[Board] Proposal/thoughts for a FOSS4G Advisor Role

[Paul Ramsey]

Here's my issue w/ this.  If the conference was being deliberately
sited in such a way as to make money, spending money on conference
organization makes sense. But we're siting the conference randomly
with respect to the foundation's larger goals (or are we? is there
harmonization between what we want to achieve with this conference and
where we are putting it? is our goal to invest money earned in Europe
and NA in evangelism in other locales? I'm getting off topic here...)

Rather than commit to an ongoing fixed cost, how about something more
flexible, that shares both upside and downside, like proportion of
profit?

Or put another, more simple way: will Jeff's participation likely
increase the revenue of FOSS4G 2012 by over $30K? (that's 3 gold
sponsors or 60 extra attendees).

P.

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Michael P. Gerlek <mpg at flaxen.com> wrote:
> 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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