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

[Cameron Shorter]

Jeffrey, Jody,

I'd suggest looping in the OSGeo Conference committee 
(conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org) on wider FOSS4G-NA topics such as 
these, as hopefully there should be useful opinions and support from 
within the community.

(You'd get supportive feedback from me in the first instance).

Cheers and good luck, Cameron


On 6/09/2018 4:13 AM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
> The total venue cost is $40k total with no requirements to commit to a 
> hotel block at catering. They require a 1/2 deposit so $20k would be 
> better. Not sure if that much budget would be available?
>
> Happy to discuss at the IRC meeting.
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:09 Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     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
>     <mailto: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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