[Board] MOTION: Authorize running Vienna code sprint sponsorships through OSGeo

[Daniel Morissette]

Adding Stephan Meissl to CC to confirm that this is in line with the way 
they want to proceed.

Daniel


On 14-02-15 12:05 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Daniel,
> Can we please get confirmation from the organisors the relevant code
> sprints that this proposal aligns with their preferences of how they
> wish to see the money transferred. (I suggest CC them on this motion,
> and invite them to identify their role and also vote in their response
> to the thread.)
>
> On 15/02/14 09:38, Daniel Morissette wrote:
>> Hi board,
>>
>> Please see explanation below and vote on the following motion:
>>
>> MOTION: To authorize OSGeo and its Treasurer to run some of the
>> sponsorship funds for the Vienna Code Sprint through OSGeo's bank
>> account and transfer the total amount in a single transaction to the
>> Vienna Sprint organizers, together with the surplus from past C Tribe
>> Sprints that is already sitting in OSGeo's bank account.
>>
>> And I start with my +1 / Daniel
>>
>> Explanation:
>>
>> For some of the sponsors for the Vienna Code Sprint
>> (http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org/) based in US, it is complicated
>> and expensive to transfer the funds to the organizer (Stephan Meissl)
>> in Europe, and it would be easier and cheaper to just mail a check to
>> OSGeo that would be forwarded in one single transaction together with
>> the surplus from pas C Tribe Sprints which is already sitting in
>> OSGeo's bank account and waiting to be transferred when we will be ready.
>>
>> We would not want to act as a bank for several events per year because
>> of the overhead, but in this specific case since we are talking only
>> about one or two transactions, and we are already handling the surplus
>> from pas C Tribe Sprints anyway, the additional overhead is minimal so
>> I think it is worth doing.
>>
>> This motion is mostly a formality but I wanted to run this by the
>> board anyway.
>>
>
>


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