[Board] Minutes from 12 November meeting

[Jody Garnett]

While I was happy to vote for covering travel costs - I did not expect to
use them myself as I will be attending the event.

The general theme (and the reason for me voting +1) is that if we are
expecting an OSGeo member to operate in an official capacity on behalf of
the foundation I would like OSGeo be in position to reimburse the
individual for additional costs incurred.

I believe this is consistent with covering Jeff's cost to attend the
upcoming Moscow event (we are asking Jeff to represent the foundation in an
official capacity).

This is nothing specific about Jeff or his role as our president - instead
it is the boards request to have a representative in an official capacity
present at the event. I feel a board member or charter member may be able
to fulfill that role.

I expect this (and any future board) to keep the current budget in mind and
balance the need for members to act in an official capacity in mind when
planing or approving such activities.

To bring this back to the current example of foss4g 2016 bonn:
* If I am asked to attend a face to face meeting, I may ask that an
addition day of accommodation be covered, since I am otherwise attending
that event.
* It may not make sense to schedule a face to face meeting (depending on
board priorities and budget looks like)







--
Jody Garnett

On 17 November 2015 at 00:41, Massimiliano Cannata <
massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch> wrote:

> Dear All,
> I was responsible for the motion after the above cited discussions.
> My motivation was a bit provocative (and I expected some discussion that
> didn't happen at all with my great disappointment) but at the same time I
> wanted to give equity: or everybody can be reimbursed or nobody, this is my
> point.
>
> I'm fine with both options but not with a gray zone where someone get
> reimbursed and/or free conference admission and someone not.
>
> I agree, at this point this is a question for the charter members.
>
> Maxi
>
>
> 2015-11-17 7:32 GMT+01:00 Jeroen Ticheler <jeroen.ticheler at geocat.net>:
>
>> Dear Cameron, dear board
>> I agree with Cameron's observation on this. It would be good to refine
>> the motion and be explicit on what is and what is not funded by OSGeo. And
>> if there is a substantial budget involved (>4000$ per year including
>> conference fee discounts etc) I think this needs broader support from the
>> community, possibly by asking charter members for their vote of support.
>> Cheers,
>> Jeroen
>>
>> > Op 16 nov. 2015 om 20:07 heeft Cameron Shorter <
>> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> 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?)
>> >
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