[Board] [OSGeo-Conf] Motion: (Strike 2) Authorizing FOSS4G NA 2013 Agreement

[Cameron Shorter]

+1, based upon assessment of both FOSS4G-NA and FOSS4G-UK both having 
very competent teams, and consequently there is a low risk profile for 
supporting both events. Also based on confirmation that Stephen Feldman, 
FOSS4G-UK chair, supported the joint backing of the two conferences.

On 22/08/2012 4:26 AM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> I have collected all the information relating to this motion in a 
> single wiki page at:
>
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_NA_2013_OSGeo_Agreements
>
> Now here goes the motion again, hopefully we got everything covered 
> this time:
>
>
> *** Motion ***
>
> The board hereby commits to support the FOSS4G-NA 2013 event according 
> to the terms defined in the agreement between OSGeo and the Twin 
> Cities Local chapter (online at [1] and also quoted below), with a 
> board representative to be appointed at the September board meeting at 
> the latest, and in the meantime authorizes Daniel Morissette as 
> Treasurer to sign the draft services agreement with SharedGeo [2] and 
> authorizes the operation of the FOSS4G NA 2013 conference under the 
> budget [3].
>
> [1] OSGeo/Twin Cities Local Chapter Agreement:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_NA_2013_OSGeo_Agreements#Agreement_between_OSGeo_and_Twin_Cities_Local_Chapter 
>
>
> [2] OSGeo/SharedGeo Agreement:
> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/attachments/20120820/110f4c7b/attachment-0001.doc 
>
>
> [3] Budget:
> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/attachments/20120820/110f4c7b/attachment-0001.pdf 
>
>
>
>
> And I start with my +1  -- Daniel
>
>
>
>
> ------- Agreement between OSGeo and Twin Cities Local
> Chapter ---------
>
> With reference to Board Resolution accepting the Services Agreement 
> between
> OSGeo and SharedGeo, the OSGeo Board establishes a relationship with the
> OSGeo Twin Cities Local Chapter to create the Local Organizing Committee
> for the planning and running of the Free and Open Source Software for
> Geospatial North America Conference (FOSS4G NA) 2013 Conference to be 
> held
> in Minneapolis, MN May 22-24 2013.
>
> As part of this relationship, the Twin Cities Local Chapter agrees to:
>
>    1. Establish a Local Organizing Committee (LOC). This committee shall
>    fulfill all roles within the Services Agreement assigned to "The
>    Committee". Specifically this encompasses all activities in the 
> Services
>    Agreement Section II.A other than "filing of any required post event
>    Federal and State income tax returns".
>    2. Establish a Conference Chair.
>    3. Establish a Program Committee that responds to the Chair and the 
> LOC
>    and tries to represent the broader North American OSGeo interests.
>    4. Establish an Executive Committee made up of the Conference 
> Chair, the
>    Conference Venue Chair, a representative from SharedGeo, and a
>    representative from the OSGeo Board of Directors. No expenditures 
> outside
>    of the budget or changes to the budget are to be made without full
>    consensus by this Executive Committee
>    5. Communicate all major developments with regards to the conference
>    with the OSGeo Conference Committee and OSGeo Board of Directors.
>
> The OSGeo Board agrees to:
>
>    1. Provide an OSGeo representative to sit on the Local Organizing
>    Committee
>    2. Provide oversight over the budget through filling a seat on the
>    Conference Executive Committee
>    3. Earmark a minimum of 50% of net conference profits for future 
> FOSS4G
>    North America events (excluding the main FOSS4G international event).
>    4. File any required post event Federal and State income tax returns.
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