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

Mon Jun 25 07:13:20 PDT 2018

I am going to write up the budget adjustment in loomio.

Indeed I would be happy to sponsor to pay for a booth, and ask us not to be
listed on the sponsors page. We have plenty of visibility as host :)
--
Jody Garnett

On Sun, 24 Jun 2018 at 03:34, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I also think that we do not need to reach the Tanzanite level of
> sponsorship, for the reasons already presented in the thread.
> The budget adjustment proposed by Jody is a good way forward.
>
> Best,
> Angelos
>
> On 06/22/2018 09:35 PM, María Arias de Reyna wrote:
>
> Thanks jody, good work!
>
> If we increase anything the budget it should be this way, you are right.
>
> El vie., 22 jun. 2018 19:39, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> <jody.garnett at gmail.com> escribió:
>
>
> To make this a reality, and indeed to follow up on our previous motion,
> here is where our budget sits:
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2018
>
> * Admin: 3,000
> * Travel: 15,000
> * Partners and Sponsors: 2,000
> * Code Sprints: 20,500
>
> While I am not sure how much is left, I think we will need to adjust our
> plan for the remainder of the year. Previously the board had an "outreach"
> budget - this was moved out to committees (example conference committee,
> marketing committee) in 2017 and we have kept that plan for 2018.
>
> Our initial goal in obtaining a gold sponsorship ($8,000) was to have an
> OSGeo booth, the absence of a local chapter the board is taking on this
> responsibility. We could of also asked the marketing committee to do so but
> we did not.
>
> * Marketing: 21,500
>
> I think we could ask the marketing committee if they are okay adjust the
> budget since we obtain a booth. One of the goals for such a large budget
> was to increase presence at parter events. DLOC is a good partner.
>
> Other options:
>
> a) TGP for regional events has not worked out, we could cancel it due to
> lack of volunteers and reallocate 10k. We have 3k from last year that could
> be added for 13k.
>
> b) increase our partners and sponsors budget to cover the difference
>
> Doing all these things would look like:
>
> - 8k from marketing budget for booth, representing a gold sponsorship
> - 13k from canceling regional TGP
> - 9k from increasing board "partners and sponsors" budget to explicitly
> reach tansinite sponsorship goal
>
> My reservation remains in effect, as host we have plenty of visibility and
> do not need to pay more to increase our visible presence at the event. This
> also puts us in competition with sponsors who are paying for visibility
> (and uneven competition since profits from foss4g are sometimes returned to
> OSGeo).
>
> As such I would recommend we work with marketing committee on the booth
> presence, and ask the conference committee if they would be willing to
> cancel the regional TGP this year (if it is not being used by our regional
> events thus far it is probably not happening in 2018. This brings us to the
> "Diamond" level, and provides DLOC with the freedom to best decide how the
> additional finical support can be effective.
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 at 06:31, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> 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 27695-8208http://www4.ncsu.edu/~hmitaso/http://geospatial.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/publications.html
>
> email: hmitaso at ncsu.edu <mailto:hmitaso at ncsu.edu> <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> <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
>
>
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