[OSGeo-Conf] Conference Committee Budget

[Eli Adam]

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Eli
>>
>> Shall we make a list of things we ‘might' want to fund (without any decision
>> to actually do all of them) and then come up with a budget request?
>
> Good idea.  I vaguely did that in my head with hypothetical things and amounts.
>
>>
>> Perhaps a page on the wiki for potential funding needs?
>
> Another brilliant idea!  Yes, this is a good way to approach this.  If
> you don't start on this soon, then I will.

I've started this page,
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee_Budget_2017 with a
few items and included some space holders for easy editing.

Committee, please look at this page and edit as you see fit.  After a
duration of time, I'll call for a list discussion.  Depending on the
discussion, then we may vote on it as well.

Best regards, Eli


>
> Thanks, Eli
>
> p.s. Yes, this is not a decision to fund anything at all.  Just things
> that we might want to maybe fund in the future.
>
>> ______
>> Steven
>>
>>
>> On 22 Dec 2016, at 17:20, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Another item that I would like to bring to your attention is the budget:
>>
>>
>> Starting a topic with a new thread and proper subject can help for
>> finding it later and reduce discussion confusion.  Thanks for asking
>> if we need budget Angelos.
>>
>>
>> The board is putting together a budget for 2017. Last year we did this
>> according to a breakdown of different activities [1]. This year we would
>> like to provide a budget for each committee.
>>
>> Does the conference committee need any budget for the next year? Please let
>> us know.
>>
>>
>> Hi Conference Committee,
>>
>> Occasionally there are things which arise that the Committee seems to
>> think would be useful to fund on the OSGeo Conference Committee level
>> instead of the LOC.  Things that I recall currently are Vimeo
>> accounts, MailChimp accounts, and other things like this.  Do we want
>> to have some amount of budget so that we can fund these?  If we
>> undertake funding these, then it also means some level of
>> responsibility tending these things.  If we want to have a budget for
>> things like this, for which things would we like to plan?  What
>> amount?
>>
>> If I were to guess an appropriate number for starting, I would suggest
>> $1500/year.  That is based on various expenses from being on a LOC
>> being in the $300-500 which would give us two $500 items with
>> contingency for a third unexpected one.  Of course, this number is
>> just a starting number and with additional (or fewer) ideas from the
>> Committee, we can adjust it.  What do people think of this amount?
>>
>> Best regards, Eli
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Angelos
>>
>> [1]
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Operational_Budget_for_2016
>>
>>
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