[OSGeo Oceania] Budget for FY 2021/2022

[Alex Leith]

Hey Folks

To correct the record here, the 2020 conference made an $853 loss. This is
the full accounting, which I have further cleaned up today:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YOL19XSiIavCit7bkCyjVB3qP59dVTYp/view?usp=sharing


I can't remember if I put together the actuals in the document you shared
here, John, but regardless, this PDF is the actual actuals!

Cheers,

On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 at 15:57, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the opportunity to contribute to budget planning. I have a few
> comments/questions.
>
> *1. Conference*
>
> The proposed budget includes an AUD $5000 loss for the conference, which
> doesn't align with past experience. Even last year, when plans were
> derailed mid-year and we had to create a new plan on the fly, we still
> turned a small profit overall [1], despite minimal focus on sponsorship.
>
> FOSS4G 2021 (global) will be fully online, and they're running a
> relatively successful sponsorship drive. If we are running another hybrid
> conference, it feels like there's potential to find sponsorship. Last
> year's event was the largest in-person event we've ever organised, in terms
> of overall attendance, and with that experience behind us, I think there's
> a significant value proposition for sponsors. Since conference revenue has
> been the predominant source of income for OO, I feel this is a sensible
> place to focus. The assumption there won't be any significant income feels
> like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
>
> *2. Good Mojo*
>
> A question about Good Mojo expenditure: why reduce it to zero? I guess
> there's still ~$8k in the Good Mojo fund since the 2020-2021 budget has 0
> under actual. I suggest this should be used, the people and orgs that
> contributed to it in 2018 and 2019 would probably like to see their
> contributions put to use. If there is an in-person event then maybe
> reviving the Travel Grant Program would make sense. Hubs could be enabled
> to have a local impact using these funds.
>
> *3. Microgrants*
>
> Last, re: Microgrants, I feel $2k won't be enough. There has been a lot of
> interest in the first few weeks of the program. $2k will only fund ~8
> grants over the whole year. I suspect we could increase this to $6k, which
> would average 2 grants per month.
>
> Cheers
> John
>
> [1]
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/174P83K_AnDHrH-HbsJmAdXQfrdbTR9ElVcHtxQ1lrWw/edit#gid=1331367998
>
>
>
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 at 20:56, Greg Lauer <gregory.lauer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> The OSGeo Oceania Finance committee met earlier this week, and one of the
>> items discussed is preparing a budget for FY 21/22. Once we have done this
>> we will forward it to the OSGeo Oceania Board to approve. We plan to
>> present to the Board at the April meeting in approx. 4 weeks.
>>
>> We would welcome input and discussion from OSGeo Oceania members and
>> community around the budget. You can review 20/21 and the proposed 21/22
>> budget at
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cbd3Rt5R688qrZ3eTCHxpRZ8HbII358_1UARf3m5qBs/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> Too much? Too little? What should we be spending money on? Potential
>> income sources?
>>
>> The key issue is that it is unlikely we will have any significant income
>> for FY 21/22 as the Conference Working group is planning another hybrid
>> virtual conference. We would hope this would not be the case in FY 22/23.
>>
>> We are looking forward to your input
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Greg, Alex, Dionne and Ed
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