<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="">Ideally the next chair would respond to this request.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Does anyone on the CC have ideas for 2017 that would require budget?<br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 5 Dec 2016, at 18:45, Angelos Tzotsos <<a href="mailto:gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com" class="">gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Another item that I would like to bring to your attention is the budget:<br class=""><br class="">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.<br class=""><br class="">Does the conference committee need any budget for the next year? Please let us know.<br class=""><br class="">Best regards,<br class="">Angelos<br class=""><br class="">[1] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Operational_Budget_for_2016" class="">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Operational_Budget_for_2016</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On 12/05/2016 07:17 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Dear Conference Committee,<br class=""><br class="">Following up on your recent motion to update your membership policies and process, and the issues raised by this motion, the board has held a video meeting to discuss the issue of committee guidelines.<br class=""><br class="">As a result, the board is asking everyone to write down "committee guidelines" on how each functions. The idea is to make sure our committees are transparent in their decision making, and open to participation.<br class=""><br class="">There is a wiki page here <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines" class="">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines</a> that provides more information (and helpfully provides guidance for committee chairs). There are some examples of different committees doing their thing here (<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines#Examples" class="">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines#Examples</a>).<br class=""><br class="">Best regards,<br class="">Angelos<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Angelos Tzotsos, PhD<br class="">OSGeo Charter Member<br class=""><a href="http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos" class="">http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos</a><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>