it to this list for final confirmation. This is not a 
> motion and we
> do not need to vote on it and I am fine with the contract as it 
> is now. I
> am especially happy with the experience of working with Grupo 
> Pacifico who
> are very uncomplicated and at the same time professional.
> 
> It is a bit annoying that it is has taken so long to finally get 
> it done
> which to a great part was my fault. Getting it done in no time 
> at all in
> Sydney shows how very efficient f2f meetings are. I will 
> therefore insist
> that we have a f2f board meeting within the next few months. 
> Several Ideas
> have been already been floated including to meet in Vancouver, 
> Montreal,Canada or Bonn, Germany. Before we start to find a 
> concrete place and date
> please let this list know what restriction you might have in 
> coming so
> that we can solve them. I really mean to get all of us meet in 
> one place
> for two days.
> 
> Bets regards,
> Arnulf.
> 
> PS:
> I am using a new web mailing server and it just flashed a few 
> warnings, so
> maybe the document has been garbled up.
> 
> 
> ---------------------------- Original Message -------------------
> ---------
> Subject: approved contract
> From:    "Lorenzo Becchi" <lorenzo at ominiverdi.com>
> Date:    Thu, November 5, 2009 19:30
> To:      "Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)" 
> <arnulf at osgeo.org>--------------------------------------------
> ------------------------------
> 
>  Hi Arnulf,
> this is the approved copy of the contract.
> Grupo Pacifico approved without any other change to the contract.
> We will need 3 copies signed by you and sent to Grupo Pacifico. 
> Then you
> will receive back one copy with all owr signs.
> 
> do you want me to ask the Board to confirm the contract?
> can you do it yourself?
> 
> we are getting closer!!!
> 
> ciao
> lorenzo
> 
> 
> -- 
> Arnulf Christl
> President OSGeo
> http://www.osgeo.org
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