[Viscom-dev] Budget stuff...

[Chris Holmes]

What happened to all the booth stuff from where 2.0 last year?  Or 
foss4g for that matter?  Can't we re-use that?  I mean, obviously not 
the hand-outs, but at least have a table that we can talk at.

Tyler Mitchell wrote:
> I have a hard time seeing our budget get approved quick enough for 
> events over the next month or so. For background see this thread:
> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2007-February/001880.html
> 
> For example, I have requested funding for Location Intelligence but 
> think we may need to wait until our fundraising committee gets some more 
> funds coming in.  I have some financial review to do for helping the 
> board get a handle on cash flow and I have lots to do for fundraising 
> committee too.  You should see me relax a bit on VisCom and focus more 
> on Fundraising over the next couple weeks since funds are a priority 
> holding up many other things.
> 
> This means we may very well not be able to develop a full booth at LI.  
> I also don't want to commit to it if we are going to be constrained in 
> any way or takes away the opportunity to have it at other events.  
> Personally, I'd much rather see a strong showing elsewhere if I had to 
> choose.
> 
> Until our budget is approved, I personally consider that VisCom has 
> limited funding available.  Obviously we need to fix this, but that is 
> the way it seems at this very moment.  I'd love to wrong about this though.
> 
> I suggest we make any expenditures focused on reusable components for a 
> pop-up booth or some more pop-up banners that we can ship around.
> 
> Then perhaps also get the Lands-end store up and running with the new 
> logo so people can buy their own great shirt - or refine cafepress so we 
> can sell and make a modest profit.
> 
> Sorry, there are a few points in one note, but wanted to get the 
> discussion going.
> 
> Tyler
> 
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Chris Holmes
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