[Board] Request for OSGeo Budget 2018

[Michael Terner]

Seeing Till's report on FOSS4G 2016, I thought it would be appropriate to
add a little about the timing and status of the FOSS4G 2017 event finances:

   1. We anticipate finishing our reckoning and closing the books on FOSS4G
   2017 by the end of this year.
   2. Our only remaining expenses are for some assistance with video
   processing.
   3. Happily, our finances are strong and we will return to OSGeo 100% of
   the $70k advance as well as something close to/over $100k of surplus.

If these revenues are germane to the 2018 budgeting process, we would be
happy to meet with Michael Smith (and interested others) to provide an
overview; and also to understand if there are any timing considerations in
when we provide the funds (e.g., if helpful, we could return the Advance
immediately).

Please let us know if anything is needed from us...

MT



On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:

> Dear Board,
>
> thanks for the request for the 2018 budget, we (from CC-side) will work on
> it ASAP.
>
> One thing that might be of interest for you (especiall for Michael): I
> have 98% of the final numbers for the 2016 conference. There is a rest of
> unsureness, because we have to level our VAT with the tax declaration. In
> the moment, based on the number of our tax accountant it looks quite good,
> that we will get some money back.
>
> I will deliver the pre-final numbers before the next board meeting, then
> we should think about how to proceed with the surplus. From FOSSGIS point
> of view, it would be good to close the bank account by end of this year,
> because it causes unneeded extra work for our treasurer.
>
> A few month ago I proposed to Michael to pass this account over to any
> official OSGeo organisation (global, Europe, e.g.) - but as I know how
> difficult it was, to open that account, I fear, that passing it over to
> someone else will cost lots of effort.
>
> Till
>
>
>
> Am 09.11.2017 um 09:10 schrieb María Arias de Reyna:
>
> Dear fellow member,
>
> I am reaching you (on bcc) because you are the official contact of one of
> the commitees of OSGeo: http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_
> officers.html
>
> We are trying to collect the budget requests for each commitee before the
> next board meeting (21st of November) to make sure we can approve them
> before the start of the year. If your commitee has any request for budget
> for 2018, this is the time and place to do so.
>
> To send it, you can either answer this email or send the budget directly
> to the board mailing list. Either way, it will end up in the board mailing
> list.
>
> Some resources that may help you on this task:
>  * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2017
>  * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2018
>
> At this moment (next two weeks) it doesn't have to be very detailed
> (although it will help us). We just need to know your plans for next year
> to make sure we can allocate money for all of our needs. And if we can't,
> we need to discuss priorities.
>
> If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Please, contact your
> fellow commitee members to make sure nothing important is missing on your
> budget request.
>
> Thanks for your collaboration,
> María.
>
>
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