[Board] [OSGeo-Conf] [OSGeo-Discuss] Conference Committee F2F meeting

[Steven Feldman]

Thanks Venka

Minutes updated to include your suggestion at https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee_F2F_2016
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Steven


> On 6 Sep 2016, at 03:19, Venka <venka.osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Guidi and all,
> 
> On 2016/08/26 1:18, Guido Stein wrote:
>> I have added my notes and action items from the meeting on the wiki.
>> 
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee_F2F_2016
> 
> Thanks for your notes of the meeting.
> 
> "Rest of World years should target a minimum of a break with a lower expectation of the share of surplus being returned to OSGeo. A larger share of any surplus should be reinvested into local OSGeo activities."
> 
> Regarding the note above, such special arrangement should apply
> only when FOSS4G is organized in/by communities of the
> Low or Lower-Middle Income Economies as defined by the World Bank and WHO [1]. Cost of living and PPP [2] is considerable different in
> Low or Lower-Middle Income Economies and thereby the conference fee
> could be considerably lower.
> 
> FOSS4G-2015 in Seoul adopted a special pricing for participants for
> Low or Lower-Middle Income Economies, which could be adopted in future
> conferences.
> 
> "Rest of the World" would surely not include high income countries listed in [1], I think.
> 
> Best
> 
> Venka
> 
> [1] https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity
> 
>> 
>> Hope that this helps,
>> 
>> Guido
>> 
>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 1:58 PM Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Reminder
>>> 
>>> Face to face meeting tomorrow at 16.00-17.00
>>> 
>>> Suggest we meet at the reception desk and the funds somewhere to sit
>>> (perhaps by the river?)
>>> 
>>> Agenda at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee_F2F_2016
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> Steven
>>> 
>>> 
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