[Board] FOSS4G 2013 Board Liaison

Tue Jul 3 13:48:01 PDT 2012

I support this as well.

Mark

On Jul 3, 2012, at 4:45 PM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:

> Cameron,
> 
> For reference, the "board liason"'s job is to monitor the conference's
> finances in an effort to ensure it is staying within the parameters of
> the budget approved by the board.  Often the liason can also be a
> conduit for other information and a source of experience too but the
> core function is to provide (hopefully light weight) financial
> monitoring.
> 
> For reference I'm thrilled that Peter is willing to fill this role.
> 
> Best regards,
> Frank
> 
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Cameron Shorter
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm not exactly sure what the role of a board liaison is, but I do think
>> that the UK team can only benefit from a mentor from a previous FOSS4G
>> chair.
>> 
>> +1 from me. (as a member of the conference committee)
>> 
>> 
>> On 4/07/2012 4:35 AM, Jo Cook wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Peter,
>> 
>> Absolutely! You can keep us on the straight and narrow- but if anyone has
>> any questions, they can always ask directly.
>> 
>> Jo
>> 
>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Jo, yes I had wondered about the possibility of you doing the role too,
>>> and I know you would do a good job of keeping the board informed. But as you
>>> say, one of the advantages that I bring is having the experience of running
>>> a previous event. And also I think there's probably some advantage to having
>>> someone from outside the original proposing team just to give a bit of an
>>> external perspective on things.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>>    Peter.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>> 
>>>> Happy to +1 Peter- though don't forget you already have a built-in
>>>> liaison- though without quite as much experience at conference organisation
>>>> (until after September next year...)
>>>> 
>>>> Jo
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I almost added that into my statement of qualifications :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Michael P. Gerlek <mpg at flaxen.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> +1, but only because you speak the same language as they do...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> .mpg
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jul 3, 2012, at 11:41 AM, Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I would like to volunteer to be the board liaison for FOSS4G 2013 in
>>>>>>> Nottingham. As most of you probably know, I was Chair of FOSS4G 2011 in
>>>>>>> Denver, and I am originally from the UK so that gives me an additional
>>>>>>> interest in helping the UK team run a great conference. I'm not quite sure
>>>>>>> of the protocol for choosing someone for this role, but I assume it makes
>>>>>>> sense to propose a motion on it at the next board meeting? If anyone else
>>>>>>> would like this role please speak up, I would be happy to let someone else
>>>>>>> do it :). But equally if nobody else wants to, I will be happy to take it
>>>>>>> on.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>    Peter.
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>>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 7RL, UK
>> t:+44 750 095 8167
>> iShare - Data integration and publishing platform
>> 
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