[Board] Motion: 2016 Financial Agreement

[Bart van den Eijnden]

+1 Bart

> On 09 Sep 2015, at 18:34, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Eli,
> 
> This document is very well done by the Conference Committee, and can/will be used for each future FOSS4G event.
> 
> Board: I've received word that Till needs to start signing and providing funds by the end of this week, so we have a real deadline here.  I would like to make sure that by the end of tomorrow/Thursday we wire the advance/seed money (50k euros) to their dedicated account.  This document has been approved by many keen eyes, a lot has went into it.  I therefore motion to the Board:
> 
> ***
> Motion to accept the terms of the financial agreement between FOSS4G e.V and the OSGeo foundation, per the terms in the document "Agreement-between-OSGeo-and-FOSSGISeV-2016", to support FOSS4G 2016. Per that document, the advance payment will be provided to FOSS4G e.V by 10 September 2015.
> ***
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2015-09-09 1:03 PM, Eli Adam wrote:
>> Board of Directors,
>> 
>> The Conference Committee (with input from Till and Board members) has
>> refined and passed a proposed agreement for 2016 FOSS4G seed money and
>> financial guarantee [0]. Here is a direct download [1] or view in svn
>> [2].
>> 
>> Please schedule discussion and voting so that FOSS4G 2016 can continue
>> their preparations.  I've placed it on the next Board meeting agenda
>> [3] as a good place to keep track of it and take notes. However, an
>> email vote before then is needed.
>> 
>>> From the Conference Committee, Steven and Cameron have worked to
>> ensure that appropriate OSGeo funds are available over the needed
>> durations.  They have also worked with Till to get an accurate risk
>> exposure estimate through the period of time leading up to decision
>> points.  Jeff and other Board members have also substantially
>> contributed to this process.
>> 
>> Thanks and best regards,
>> Eli (on behalf of the Conference Committee)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> [0] Discussion:
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2015-September/003196.html
>> [1] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/export/12525/foss4g/2016/financial_stuff/agreement_with_osgeo/Agreement-between-OSGeo-and-FOSSGISeV-2016.pdf
>> [2] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/foss4g/2016/financial_stuff/agreement_with_osgeo/Agreement-between-OSGeo-and-FOSSGISeV-2016.pdf
>> [3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2015-10-15#Current_items
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