[Board] Polling charter members

[Bart van den Eijnden]

That is a good point and a good question.

It is clear that FOSS4G is still our main income (and this is unlikely to change soon), so we need to take this into account.

Also, something I’ve learned from Paul also applies here. If we can make the cake bigger (higher attendance), even if we only take a smaller percentage of the cake, our income would still be the same or even higher.

Personally I’d take a conservative approach and only bring the global FOSS4G to regions outside of Europe and North-America if our cash position allows for this. So ideally the revenue stream from NA and Europe would make it possible for us to do outreach in other areas.

Up for discussion of course, as always.

Best regards,
Bart

On 19 Sep 2014, at 15:30, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:

> Hi Bart,
> 
> I am in full agreement with you, in my opinion.  I've always recommended/tried to bring FOSS4G to all areas of the world, regardless of 'revenue'.
> 
> However, does 'revenue' change our view/focus?  I am asking.
> 
> That underlying revenue pressure needs to be discussed, and we the Board need to agree on what we want FOSS4G to be.
> 
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> On 2014-09-19 10:24 AM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
>> FOSS4G is our main outreach event, the more people we can reach with open source geospatial, the better IMHO.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Bart
>> 
>> On 19 Sep 2014, at 15:20, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I think what is missing on that page, is what do we want FOSS4G to be? (affordable, small, tribe-pleasing vs at *the* city conference hall, pleasing a larger audience)  I think this confusion, is causing much of the stress/fear this past week.
>>> 
>>> Once we decide what we want FOSS4G to be, for OSGeo, then we can look at ways to make that happen (partnerships, PCO, hiring, etc etc, or not).
>>> 
>>> -jeff
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2014-09-19 9:53 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 2014-09-19 9:42 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>>> Ok, first draft of wiki page is here:
>>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Options_2014
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please feel free to improve the text, or insert your comments / votes.
>>>>> 
>>>> Thanks Cameron.
>>>> 
>>>> -jeff
>>>> 
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