[OSGeo-Conf] [Board] Motion: 2016 Financial Agreement

[till.adams at fossgis.de]

Indeed ;-) - many thanks for that, Steven.

Regards, Till


Am 2015-09-11 08:19, schrieb Vasile Craciunescu:
> Great work, Steven!
>
> Best,
> Vasile
>
> On 9/10/15 9:00 PM, Steven Feldman wrote:
>> Board
>>
>> For clarification, I have analysed the OSGeo/FOSS4G agreements for 
>> the
>> last few years at
>> 
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1awsek1VhXSpgca4tjT_VC_70eRYybwjZVXsY4YawJ7c/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>>
>> In most years OSGeo has signed an agreement with the PCO and in 2013
>> with the venue directly. As far as i can see none of these 
>> agreements
>> had any cap on the liabilities of OSGeo if something went badly 
>> wrong,
>> typically a late cancellation could expose a liability of 70-80% of 
>> costs.
>>
>> I do not know whether the OSGeo board was fully aware of the 
>> commitments
>> is was making in each year that it signed such an agreement?
>>
>> The proposed agreement limited OSGeo liability to €100k, this is 
>> less of
>> a risk than in previous years.
>>
>> I suggest the conference committee makes the prospective bidders for
>> FOSS4G 2017 aware of the uncertainty regarding financial guarantees 
>> from
>> OSGeo so that they can factor this risk into their proposals.
>> ______
>> Steven
>>
>>
>>> On 10 Sep 2015, at 18:44, board-request at lists.osgeo.org
>>> <mailto:board-request at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> *From:*Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at osgis.nl 
>>> <mailto:bartvde at osgis.nl>>
>>> *Subject:**Re: [Board] Motion: 2016 Financial Agreement*
>>> *Date:*10 September 2015 18:14:15 BST
>>> *To:*michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com>
>>> *Cc:*"board at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org>"
>>> <board at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My vote is +1 on this.
>>>
>>> But to be honest I’m very disappointed that we are not more 
>>> supportive
>>> of the LOC.
>>>
>>> If I was the 2016 LOC, I would not wait for OSGeo and go my own way
>>> with an insurance and also not giving back substantial funds to 
>>> OSGeo.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Bart
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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