[Board] My attendance in Portland

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Jeff,

can you give us an approximation of how much you would need out of this budget for your FOSS4G attendance?

Best regards,
Bart

On 10 Jul 2014, at 19:34, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:

> Hi Board,
> 
> We're about 2 months away from FOSS4G-Portland, and I just want to be
> open that no one has contacted me to represent OSGeo at that event.
> Other (regional) events give me lots of notice, handle flights, hotels,
> meals, for the OSGeo President to attend; however I learned last year
> that for the main FOSS4G event it is just assumed that I will be there
> in person.  Well to avoid that last minute chaos again, I am here asking
> the Board for use of the "Strategic travel" funding (as listed in the
> budget http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2014) to cover my
> flights, hotel, and misc expenses (transfers) for FOSS4G Portland.
> 
> Last year there was a debate as to whether this should be funded by the
> FOSS4G committee or in fact by the OSGeo Board, and it was decided it
> made most sense for the OSGeo Board to cover it.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
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