Fw: Re: [Board] OSGeo board, Fundation

[Ravi]

Hi Arnulf,
OSGeo India were always thinking in those lines.
We seek your help for some nudging, no doubt.
We will plan for such an event.
Ravi Kumar

--- On Fri, 5/2/10, Arnulf Christl <seven at arnulf.us> wrote:

> From: Arnulf Christl <seven at arnulf.us>
> Subject: Re: [Board] OSGeo board, F2F Meeting in India
> To: "Ravi" <ravivundavalli at yahoo.com>
> Cc: board at lists.osgeo.org
> Date: Friday, 5 February, 2010, 9:50 PM
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> Ravi wrote:
> > My Dear Fellow board members,
> > just picked this from the mails.
> > 
> > "If we imagine that that money is spent instead on
> funding the OSGeo
> > India conference, I think that the end result of
> giving that $10000 to the OSGeo India group would be more
> beneficial to the efforts
> > of OSGeo overall"
> > 
> > For me it speaks volumes. This conversation started
> with similar thoughts, ironically.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Ravi Kumar
> 
> Ravi,
> we will definitely not be able to get all directors there,
> thats for
> sure now.
> 
> But if you can manage to take on my travel costs I will
> surely come. If
> there is an option to give a FOSS business workshop,
> introduction to
> some of OSGeo's software projects or a high level meeting
> with
> managers/directors, public administration representatives
> who need to be
> nudged a bit towards trusting OSGeo fundation and software
> I'll be happy
> to do just that. From what I received off list there seems
> to be broader
> interest iirc Jeff & Jeroen at least hinted towards
> that. Maybe folks
> can speak up again or write to Ravi directly.
> 
> Best regards,
> Arnulf.
> 
> PS:
> I left the typo "fundation", sounds good to me.
> 
> - --
> Arnulf Christl
> 
> Exploring Space, Time and Mind
> http://arnulf.us
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