[OSGeo Oceania] Funding request - QGIS SIG

[Edoardo Neerhut]

Excellent points Greg & Alex. Agree with you both and I think having funds
allocated to SIG so that they can make these decisions independently is a
positive step forward. John, Andrew, Emma, how do you feel about putting
forward an annual budget? IMHO just a Google spreadsheet that outlines the
main expenditure and total required would be helpful.

John, there are already 7 board votes in this case, and approval as
required in the Finance Policy so feel free to go ahead and purchase.

On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 at 02:44, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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