[Marketing] Proposal: Fund Marketing pack for Philippines local chapter

Cameron Shorter cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Mon Oct 15 12:23:40 PDT 2012


On 16/10/2012 4:31 AM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> On 12-10-14 5:38 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> Thanks Daniel,
>> I've updated our approval process to update your budget wiki:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Exhibition_Pack#Getting_a_Regional_Starter_Kit 
>>
>>
>> It would be good to have your input on the process.
>>
>
> Hi Cameron,
>
> The process seems fine to me. My only question is whether the OSGeo 
> Treasurer should really have to vote and have veto rights on the 
> allocation of funds. Unless other members of the board have a 
> different opinion, I think it would be perfectly fine to let the 
> committee decide between themselves on how they use their yearly 
> budget. Anyway, if suspicious expenses were ever submitted, the 
> treasurer could always report them to the board and let the board take 
> action if necessary as the ultimate authority.
>
> What do you think?
>

My reasoning think feeling (quite strongly) that the treasurer has veto 
is that the treasurer might know that there are insufficient funds, or 
that there is an expensive cost in the pipeline that needs to be considered.

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