[Board] QGIS UserConf 2019. Financial support request. Estimated budget attached

[Luigi Pirelli]

Hi Jody

I'm answering inline

On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 at 00:50, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Looks great! We are currently setting our budget for 2019
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2019> so we cannot respond
> right away.
>
> Reading to see what form of financial support are you looking for:
> Looking at the attachment it is a request for 4.000€. Since QGIS and OSGeo
> are listed separately than sponsors probably as a host of the event.
> - We tend to like hosting events (some financial risk but a chance to
> support earlier) rather than sponsorship (we do not need to compete for
> visibility with sponsors who are working with limited marketing budgets) ...
>

I agree, we just started sponsorship campaign.
https://twitter.com/Ginetto/status/1082565867945238528


> - Is this support you are asking for from OSGeo directly, or is it to be
> part of the budget request from the QGIS team?
>

We are asking to OSGEO and QGIS too. we set the same amounts as in the
Nødebo user conference. Usually QGIS cover some costs related to developer
hosts and some dinners.


> - the board is thinking of having an event budget (draft 10k) to support
> events such as this, perhaps we should increase the amount?
>

IMHO yes, the rationale is that we decided to leave the registration fee as
low as possible. In this case the financial risks are higher. An higher
budget can support events where the community decided for a low financial
barrier.


> - Are you looking for just a transfer of funds or are you looking at osgeo
> taking on some financial risk (which is handy if sponsorship does not come
> through)
>

I'm personally +0, but discussing in the organizing committee we decided to
prefer a transfer. The rationale is to have enough margin without risking
our personal finances other than our voluntary work.
The person in charge of the financial aspects is Carmen Diez (in CC). She
already managed other Spanish events like GeoCamps. The bank account will
be that of the QGIS Spanish Associacion [1] that will be used to receive
registrations fee, sponsorships, and from which all the costs will be payed.

Let us know what is the OSGEO position

regards

Luigi Pirelli on behalf of the organisation committee

[1] www.qgis.es - in CC Carlos Lopez Quintanilla, the president of the
association

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