[Board] Minutes from 12 November meeting

[Anita Graser]

Hi,

My initial question which somehow prompted this discussion (see
minutes) was whether board members pay the full conference fee or if there
were any other rules in place (because I need to plan my conference
budget). Besides paying out of my own pocket, I can attend events where I'm
presenting scientific publications that belong to one of my funded research
projects, or if I'm invited to give a talk or attend a meeting and travel
is paid. Basically, I just need to know which steps are necessary so I can
make a decision.

Best wishes,
Anita



On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 8:38 PM, Michael Smith <michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Cameron,
>
> It was my understanding that this was not sponsoring to attend the event.
> But just sponsoring to attend a possible f2f, essentially something like
> an extra night of hotel if a board member were there already. Or to travel
> if the member was not attending FOSS4G. It had not been determined that
> there would be a f2f, just that board members would not have to attend out
> of pocket if there were to be a meeting.
>
> Mike
>
> Michael Smith
> OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
> treasurer at osgeo.org
>
>
>
> On 11/16/15,  2:07 PM, "Board on behalf of Cameron Shorter"
> <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on behalf of cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >On 17/11/2015 3:58 am, Sanghee Shin wrote:
> >> 2. MOTION: OSGeo to pay for travel and arrangements at FOSS4G Bonn for
> >>all board members if a F2F board meeting is planned for there
> >
> >OSGeo Board,
> >Is this the second f2f meeting within a year that the OSGeo board is
> >proposing to be paid to attend?
> >Also is this the first OSGeo Board who would be all sponsored to attend
> >a FOSS4G event?
> >
> >I'm concerned that this is a deviation from prior OSGeo principles, and
> >looks externally to be self-serving.
> >I suspect that travel costs would become a reasonable percentage of
> >OSGeo's budget should regular board travel be approved.
> >As such, I suggest it should be a line item in the OSGeo Vision as well
> >as in the OSGeo budget. (I assume the current budget's travel allowance
> >isn't sufficient to cover 2 board international trips?)
> >
> >--
> >Cameron Shorter,
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