[Board] Motion: Authorizing FOSS4G NA 2013 Agreement

[Mark Lucas]

+1 Mark

Conferences are our primary means of growing revenue for the organization.  The previous OSGeo NA conference was run effectively and at a profit in Washington DC.  The desire is to sustain an annual NA conference and return proceeds back to the organization (with the understanding that we will earmark funds for future NA conferences).  Risk is low, proven organizers, detailed plan and with this approach we can continue to turn the corner and build up financial resources to expand our activities.  Additionally, we have made decisions and assigned board members to review the proposal in detail - this was accomplished.  

mrl



On Aug 21, 2012, at 2:09 AM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:

> Motion: The board hereby authorizes Daniel Morissette to sign the draft
> services agreement with SharedGeo (linked) and authorizes the operation
> of the FOSS4G NA 2013 conference under the budget (linked).
> 
> Agreement:
> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/attachments/20120820/110f4c7b/attachment-0001.doc
> 
> Budget:
> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/attachments/20120820/110f4c7b/attachment-0001.pdf
> 
> 
> +1 Frank
> 
> ---
> 
> Folks,
> 
> I have reviewed the agreement with SharedGeo and the proposed budget
> and everything seems reasonable.  We will need *every board member* to
> clearly vote in support of this motion if we want to pass it by email.
> 
> I would note that the last board already passed a motion in support
> of this arrangement pending working out details so I'd prefer that
> this time sensitive item not be taken as the time to rehash whether
> or not OSGeo wants to be involved in FOSS4G NA.  We can certainly have
> that discussion as we try to form a longer term strategy.
> 
> Best regards,
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