[Board] OSGeo Budget 2023

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi all,

Following our budget meeting yesterday, the board notes and draft 
amounts have been added to the wiki page:

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2023

Please review so we can make a motion on Loomio to approve.

Best,
Angelos


On 1/1/23 13:51, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
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> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:     [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Budget 2023
> Date:     Sun, 1 Jan 2023 13:48:53 +0200
> From:     Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> To:     OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
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> Dear OSGeo project members and committees,
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> Over the previous years, OSGeo has been proud to support a growing 
> number of project events, such as code sprints, developer meetings and 
> user conferences.
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> OSGeo continues to execute the annual budget, and is reaching out to 
> all committees (including Project Steering Committees), to help plan 
> our budget for 2023.
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> In 2022, the Board assigned an initial amount of 500 USD to all 
> graduated projects who have reported to the Board the activities of 
> the last 12 months (e.g. during the AGM or directly to a Board 
> meeting) and have sent a budget request.
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> Given the success of FOSS4G 2022 we are in the position to support our 
> projects again as before. For 2023, the Board is planning to continue 
> to offer a budget to all graduated projects with the exact amount to 
> be determined.
>
> To help navigate the uncertainties ahead in 2023, the Board is 
> planning to have a budget meeting within January 2023 to review 2022 
> expenditures, sponsorship and make financial decisions for the 2023 
> budget.
>
> Projects with a more specific plan (to pursue a clear goal) are 
> welcome to send a more detailed request for approval (see detailed 
> budget requests from 2022 e.g. 
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoServer_Budget_2022) A good idea is to 
> focus on OSGeo participation, for example attending the AGM or a code 
> sprint. Also, keep in mind OSGeo goals as an organization.
>
> Please add your project info to the budget draft at:
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> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2023 
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2023>
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> Project budget requests should be submitted ideally by 20 January 2023 
> in advance of our next Board meeting.
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> Thank you and Happy New Year!
> On behalf of the OSGeo Board,
> Angelos
>

-- 
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos