[Board] Proposal/thoughts for a FOSS4G Advisor Role

[Michael P. Gerlek]

Solid proposal, I like it a lot.

A couple points, though, of course:

* The daily rate is fine, but are 4 days/month sufficient?  I'm guessing 4 days would be the average over a 12 month period?

*nit: travel expenses should include meals (not just flight + hotel)

* this is a 12-month position, but should probably be timed to start immediately after the event -- so this year's contract should be prorated down a couple months?

* I would like to see this be a continuing position with the same person owning it for >>1 year -- otherwise we'd lose the institutional/tribal knowledge (which Jeff has now), and we might as well leave it to the LOC by themselves.  Thinking out loud: maybe a "retention bonus" if the person re-enlists for the next year?

* Proposal says "visit" (singular) to venue in advance of event -- I'd make that "venue(s)" (plural), to allow for >1 visits.  (As you all know by now, I'm a big fan of in-person meetings when potentially more productive than email or IRC or even phone.)

_mpg


-----Original Message-----
From: board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jeff McKenna
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 1:09 PM
To: osgeo-board List
Subject: [Board] Proposal/thoughts for a FOSS4G Advisor Role

Board,

I have started my thoughts on a structure for a new recurring (partially
funded) role for the OSGeo organization: 
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Advisor_Role

Related thoughts:

- if you respond with "compensation is over our budget" then let's remove tasks/responsibilities and then adjust the cost estimate

- yes this proposal is for an annual role; this year's event moving to another region for the first time just highlights how important this role is through the years

I will do my best to listen to all feedback.  I am also happy if edits occur directly on that page.

I am definitely acting on something that I have been wanting to put forward for a very long time.

-jeff



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