[Board] Application for funding QGIS Codesprint/Developers meeting - QGIS HackFest, Girona
Daniel Morissette
dmorissette at mapgears.com
Thu Mar 17 07:44:26 PDT 2016
Just in case some of the current board members are not aware of it.
There was a procedure that was put in place and applied in combination
with a set line item in the budget for this type of event:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Code_Sprint_Guidelines
This procedure is not perfect and can definitely be improved, but it
provides clear guidelines to start from. Unfortunately every event comes
with its own context and reasons to not fit in the mold, so the problem
is not the lack of a procedure, it is the large diversity of initiatives
in our community. If you ask me, this diversity is a good thing so
instead of blocking everything until we have a designed good enough mold
to fit everybody in it (which will never happen IMHO), I would suggest
that the board continue to be flexible in its interpretation of the
existing guidelines for each request, and in parallel continuously
streamline the existing guidelines instead of starting from scratch again.
My 0.02$
Daniel
On 2016-03-17 10:29 AM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
> Thanks Steven for this email.
>
> I have asked for a regulation of funding code sprint in order to make it
> fair but it looks it didn't found any interest.
>
> *I motion to stop funding sprint code / ackathon /etc until a proper
> procedure is in place.*
>
>
> Of course, I volunteer to give my time to participate in a task force to
> design the procedure.
>
>
> Best,
> Maxi
>
>
>
>
> 2016-03-17 15:16 GMT+01:00 Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com
> <mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>>:
>
> Can I suggest a pause to consider:
>
> 1. Is there a policy on sponsorship of events, hackfests or
> codesprints? If not shouldn’t there be?
> 2. What is the process for other events to seek sponsorship?
> 3. Is there a budget amount for event sponsorship?
> 4. Should this be determined at board level or delegated to a lower
> level?
>
>
> Cheers
> ______
> Steven
>
>
>> On 17 Mar 2016, at 06:29, board-request at lists.osgeo.org
>> <mailto:board-request at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>
>> *From:*Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>>
>> *Subject:**Re: [Board] Application for funding QGIS
>> Codesprint/Developers meeting - QGIS HackFest, Girona*
>> *Date:*16 March 2016 at 23:34:44 GMT
>> *To:*Lluís Vicens <lluis at sigte.udg.es
>> <mailto:lluis at sigte.udg.es>>, Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com
>> <mailto:tim at kartoza.com>>
>> *Cc:*"board at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org>"
>> <board at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org>>
>>
>>
>> I wish I had better email skills ... let me try that again - I am
>> viewing these items as a single event sharing sponsorship: QGIS
>> Hackfest, QGIS User and Developer Conference and Jornadas de SIG
>> Libre. The three activities share a single website.
>>
>> * Based on the provided budget (which covers all three events)
>> it appears this is correct - all three events share a budget.
>> * Reading closely thesponsorship
>> <http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre/en/patrocinadores/>is
>> only advertised to cover the Jornadas de SIG Libre and QGIS
>> User and Developer conference.
>>
>> Updating my email:
>>
>> I would like to make a motion to cover an expected gap in
>> sponsorship for the event (QGIS Hackfest, QGIS User and
>> Developer Conference and Jornadas de SIG Libre). The amount is
>> subject to sponsor generosity, currently budgeted as a 4000
>> EUR shortfall.
>>
>>
>> This is specifically so that organizers and university do not feel
>> financially exposed in this community outreach, community building
>> and development activity.
>>
>> I note my suggested motion is a little bit at odds with the
>> original request - which specified that any additional funds be
>> provided to/"cover full expenses from the Monestir de Sant Daniel
>> in order to contribute to the QGIS project"./We may wish to ask
>> for clarifiation on this expectation.
>>
>> I understand that this motion steps out of bounds from
>> specifically a code-sprint request, I feel the response is
>> warranted given we are looking at larger event.
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>> On 15 March 2016 at 09:27, Jody Garnett<jody.garnett at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>>wrote:
>>
>> Dear board members, based on this conversation I would like to
>> make a motion to underwrite the QGIS hackfest. It sounds like
>> the event is missing some sponsorship so this will be more of
>> a risk then usual.
>>
>> (Indeed because it is at risk, and a valuable event, is the
>> reason I am prepared to make a motion).
>>
>> Please take a moment to review the submitted request, that way
>> we can save discussion during voting.
>> --
>> Jody
>>
>>
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