[OSGeo Oceania] Funding request - QGIS SIG

[Alex Leith]

I'll go vote on Loomio, but my view is that we planned for this, and Ed,
me, Jonah or Dione can approve it according to the policy
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WtJGVLfbaaQ7j8G6hI86FJgFNFAgEv9X/view

Also in text:

>Over $1,000 and in-budget or under $1,000 and unbudgeted: Treasurer,
> Secretary, Deputy Chair or Chair

Really, we have the money, it's budgeted, and it's reasonable so we should
just make it happen!

On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 at 20:58, Greg Lauer <gregory.lauer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great to see community proposal coming in!
>
> My only real comment is as follows:
>
> I am not sure the Board really needs vote on this type of small
> expenditure. Rather than the SIG ask the Board for funds for individual
> items (such as the printing of the stickers) I feel it would be better for
> the the SIG to manage its own funding decisions internally through what
> ever processes it sees fits. OSGeo Oceania can assist this by making
> funds available as part of an annual budget for the SIG to manage (I
> thought I did see this in the initial SIG drafts but I may be mistaken).
>
> As the budget has already been set for 20/21 and includes $10,000 for Outreach
> and community support (see
>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cbd3Rt5R688qrZ3eTCHxpRZ8HbII358_1UARf3m5qBs/edit#gid=0)
> then I think all it really requires is that the QGIS SIG Chair submits a
> request to OSGeo Oceania for 'Funding' and annual budget (say $2500?), then
> the Board discusses and (hopefully) approves (as we have budget
> allocated). The the QGIS SIG can then manage its own budget how it sees
> fit, and in a timely matter, and in turn the OSGeo Board can focus large
> strategic issues.
>
> I would like to think that the above could resolved in a similar time
> period as in asking for $400.
>
> Greg.
>
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> On 3/3/2021 3:20:44 PM, Edoardo Neerhut <eneerhut at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's excellent. I have just put the proposal on Loomio
> <https://www.loomio.org/d/TqDcwCga/aud-377-including-gst-for-1000-qgis-stickers>
> so we can get you an answer soon.
>
> On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 at 20:48, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Great, thanks! A quote just came in for AUD $377 including GST for 1000
>> stickers. Can we proceed based on that?
>>
>> On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 at 11:26, Edoardo Neerhut <eneerhut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> Thanks for getting the ball rolling following the QGIS SIG charter
>>> approval. This sounds like a great idea and I'd love to see the board
>>> supporting more community proposals like this one.
>>>
>>> Perhaps we can wait for the quotes to come in and then put it to a board
>>> vote on Loomio. I think technically it only requires 1 person to approve as
>>> it is under $1,000, but it's probably good practice to vote on proposals
>>> like this one.
>>>
>>> How do the rest of the board and community feel?
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>> On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 at 18:22, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi OSGeo Oceania board, I have a small funding request on behalf of the
>>>> newly-established QGIS Special Interest Group.
>>>>
>>>> We'd like to purchase QGIS stickers to be distributed at QGIS events,
>>>> training sessions, etc around the region. The idea is that we'd make one
>>>> large order, to take advantage of bulk discounts, and distribute them by
>>>> post to anyone running a QGIS-related event in Oceania (including FOSS4G
>>>> SotM Oceania).
>>>>
>>>> We're waiting on quotes but the order would cost in the range of AUD
>>>> $400 for 1000 stickers, and the cost of postage would depend on requests,
>>>> probably a few dollars per month.
>>>>
>>>> Would OSGeo Oceania be willing to cover the cost?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> John
>>>>
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