[Board] Application for funding QGIS Codesprint/Developers meeting - QGIS HackFest, Girona

[Jody Garnett]

Lluis:


Thanks for the request, and the detailed background info. It is a bit
unclear to me if you are asking OSGeo to take on a sponsorship (€2,000) -
since any excess funds are used to   "cover full expenses from the Monestir
de Sant Daniel in order to contribute to the QGIS project". I am not sure I
understand this sentence?


Normally when we fund a code-sprint we do so by taking on some financial
risk for the event (which could be greater than €4000). This is sometimes
works out cheaper (if third-party sponsorship goes well) and is sometimes
more expensive - the point is it allows you as an organization committee to
"relax" about the event (or at least share the stress).


This event is a lot more then a code sprint (so we have a chance to pull
from both our events and our outreach budget). The tricky part is where any
excess funds go - we prefer to fund projects such as QGIS directly (since
they have a project steering committee - or in the case of QGS an
association - for that purpose).


I ask if we should:

a) fund as a sponsor €2,000

b) back the event as a foundation (take on risk with the understanding your
budget expects this to be around €4,000





--
Jody Garnett

On 28 January 2016 at 03:42, Lluís Vicens <lluis at sigte.udg.es> wrote:

> Dear Board members,
>
> Please consider the following application for funding a QGIS Codesprint/
> Developers meeting in Girona, next May, taking advantage of the celebration
> of the 10th edition of the Spanish FOSS4G (Jornadas de SIG Libre) and the
> 2nd International QGIS User and Developer Conference [1]  (May 24th -
> 29th).
>
> Please, don't hesitate to ask in case of any clarification and doubt.
>
> All the best,
> Lluís
>
> [1] http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre/en/
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