[Board] 50K release to FOSS4G 2017

[Michael Terner]

Dear OSGeo Board:
As per guidance from Helena and Michael Smith, the following provides the
basis for our request to be provided with the remaining $50,000 of the
$70,000 advance that has already been approved by the Board. We
intentionally wanted to split our receipt of the advance into two pieces
knowing that our initial needs would be less during 2016, but would
accelerate as we head into 2017. Hence, we respectfully request the
remaining $50,000 of advance, as the majority of our initial advance has
been spent. The following outlines the costs we anticipate and that this
advance will help cover:

   - Increasing involvement from our Professional Conference Organizer
   (e.g., they will be helping us and providing the platforms for registration
   and our call for presentations which are scheduled for January).
   - Payment of deposits on our gala venue and conference venue. We were
   successful in negotiating "progressive deposits" and we will have near term
   "second installments" coming.
   - Costs for advertising and marketing as we begin making louder noise.
   - Bringing on paid intern support during the first quarter of 2017.

One other positive thing to report, as of last week we have come to "verbal
agreement" to have Richard Stallman (founder of the Free Software
Foundation) be one of our keynote speakers. We should have a contractual
agreement very soon and will be adding his name to our web-site and to our
outbound communication.

Please let us know if you have any further questions...

MT


On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Michael Smith <
michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry,
>
> I meant to be on the IRC meeting this morning to do this and then got
> pulled in to the vault at the last minute (no outside comms in there).
>
> Mike
>
> Michael Smith
> OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
> treasurer at osgeo.org
>
> From: Michael Terner <mgt at appgeo.com>
> Date: Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 10:15 AM
> To: Helena Mitasova <hmitaso at ncsu.edu>
> Cc: Michael Smith <michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: 50K release to FOSS4G 2017
>
> Thanks Helena...
> Will do re: written request.
> The skinny is we're heading into the period where out of pocket expenses
> will be mounting in Q1...
>
> I'll have that to the Board list ASAP...
>
> Thanks...
>
> mt
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Helena Mitasova <hmitaso at ncsu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Michael(s)
>>
>> there was a 50K release to FOSS4G 2017 on the board agenda but we did not
>> have any info to approve - we moved the approval to email - can you please
>> email the request to the board list and Michael perhaps you can make a
>> Motion to get it approved if a vote for this is needed?
>>
>> Helena
>>
>>
>
>
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