[Board] 2013 Budget approval

[Frank Warmerdam]

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Daniel Morissette
<dmorissette at mapgears.com> wrote:
> In an email earlier this week Cameron suggested 5k$ for "other professional
> services" (currently 0), and 5k$ for "other sponsorship opportunities".
> There were no comments on his suggestion so I had not added those amounts to
> the draft budget yet.
>
> I do agree with Cameron's suggestions so if there are no objections I'd like
> to add those two amounts before we vote. (Or feel free to add them Jeff
> since I will be offline for a few hours)

Daniel / Cameron,

What is "other professional services" expected to include beyond
the professional services for accounting, tax preparation and 501(c)3
we have already accounted for?

I do not foresee all GSoC projects/mentors requesting their resources
to go support code sprints, and so do not see the direct need for this
line item to be all the GSoC money.

I'm not clear on why "Board travel (case by case)" is meant
to represent.  Is this OSGeo representatives travelling to speak
on our behalf for strategically important events?  Essentially what
we used to refer to as "OSGeo Ambassador" expenses?  If so,
I object to calling it "board travel" but not to the line item.  I'd
prefer it be something like "strategic travel" - my point being that
it is not limited to board members.

Sorry for not speaking up sooner.

Best regards,
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