[Qgis-psc] Fwd: [Projects] OSGeo Budget 2020

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi Anita, Andreas,
equating to QGIS UG seems quite reasonable. Also asking the same amount
as last year seems reasonable, unless things have changed in Osgeo.
Cheers.

Il 02/01/20 17:23, Andreas Neumann ha scritto:
> Hi Anita,
> 
> How about asking for 9k €, which would be equal to a large sustaining
> membership? It would be equal to amounts of individual QGIS user groups,
> like Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland.
> 
> Does OSGeo require more specific contents / projects in the bugdet, or
> would a general "sustaining membership", that allows for flexibility,
> work fine?
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Andreas
> 
> Am 30.12.19 um 22:16 schrieb Anita Graser:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I hope you're enjoying the holidays!
>>
>> OSGeo is asking project to put in requests for funding next year.
>> Since our PSC meeting is after the deadline, I was thinking of filling
>> in the same numbers as last year. However, we had asked for potential
>> contributions of $8k in 2019 and I found an invoice over $11k in our
>> finance folder. Therefore, should we increase the forecast?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Anita 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: *Angelos Tzotsos* <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com
>> <mailto:gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>>
>> Date: Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 8:38 PM
>> Subject: [Projects] OSGeo Budget 2020
>> To: <projects at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:projects at lists.osgeo.org>>
>> Cc: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org
>> <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>, OSGeo Board <board at lists.osgeo.org
>> <mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org>>
>>
>>
>> Dear OSGeo project members and committees,
>>
>> Over the previous years, OSGeo has been proud to support a growing
>> number of project events, such as code sprints, developer meetings, and
>> user conferences.
>>
>> OSGeo is reaching out to all committees, including project steering
>> committees, to help plan our budget for 2020.
>>
>> As in last year, the board is discussing about assigning a starting
>> budget of 2000$ to all graduated projects who have reported to the board
>> the last 12 months (e.g. during the AGM or directly to a board meeting).
>>
>> For projects with more of a plan (to pursue a specific goal) projects
>> are welcome to send a more detailed request for approval (see detailed
>> budget requests from 2019 e.g.
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Budget_2019)
>>
>> A good idea is to focus on OSGeo participation, for example attending
>> the AGM or OSGeo code sprint. Also keep in mind OSGeo goals as an
>> organization, (e.g. interoperability goal: CITE compliance or
>> participation developing new standards)
>>
>> We would like to ask you to help us with budget proposals to assist your
>> project. This will help us set aside a realistic amount of funding.
>>
>> Please add your project info to the budget draft at:
>>
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2020
>>
>> ideally by Dec 30 ahead of our next board meeting.
>>
>> When making a budget request please keep in mind the vision and goals of
>> our foundation, along with any obligations you wish to meet.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> On behalf of the OSGeo Board,
>>
>> Angelos
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>> Charter Member
>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
>>
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