[Board] Motion to sponsor FOSS4G 2018 at the highest level

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Helena,

Yes this motion is to increase the sponsorship level to Tanzanite (the 
highest level), in order to show our strong support for the Dar team, 
and to promote OSGeo at its own event.  -jeff



On 2018-06-21 10:24 AM, Helena Mitasova wrote:
> Jeff, board members,
> 
> does this motion mean that we should vote about upgrading our 
> sponsorship from Platinum to Tanzanite or are we settled on the 
> Platinum? I don't feel I have enough information about the current
> status of our contributions to FOSS4G 2018 and its relation
> to the annual and long term budget to vote.
> 
> Thank you, Helena
> 
> Helena Mitasova
> Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
> Faculty Fellow, Center for Geospatial Analytics
> North Carolina State University
> Raleigh, NC 27695-8208
> http://www4.ncsu.edu/~hmitaso/
> http://geospatial.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/publications.html
> 
> email: hmitaso at ncsu.edu <mailto:hmitaso at ncsu.edu>
> ph: 919-513-1327 (no voicemail)
> fax 919 515-7802
> 
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 10:04 AM, Jeff McKenna 
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     Dear fellow Board members,
> 
>     I have started a vote on Loomio at:
>     https://www.loomio.org/p/DI8cUGku/motion-to-sponsor-foss4g-2018-at-the-highest-sponsorship-level-tanzanite-30-000usd-
>     <https://www.loomio.org/p/DI8cUGku/motion-to-sponsor-foss4g-2018-at-the-highest-sponsorship-level-tanzanite-30-000usd->
> 
>     As described there, this motion is to increase OSGeo's sponsorship
>     of the FOSS4G 2018 event, to the highest level of sponsorship. The
>     funding can be used by the local committee at their discretion, and
>     ensures top visibility for OSGeo at its own conference.
> 
>     FOSS4G 2018 is a unique situation, and I believe the OSGeo Board
>     must show its utmost support to the organizers.
> 
>     I will start with my +1
> 
>     Thanks,
> 
>     -jeff
> 
>