[Board] Request for seed funding for FOSS4G-NA 2019

[Jody Garnett]

Thanks Jeff,

We can of course amend our budget to help (kind of thought we had until
next year but opportunity waits for no one).

10k seems ... a bit low. Your venue must indeed be inexpensive.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:59 AM Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Our San Diego Local Organizing Committee would like to request seed
> funds for FOSS4G-NA 2019 which we are organizing for mid-april next
> year. The past few years have seen this event organized by
> LocationTech and with a professional conference organizer, and while
> we will strive to put on a really great event, we are going to try to
> be budget conscious and run a more grass roots event. We have a great
> location on Mission Bay in SD that imposes very few restrictions on
> what we can and cant do, giving us alot of freedom to do things a bit
> differently than they have been done before.
>
> We are shooting for an overall budget of $150k-200k and expecting 500+
> people. I'm not quite sure the level of seed funding provided in the
> past for these types of regional events, but we would like to ask for
> $10k if possible.
>
> Do let me/us know if you have any questions/concerns that can be
> answered and hope to see some of you in April next year.
>
> Jeff & Rob (SDLOC Co-chairs)
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