[Board] board budget 2018

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Mike,

Yes the D&O applications always asked for names of Board members only, 
but in the text it says "...directors, officers, trustees, employees". 
A good review of the current document is needed though.

-jeff



On 2017-11-30 10:27 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
> Jeff,
> 
> That may be true. Whenever I've renewed I've had to supply the board members lists so I assumed that’s all that were covered. You may be correct. I just don't know.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On 11/30/17, 9:17 AM, "Board on behalf of Jeff McKenna" <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on behalf of jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> 
>      I was involved when this was implemented (insurance for all Board
>      members, officers, and employees).  I have copies of this back until 2013.
>      
>      This is the first I have heard of officers not being covered, which in
>      fact the insurance we pay for handles.
>      
>      I believe the actual D&O Insurance files live on Dropbox (I still don't
>      have access), but I am sure they will also clearly state that our
>      existing insurance covers all Board members, officers, trustees, and
>      employees.
>      
>      -jeff
>      
>      
>      
>      On 2017-11-30 7:42 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
>      > I don't know. OSGeo never has before, just the board so I'd have to get
>      > a quote.
>      >
>      > 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.
>      >
>      > So short is that we may be covered, I need to investigate.
>      >
>      > Mike
>      >
>      > Michael Smith
>      >
>      > OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
>      >
>      > Treasurer at osgeo.org
>      >
>      > *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
>      >
>      > Is there an estimation how much it would cost to cover liability
>      > insurance for all Officers?
>      >
>      >
>      > On 11/30/2017 01:56 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>      >
>      >     If we work from last years budget do we anticipate any changes?
>      >
>      >     - Admin $5000 USD
>      >
>      >     - Travel $10000 USD
>      >
>      >     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?
>      >
>      >     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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