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.la...@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 <eneer...@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 <johnwbry...@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 <eneer...@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 <johnwbry...@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 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Oceania mailing list >>>> Oceania@lists.osgeo.org >>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/oceania >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ Oceania mailing list > Oceania@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/oceania > > _______________________________________________ > Oceania mailing list > Oceania@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/oceania > -- Alex Leith m: 0419189050
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