[Board] Request for OSGeo Budget 2018

[Michael Smith]

All,

While I like the expanded budget for the TGP idea, have you considered how this much would be dispersed? The current model wouldn’t scale to this amount. 

Michael Smith
OSGeo Treasurer 

> On Nov 15, 2017, at 5:19 AM, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:
> 
> Jody,
> 
> just to clarify this:
> 
> - I guess, you mean 6k for 2017, not 2018?
> - are these 6k part of the 2017 budget for global TGP?
> - if so, is it possible to rededicate this money for FOSS4G TGP 2018?
> 
> Thanks for your fast reply,
> 
> Till
> 
>> Am 15.11.2017 um 09:47 schrieb Jody Garnett:
>> Till you have 6k from 2018 avaialble; since this was sponsored funds it should carry over and be used for conference committee planning. Does this change the amount requested for TGP supporting osgeo events?
>> 
>> aside: I usually reference FOSS4G TGP, supporting LOC, and Global TGP supporting our events and activities world wide
>> 
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>> 
>>> On 14 November 2017 at 23:49, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:
>>> Dear board,
>>> 
>>> thanks for reaching out to us for our budget plans for 2018. The only budget the conference committees requests are funds for the travel grant programme (TGP). In general we would request the board to raise our resources as follows:
>>> 
>>> - 20k US$ for TGP for global FOSS4G
>>> 
>>> - 10k US$ for other TGP activities
>>> 
>>> (For the latter we still owe a concept, how to perform this, it's on my list).
>>> 
>>> Why raising TGP for FOSS4G? As you all noticed, there have been long discussions on "how to enable as many attendees as possible to join a global FOSS4G" in the past and I think it's still going on. One focus on this have been fees for the conference itself, but looking over the total costs including flight, accommodation, entrance fee and food, it is clear, that joining a FOSS4G, depending on where it is, can easily cause costs up to 3k US$ and even more.
>>> 
>>> If we as foundation really want to enable more people to join these events, we have to put more energy and money in here. I think, the success-stories of the past TGP's are good examples for this.
>>> 
>>> We as Conference Committee are especially aware of the TGP and put an emphasis on this topic by encouraging the teams of future FOSS4G's to explain how they want to implement the TGP and what they can/are willing contribute to it (starting crowd fundings, offer reduced fees for grantees or whatever).
>>> 
>>> I'd suggest the following:
>>> 
>>> Raise the TGP for global FOSS4G's to 20k US$, if the LOC's
>>> 
>>> - offer reduced fees for the TGP (e.g. Early Bird for all grantees, as TGP normally decides later)
>>> 
>>> - make efforts to raise the budget by other activities such as crowd funding and/or requesting community members/participants to pay a surplus (e.g.)
>>> 
>>> For 2018 I think that could be quite easy by just rededicating the not-used 10k US$ from our 2017 budget, that were reserved for non-global FOSS4G TGP's, as there haven't been any ;-)
>>> 
>>> If a general raise seems to be difficult, I'd like to request at least to raise the funds for TGP for the "other regions" conference, as they are prone to attract people from parts of the world, where we are not that strong as in Europe or NA. I think the Dar conference is a good example for this.
>>> 
>>> Happy to answer your questions,
>>> 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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