[OSGeo-Conf] Need to define rules for %age of backflow of FOSS4G surplus

Till Adams till.adams at fossgis.de
Thu Jan 2 03:54:43 PST 2020


Hi Steven,

thanks, I missed to read the RfP carefully ;-)

Is it enough to have this only in the RfP docs?

Till


Am 02.01.20 um 12:39 schrieb Steven Feldman:
> In the RfP document it says (my italics):
>
> "Funding by OSGeo and distribution of surplus
>
> 0.
>     0.
>
>         It is expected that all FOSS4G events will be budgeted and
>         operated to deliver a surplus over costs. /Part of the surplus
>         will be donated to OSGeo./
>
>     Seed Funding
>
>     OSGeo can offer seed funding (an advance to cover start-up
>     expenses and deposits before revenues are received) and an
>     additional guarantee to cover losses (up to an agreed limit) in
>     the event of unexpected events (subject to approval of budgets and
>     regular financial updates to an OSGeo board representative).
>
>     If OSGeo provides seed funding and guarantees, it is expected that
>     in the region of 85% of any surplus generated will be donated to
>     OSGeo (a lower percentage will be considered for events hosted in
>     Lower or Middle Income economies). OSGeo will provide a financial
>     supervisor who must be consulted on all major financial decisions.
>     For more information
>     see ​https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook#Finances
>
>     */If a LOC does not require seed funding or guarantees from OSGeo,
>     they will be expected to donate at least 50% of the surplus after
>     costs to OSGeo./*
>
>     Travel Grant
>
>     OSGeo will provide a grant of $10,000 minimum towards a Travel
>     Grant Programme
>     (see https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/foss4g-travel-grant-program/​ ),
>     the LOC are expected to raise at least an equivalent amount of
>     funding through sponsorship, donations at registration or other means.
>
>     Video
>
>     OSGeo may provide loan funding towards the cost of recording the
>     conference proceedings. If there is surplus from the conference,
>     OSGeo requires this funding to be repaid in full to OSGeo before
>     any calculation and distribution of the conference surplus."
>
>
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>     On 2 Jan 2020, at 09:05, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de
>     <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>> wrote:
>
>     Dear conference committee,
>
>     you know, that surplus of FOSS4G's is one of the major source of
>     income
>     of OSGeo. The upcoming two events are good examples, that we need a
>     binding and general rule about "what happens with a potential
>     surplus of
>     a FOSS4G": Calgary did not claim for seed money and explained to
>     transfer back "at least 50%", Buenes Aires recently requested for seed
>     money and mentioned a transfer back of 30% in their bid (Steven asked
>     about that during the RfP).
>
>     On our last board meeting, we discussed the request from Buenes Aires
>     regarding seed money. I know, there is a general rule, that says, that
>     if a LOC of a FOSS4G requests for seed money, that we as an
>     organisation
>     expect, that at least 85% of the potential surplus goes back to OSGeo.
>     This rule is AFAIK written in the "FOSS4G cookbook" but in the WIKI
>     still marked as "draft" [1].
>
>     So, in my eyes, we need to approve this rule and make it binding for
>     future bids. Also, there is no rule about the surplus going back to
>     OSGeo, if teams do *not* request for seed money. I think we should
>     need
>     to define a rule here also.
>
>
>     Any thoughts?
>
>     Till
>
>
>
>     [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=FOSS4G_Handbook#Finances
>
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