[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G Handbook - Financial expectations

[Eli Adam]

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Maria
>
> Nice image, what are you suggesting in terms of the RfP?

This is an important question.

> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 8 Sep 2016, at 22:03, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
> wrote:
>
> <equity.jpg>
>
> Dear Cameron
> I prefer to take into account the differences among countries. We want to
> elicit people developing and using open source and we want to walk all
> together toward this result. Equality often is not the best choice.
> Best regards
> Maria
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung device
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> Date: 08/09/2016 22:53 (GMT+01:00)
> To: conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G Handbook - Financial expectations
>
> Ok, lets start working through Steven's list one item at a time,
> starting a new email thread for each.
>

Good approach.

> Once we have resolution (probably concluding with a vote) we can
> finalise it in the foss4g handbook.
>

And probably the 2018 RFP.

>
> On 8/09/2016 9:12 PM, Steven Feldman wrote:
>> >1) Overall financial expectations re surplus and sharing of surplus with
>> > OSGeo - possibly setting slightly different expectations for RoW to NA & EU
>
> We have draft principles on Finances in the handbook here:
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook#Finances
>
> I suggest using this existing text as the basis for guidance. I
> personally think it has the right principles in place.

I generally support the existing text.



> In particular, it is recommending each conference aim to hand over a
> fixed percentage of profits as surplus to OSGeo. 85% is suggested.
> I prefer this advise over the suggestion that low income countries
> retain more profit.
>

I could support a variety of things here.  It gives me an idea for a
different approach and thread.

Eli

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