Hi All,
Given that the budget allocates 5000$ to the marketing committee (conditional on there being a chair elected, as I understand it from Daniele’s mail to the Board list), I think that we need to consider how far that money is going to go, if we’re prepared to allocate 1200$ to one local chapter. Personally I’m in agreement with Alex that this seems like a lot of money. However there’s a difference between “seed funding” to allow a newly formed chapter to get a banner and a stash of literature, and “general running costs” such as replacing live dvds, leaflets etc as they are needed. I wonder also if it might be a good idea to stipulate that the local chapter should make every reasonable attempt to get some funding of their own? I know from personal experience that this is really hard as potential sponsors do not see why they should sponsor OSGeo twice- once at global level and again at regional/local chapter level, but I think it’s important to try at least.
On that basis it should be possible to define two levels of funding that chapters can apply for- one for newly formed chapters and another for established ones, to stop every chapter demanding their 1200$. I’ve spent around $500 on leaflets and live DVDs for the UK chapter this year, so that would be a reasonable starting amount for an established chapter.
Jo
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