Shirt funding

[Tyler Mitchell]

Hi all,
I know the FunCom committee meeting didn't really happen this week,  
but I want to bring up one item that I believe needs some fairly  
quick resolution: how do we order more shirts?  I know, logistically  
how it happens, but need to know how to financially handle it.  We  
need to have a long term process set up to handle ordering more  
shirts as needed.

For example we have some new members who are helping at OSCON who do  
not have OSGeo shirts and really should have one for managing the  
booth and building our image.  Similarly they couldn't really buy  
them or order them personally even if they wanted to (due to high  
setup costs).

Can FunCom (or Board) give me and VisCom some direction on how to  
handle this?  If I knew there was a budget and a way to expense the  
set up and delivery, I would gladly help organise this.  But as it is  
I don't know where to start on the finance end.  I think our budget  
covers it off nicely, but how/when do we (VisCom) get to start  
spending some more?  Are all the items on the budget on hold until  
FunCom starts working?

We have a similar issue around reproducing brochures, banners and  
eventually for booth equipment rental.  These are all items that we  
need to get some movement on soon.  I know it's likely too late to  
meet the needs for OSCON, but I would sure like to try and at least  
have the process nailed down for the next conference.

Any thoughts?

Tyler