[Board] FOSS4G - Mentor

Sun Oct 23 04:24:19 PDT 2016

Thanks Jeff, Cameron. 

+ 1 for discussions on this  and conference committee should be given the opportunity to take the leadership and oversight of the role. Might be also good  if the Conference Committee speaks to  organisations like FOSSGIS e.V. association (that Jeff mentioned) to see synergies and explore if there is possibility of shared efforts . That way we can have lot of administration aspects taken care of (and things work closely  from one local committee to another) but also keep costs low. This will help with long term sustainability .

Also as FOSSGIS e.V. association has done FOSS4G Bonn  successfully, there is lot of things we can learn from them, so good to have them involved in some form for shared working.

Best wishes,

Suchith

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From: Board <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
Sent: 23 October 2016 8:03 AM
To: board at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Board] FOSS4G - Mentor

Jeff, board,

I suggest that if the OSGeo mentor role discussion is re-introduced, the
conference committee should be given the opportunity to take the
leadership and oversight of the role. (This discussion is current on the
board email list)

The conference committee should be in a position to say whether they
have sufficient volunteer time to provide such service, or whether they
would benefit from being able to delegate to a paid position (which
should answer to the conference committee).

Cheers, Cameron

On 23/10/2016 7:09 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> This was proposed back in 2011, to allocate one day a week to assist
> with the 'little tasks' that are done to maintain consistency in such
> important events, for the foundation; since then, this model was
> implemented and is still in use for the FOSSGIS event (one day a week
> of effort to help with the consistency of the event).  I believe
> Charlotte Eberz does great work in this position for the FOSSGIS e.V.
> association.  Till and others can relay the importance of this role -
> indeed we have seen what can happen without someone filling this role,
> paid or otherwise.  It is all those unglorious tasks that I've done
> behind the scenes for FOSS4G since 2006.  Instead of arguing about the
> need for it, I think we can listen to another foundation, FOSSGIS
> e.V., who was forward thinking enough to prevent a 2012 happening, and
> give a passionate person who cares of those little unheralded tasks,
> funding throughout the year to make sure things flow, work closely
> from one local committee to another.
>
> This need was there in 2011, and is even more needed today, as the
> FOSS4G passion spreads all around the world.
>
> I ask the Board to consider the need for it, and to modify and update
> the proposal however you feel is needed, now for the stability of
> FOSS4G and the OSGeo foundation.
>
> (if you fear my voice overtaking others here in this thread, I am ok
> with being quiet and letting you discuss this more, either here or
> offline; please let me know if you have any questions)
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> On 2016-10-22 1:03 PM, Suchith Anand wrote:
>> I agree with Maxi. Though the costs of travel and accomodation etc as
>> part of the role are reasonable expenses to be reimbursed, having
>> this high salary paid for the position is not adviseable for a
>> volunteer organisation like OSGeo.
>>
>> All OSGeo members (including those in the OSGeo Board, conference
>> committee ) are all kindly volunteering thier time and expertise for
>> all the activities of OSGeo.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Board <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Massimiliano
>> Cannata <massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch>
>> Sent: 22 October 2016 4:27 PM
>> To: Anita Graser
>> Cc: OSGeo Board
>> Subject: Re: [Board] FOSS4G - South America
>>
>> Dear all
>> While i believe that this role is cruciale and very important the
>> mentioned 30,720 USD annual looks really a lot of money to me!
>> 4 days a month means about 20% of a man / month. At this rates the
>> salary would be more than 150,000 USD a year.
>>
>> Maxi
>>
>> Il 22 ott 2016 4:09 PM, "Anita Graser"
>> <anitagraser at gmx.at<mailto:anitagraser at gmx.at>> ha scritto:
>> Thanks Jeff!
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Jeff McKenna
>> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com<mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>
>> wrote:
>> I've been working with Manolo from the Lima team for several years
>> now, and am discussing FOSS4G-LATAM with him.  I also yesterday
>> joined the FOSS4G-BuenosAires discussions, which began yesterday.
>> Since others are finally realizing the importance of this role for
>> the foundation, it might be great for the Board to revisit my
>> proposed partially funded FOSS4G Advisor position:
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Advisor_Role
>>
>> I think an adviser could be very helpful.
>>
>> I'd be interested in hearing the position of the community and
>> particularly the Conference Committee on this proposal.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Anita
>>
>>
>>
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