[Qgis-psc] [Board] QGIS UserConf 2019. Financial support request. Estimated budget attached

[Anita Graser]

Hi Luigi,

We discussed sponsorship of the A Coruna event yesterday at the QGIS PSC
meeting and concluded, that we'd be fine with what is already planned in
the QGIS.ORG 2019 budget. If you already sent a sponsorship request to
QGIS.ORG, sorry, I currently cannot locate it but what amounts are we
talking about?

Regards,
Anita




On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 9:45 PM Luigi Pirelli <luipir at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll give a feedback to the local group, but I feel we are in time to wait
> the January board meeting.
> If we have a different position I'll write you back.
>
> regards
>
> Luigi Pirelli on behalf of the organisation committee
>
>
> On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 at 21:41, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The java for the clarifications could, if you are available I would like
>> to request you attend the January board meeting.
>>
>> As indicated we are in an awkward spot because 2019 budget not yet set.
>> Is it possible to give you answer in February when we are more organized
>> with a budget? Or is it important to act now ...
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 12:34 PM Luigi Pirelli <luipir at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jody
>>>
>>> I'm answering inline
>>>
>>> On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 at 00:50, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Looks great! We are currently setting our budget for 2019
>>>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2019> so we cannot respond
>>>> right away.
>>>>
>>>> Reading to see what form of financial support are you looking for:
>>>> Looking at the attachment it is a request for 4.000€. Since QGIS and
>>>> OSGeo are listed separately than sponsors probably as a host of the event.
>>>> - We tend to like hosting events (some financial risk but a chance to
>>>> support earlier) rather than sponsorship (we do not need to compete for
>>>> visibility with sponsors who are working with limited marketing budgets) ...
>>>>
>>>
>>> I agree, we just started sponsorship campaign.
>>> https://twitter.com/Ginetto/status/1082565867945238528
>>>
>>>
>>>> - Is this support you are asking for from OSGeo directly, or is it to
>>>> be part of the budget request from the QGIS team?
>>>>
>>>
>>> We are asking to OSGEO and QGIS too. we set the same amounts as in the
>>> Nødebo user conference. Usually QGIS cover some costs related to developer
>>> hosts and some dinners.
>>>
>>>
>>>> - the board is thinking of having an event budget (draft 10k) to
>>>> support events such as this, perhaps we should increase the amount?
>>>>
>>>
>>> IMHO yes, the rationale is that we decided to leave the registration fee
>>> as low as possible. In this case the financial risks are higher. An higher
>>> budget can support events where the community decided for a low financial
>>> barrier.
>>>
>>>
>>>> - Are you looking for just a transfer of funds or are you looking at
>>>> osgeo taking on some financial risk (which is handy if sponsorship does not
>>>> come through)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm personally +0, but discussing in the organizing committee we decided
>>> to prefer a transfer. The rationale is to have enough margin without
>>> risking our personal finances other than our voluntary work.
>>> The person in charge of the financial aspects is Carmen Diez (in CC).
>>> She already managed other Spanish events like GeoCamps. The bank account
>>> will be that of the QGIS Spanish Associacion [1] that will be used to
>>> receive registrations fee, sponsorships, and from which all the costs will
>>> be payed.
>>>
>>> Let us know what is the OSGEO position
>>>
>>> regards
>>>
>>> Luigi Pirelli on behalf of the organisation committee
>>>
>>> [1] www.qgis.es - in CC Carlos Lopez Quintanilla, the president of the
>>> association
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> --
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
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