<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Good spots Cameron :)<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have amended the notes to reflect my slightly different understanding of what was agreed. Particularly that the RoW event is targeted to make a small surplus which will be shared between OSGeo and that if we support smaller regional events they would be expected to break even.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Can others who were in attendance review the minutes and correct further if they see the need</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 26 Aug 2016, at 22:44, Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" class="">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" class=""><p class="">Retrospectively reading minutes of conference committee meeting
and adding comment.</p><p class="">Overall, it sounds like a positive meeting, but 2 points make me
nervous:</p><p class=""><i class="">* European & North American years should share a
percentage of surplus from conference with OSGeo organization,
but rest of the years should be encouraged to reinvest money
into local OSGeo activities and it would be acceptable to break
even.</i></p><p class=""><i class="">* For LOC's that are not chosen for FOSS4G, someone from the
board should reach out to them and suggest a smaller local
event. This can be funded by OSGeo at a loss.</i><br class="">
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One of the strengths of successful open source communities (actually
most volunteer communities) is their long term sustainability, which
is achieved by each small component within the community being self
sustaining in its own right. Extending this principle to finances of
conferences, I suggest that every conference should aim to be
financially sustainable. It need not aim for a huge profit, but
should aim to break even under conservative estimates (leading to a
modest profit under typical scenarios).<br class="">
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It is worth noting that small foss4g events can be run very cheaply,
using a basic formula of a "Meetup Event" getting free space at a
local pub, with participants buying their own beer/food.<br class="">
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<div class="">That helps enormously, except that now I have a load
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Face to face meeting tomorrow at 16.00-17.00<br class="">
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Suggest we meet at the reception desk and the
funds somewhere to sit (perhaps by the river?)<br class="">
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Agenda at <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee_F2F_2016" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee_F2F_2016</a><br class="">
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