[Board] Sponsoring FOSS4G 2018

[María Arias de Reyna]

This would be a relief.

El mié., 20 jun. 2018 13:48, Maria Antonia Brovelli <
maria.brovelli at polimi.it> escribió:

> Thanks, Jeff! This helps a lot the LOC in planning what to do. And
> everything extra is very welcome. In this way we can make now the
> announcement and when we vote your new motion we can update about the
> sponsorship (if the case).
>
> Best,
>
> Maria
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> *Da:* Board <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto di Jeff McKenna <
> jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
> *Inviato:* mercoledì 20 giugno 2018 13:46:09
> *A:* OSGeo Board
> *Oggetto:* Re: [Board] Sponsoring FOSS4G 2018
>
> Great suggestion Maria, I was thinking the same.  -jeff
>
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> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > *----------------------------------------------------*
> > *Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli*
> > Professor of GIS and Digital Mapping
> > Politecnico di Milano
> >
> > P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
> >
> > Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob.+39-328-0023867,
> > <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>>
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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
> <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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