[Board] Sponsoring FOSS4G 2018

[Jeff McKenna]

Great suggestion Maria, I was thinking the same.  -jeff



On 2018-06-20 8:38 AM, Maria Antonia Brovelli wrote:
> In order to let the LOC know about the availability of the sponsorship 
> soon, as time is very strict, might I suggest Jeff not to block  and 
> to present another motion about Tanzanite sponsorship? In this way the 
> LOC knows immediately that there is at least the availability of the 
> platinum sponsorship and we have some days for voting about next level. 
> What do you think, Jeff, about that?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Maria
> 
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> *Da:* Board <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto di Angelos Tzotsos 
> <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> *Inviato:* mercoledì 20 giugno 2018 13:32:16
> *A:* Jeff McKenna
> *Cc:* OSGeo Board
> *Oggetto:* Re: [Board] Sponsoring FOSS4G 2018
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> In order for Loomio to represent your vote correctly (as a -1 or a veto 
> vote) can you please change your vote on Loomio to "Block"?
> 
> Thanks,
> Angelos
> 
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Jeff McKenna 
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     Thanks María for bring the Board discussions to the public (we
>     should be doing this more often, so everyone in the community can
>     follow discussions easily).  In the separate loomio vote here is my
>     vote:
> 
>     Please interpret my vote as a "-1" (see Board Voting procedure at
>     https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Voting_Procedure
>     <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Voting_Procedure>), where I have
>     disagreed but also suggested an alternative solution. I feel that
>     the OSGeo Board can instead provide the top-level sponsorship
>     ("Tanzanite" at 30,000 USD), since it is OSGeo's event, so that the
>     LOC can apply those funds as they choose (such as video recording &
>     processing).
> 
>     So I am proposing that the sponsorship vote/wording be changed to
>     sponsor FOSS4G 2018 with the highest sponsorship available.
> 
>     I think this will help the local committee and give them more funds
>     available to help make this event great.
> 
>     thanks,
> 
>     -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     On 2018-06-19 6:14 PM, María Arias de Reyna wrote:
> 
>         Hi,
> 
>         So, we had some discussion about this on previous IRC meetings.
>         As this year we didn't give any seed money for the organization
>         of the main FOSS4G, we were planning to give sponsorship money.
>         Remember that not used money goes back to OSGeo anyway.
> 
>         This year there is a special effort on Travel Grant, so most of
>         the sponsorship money will be used for it. We want to support
>         and push OSGeo in Africa.
> 
>         Here is the latest loomio poll:
>         https://www.loomio.org/d/TaRPqFbs/platinum-sponsorship-for-foss4g-2018
>         <https://www.loomio.org/d/TaRPqFbs/platinum-sponsorship-for-foss4g-2018>
> 
>         The motion didn't pass with a -1.
> 
>         Let the discussion start!
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