[Board] Motion: 2016 Financial Agreement

[Michael Smith]

Also, I'm traveling starting on Friday, if i need to wire funds, i need to
know by early Thursday East Coast time so I can get to the bank to wire
funds. And I need the information to wire the funds to.

I'll start with my +1

Mike

Michael Smith
OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
treasurer at osgeo.org



On 9/9/15,  12:34 PM, "Jeff McKenna" <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on
behalf of 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.ht
>>ml
>> [1] 
>>https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/export/12525/foss4g/2016/financial_stuff/agr
>>eement_with_osgeo/Agreement-between-OSGeo-and-FOSSGISeV-2016.pdf
>> [2] 
>>https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/foss4g/2016/financial_stuff/agreemen
>>t_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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