<div dir="ltr">Thanks Steven for this email.<div><br></div><div>I have asked for a regulation of funding code sprint in order to make it fair but it looks it didn't found any interest.</div><div><br></div><div><b>I motion to stop funding sprint code / ackathon /etc until a proper procedure is in place.</b></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Of course, I volunteer to give my time to participate in a task force to design the procedure.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Maxi</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-03-17 15:16 GMT+01:00 Steven Feldman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" target="_blank">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Can I suggest a pause to consider:<div><ol><li>Is there a policy on sponsorship of events, hackfests or codesprints? If not shouldn’t there be?</li><li>What is the process for other events to seek sponsorship?</li><li>Is there a budget amount for event sponsorship?</li><li>Should this be determined at board level or delegated to a lower level?</li></ol><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><div>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 17 Mar 2016, at 06:29, <a href="mailto:board-request@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">board-request@lists.osgeo.org</a> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)"><b>From:<span> </span></b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif">Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)"><b>Subject:<span> </span></b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Re: [Board] Application for funding QGIS Codesprint/Developers meeting - QGIS HackFest, Girona</b><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)"><b>Date:<span> </span></b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif">16 March 2016 at 23:34:44 GMT<br></span></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)"><b>To:<span> </span></b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif">Lluís Vicens <<a href="mailto:lluis@sigte.udg.es" target="_blank">lluis@sigte.udg.es</a>>, Tim Sutton <<a href="mailto:tim@kartoza.com" target="_blank">tim@kartoza.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)"><b>Cc:<span> </span></b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif">"<a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">board@lists.osgeo.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">board@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br></span></div><div><div class="h5"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I wish I had better email skills ... let me try that again - I am viewing these items as a single event sharing sponsorship: QGIS Hackfest, QGIS User and Developer Conference and <font color="#500050">Jornadas de SIG Libre. The three activities share a single website.</font><div><ul><li><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Based on the provided budget (which covers all three events) it appears this is correct - all three events share a budget.</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Reading closely the<span> </span></span><a href="http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre/en/patrocinadores/" target="_blank">sponsorship</a><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span> </span>is only advertised to cover the Jornadas de SIG Libre and QGIS User and Developer conference.</span></li></ul></div><div><div>Updating my email:</div></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div>I would like to make a motion to cover an expected gap in sponsorship for the event (QGIS Hackfest, QGIS User and Developer Conference and Jornadas de SIG Libre). The amount is subject to sponsor generosity, currently budgeted as a 4000 EUR shortfall.</div></div></blockquote><div><div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">This is specifically so that organizers and university do not feel financially exposed in this community outreach, community building and development activity.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I note my suggested motion is a little bit at odds with the original request - which specified that any additional funds be provided to<span> </span><i>"cover full expenses from the Monestir de Sant Daniel in order to contribute to the QGIS project".<span> </span></i>We may wish to ask for clarifiation on this expectation.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>I understand that this motion steps out of bounds from specifically a code-sprint request, I feel the response is warranted given we are looking at larger event.</div><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 March 2016 at 09:27, Jody Garnett<span> </span><span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>></span><span> </span>wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear board members, based on this conversation I would like to make a motion to underwrite the QGIS hackfest. It sounds like the event is missing some sponsorship so this will be more of a risk then usual.<div><br><div>(Indeed because it is at risk, and a valuable event, is the reason I am prepared to make a motion).</div><div><br></div><div>Please take a moment to review the submitted request, that way we can save discussion during voting.</div><div>--</div><div>Jody</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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