[Board] meeting prep - Budget Plan 2016

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

On 2016/03/08 8:42, Jody Garnett wrote:
> Okay sounds like discussions/clarifications ongoing - please make the
> appropriate change and we can keep the agenda item to ratify this budget on
> 10 March.

Made change at 
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Operational_Budget_for_2016

Venka

> As Michael indicated there is a gap between defining a budget and being in
> position with our volunteers to spend the budget. The sooner we can engage
> with the membership the better :D
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 7 March 2016 at 15:28, Venkatesh Raghavan <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2016/03/08 1:43, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>
>> I think foss4g being in August is the unusual factor.
>>
>> I share Anita's opinion about expenses for the FOSS4G-Bonn conferences
>> and think it is better to allocate 10000USD under the "Events" head for
>> pre-September and same amount for post-September in our 2016 budget.
>>
>> The expenses that I foresee for teh FOSS4G-Bonn event is for preparing
>> material to be displayed and distributed at the OSGeo booth. Also, the
>> cash prize for the OSGeo Best Student (Oral and Poster) award for
>> but this is already included in the "Outreach" section.
>>
>> Venka
>>
>> [1]
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Operational_Budget_for_2016
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 8:26 AM Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:
>>
>>
>> No big questions, most budget items seem very balanced, just one: The
>> Outreach budget is mostly allocated for the pre-FOSS4G period. Is that
>> because we're expecting most outreach expenses to be related to the
>> conference?
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Anita
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I note we have a "Budget Plan 2016" agenda item listed for this weeks
>> meeting <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-3-10> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-3-10>.
>>
>> In the last meeting we had a motion "Finalize Budget by 12 Feb" which I
>> believe we have now accomplished, the finalized budget is available here<https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Operational_Budget_for_2016> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Operational_Budget_for_2016>
>> .
>>
>> If their are any questions address them in this email thread, or if there
>> are no questions can we strike this item from the agenda (as being already
>> handled).
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