[Board] Request for OSGeo Budget 2018

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Michael, this reminds me: a gentle reminder to make sure that your 
team fills out the Lessons Learned wiki page, which really helps future 
local committees.  The 2016 version is an excellent example: 
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Lessons_Learned

2017: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2017_Lessons_Learned

Thanks!

-jeff



On 2017-11-09 9:22 AM, Michael Terner wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>>     <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_2017>
>>      * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2018
>>     <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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