[Board] board budget 2018

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Thanks Mike!

On 11/30/2017 01:42 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> I don't know. OSGeo never has before, just the board so I'd have to get a quote.
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> Currently we pay ~$1000 USD. The policy does state Directors and Officers Liability though so perhaps we are already covered. I do provide the insurance with a list of Directors. I'll have to read through some stuff to see if we need to do the same for Officers.
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> So short is that we may be covered, I need to investigate.
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> Michael Smith
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> OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
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> Treasurer at osgeo.org
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> From: Board <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> Date: Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 5:59 AM
> To: <board at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [Board] board budget 2018
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> Is there an estimation how much it would cost to cover liability insurance for all Officers?
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> On 11/30/2017 01:56 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> If we work from last years budget do we anticipate any changes?
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> - Admin $5000 USD
> - Travel $10000 USD
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> Michael do you have a quick record on travel expenses approved, or do I
> need to make a total from our meeting mins over the year?
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> My informal take (not based on checking last years spending); increase
> travel to $15000 (to reflect regional distribution of directors and FOSS4G
> being in Africa). Consider raising Admin to $8000 to reflect increases call
> for legal direction, and possibility of liability insurance for more OSGeo
> officers (committee chairs for example).
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
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