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Geejee moved page FOSS4G 2016 Weekly Updates to FOSS4G 2016 Weekly Updates (obsolete): Being obsolete

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		+	'''More recent updates can be found on [[FOSS4G_2016_Meeting_minutes]]'''
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	'''== Update 09-04-2015 =='''		'''== Update 09-04-2015 =='''

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	Steven Feldman (Chair F4G 2013) worked hard to fix an agreement between OSGeo and us. For now, it's in the discussion of the Conference Committee, afterwards it's going to the board. The good thin is: This agreement will be aprt of every following F4G, so that point is in general clearance. Find the draft [http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2016/financial_stuff/agreement_with_osgeo/Agreement-between-OSGeo-and-FOSSGISeV-2016.pdf here]		Steven Feldman (Chair F4G 2013) worked hard to fix an agreement between OSGeo and us. For now, it's in the discussion of the Conference Committee, afterwards it's going to the board. The good thin is: This agreement will be aprt of every following F4G, so that point is in general clearance. Find the draft [http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2016/financial_stuff/agreement_with_osgeo/Agreement-between-OSGeo-and-FOSSGISeV-2016.pdf here]

		+	'''3. Finances'''
		+	Torsten and Till had a meeting on this last tuesday. We agreed to make a monthly preview on finances from now on. We also agreed, that earliest time we need to send bills to sponsors is by 31.01.2016 - no one will really want to pay for something in the next year. If there is any sponsor willing to pay earlier, we of course can send a bill in 2015.
		+	For the next month there are only minor payments, which will not exceed 15k Euros, should be covered by OSGeo seed money.

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-'''== Update 08-28-2016 =='''
+'''== Update 09-04-2015 =='''
 '''1. Liability'''
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-'''== Update 08-21-2016 =='''
+'''== Update 08-21-2015 =='''
 '''1. Hompeage'''
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-'''== Update 06-29-2016 =='''
+'''== Update 06-29-2015 =='''
 '''1. Logo and Hompeage'''
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-'''== Update 06-19-2016 =='''
+'''== Update 06-19-2015 =='''
 '''1. Workshop Rooms'''
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-'''== Update 06-08-2016 =='''
+'''== Update 06-08-2015 =='''
 '''1. Basecamp Bonn'''

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 - I talked to a guy from Deutsche Welle, they are located in the neighbourhood to WCCB. I asked for workshop rooms. They offered 2/3 rooms, Carmen and me are going to see them next wednesday. Same day we visit GSI (Gustav Stresemann Institut).
 - Last I went into the conference office and talked to the organizers. Next FROSCON will be 20./21. of August 2016 - this is the weekend before our event. Probably we might get them to emphasize the geo-theme somehow. With that we could attract ttheir conference under the Geo-Summer roof, also might be that some of our attendees will come a few days earlier and also take the FROSCON. FROSCON is free of fees. Perhaps we also can coordinate in prints and tshirts and whatever to reduce costs. The chair will contact me the next weeks, after he mastered his usual after-conference burnout.
 '''7. Hacking Weekend'''

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 We discussed thi issue to have students and to deal s.th. like 50% work and for the remaining time free access to the conference. This will cost us money, because I heard, that also volunteers want to eat and drink. So this would cost us about 150.- per volunteer for catering. On the other hand, I've seen, that our PCO offered hostesses for welcome desk, coadrack and so on. The calculation is easy: For hostesses we would pay 5.5k, for 30 volunteers (and I don't think that we need that much) we would have costs of 4.5k. We have to discuss this further and really look, how many volunteers we need.
-'''9. Planning Meeting'''
+'''9. Mail <name>@foss4g2016.org'''
 Next FOSs4G planning meeting is next wednesday, 2.9. at 19h30 in LUXX in Bonn!

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		+	'''== Update 08-28-2016 =='''
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		+	'''1. Liability'''
		+	I made kind of risk analysis and passed this over to OSGeo conference committee. Outcome is, last chance to cancel without a financial disaster is 2 month before the event - a case, that won't happen. Based on the numbers, I asked OSgeo for a financial backup of 100k and also for seed money of 50k.
		+	To whom is interested in this, I've created a folder in SVN called "foss4g/budget_planning" and put the sheet with the calculation in there.
		+	I talk to Steven Feldman from conference comittee next thursday via skype to get that fixed.
		+
		+	'''2. Finances'''
		+	We want to divide normal FOSSGIS finances and FOSs4G finances with a new, seperated bank account. As long as the local court didn't update the register of associations and put my name in, I can't open a bank account for FOSSGIS e.V. without having Marco Lechner with me, because he is the only board member, that already is listed in the register. To save some time, the board agreed to use FOSSGIS bank account for now and switch that, when the local court changed the register. We already applied for speeding that up, but this may take some more weeks.
		+	For now, we can use the existing bank account of FOSSGIS e.V.
		+
		+	'''3. Time Table'''
		+	I ha d ameeting with Uli this week and we set up a rough time table for major milestones. Uli will come back to the responsible members of LOC soon and tries to coordinate, whether they agree with our plannings.
		+
		+	'''4. Movie for Seoul'''
		+	Same day, after Uli I met Olaf and Carmen and we agreed very fast in a kind of script for the movie. Olaf already started with the beginning and it already looks very promising. To be continued next week. We also agreed in buying some music from free artists (not more than a hundred bucks), so we can place the movie whereever we want and don't have to be afraid of the Society for Musical Performing and Mechanical Reproduction Rights.
		+	Maybe this movie sets also a new standard for upcoming FISsG-events ;-)
		+
		+	'''5. Marketing Material for Seoul'''
		+	I still wait for a reply of our PR&Marketing team, whether the postcards are enough for Seoul or if they plan to have more. The remaining timeslot to realize other things is already very, very small.
		+	(In german we say "Zaunpfahl" (fence post)
		+
		+	'''6. FROSCON'''
		+	Last weekend near Bonn the 10th FROSCON (https://www.froscon.de/startseite/) took place. This is the largest german speaking Open Source conference, they had around 2000 attendees (!). The outcome was phantastic, within 45 minutes I talked to several people:
		+	- I met guys from Freifunk movement () and talked to them, how we could improve the free WLAN "Freifunk" especially on FOSS4G spots like bars and so on - in WCCB and also Basecamp we are served. Issue is in motion
		+	- I also talked to a guy from FSF Europe. They had a stand there and also are located in Bonn. We should think about giving them some space for a stand on our conference as well
		+	- I talked to a guy from Deutsche Welle, they are located in the neighbourhood to WCCB. I asked for workshop rooms. They offered 2/3 rooms, Carmen and me are going to see them next wednesday. Same day we visit GSI (Gustav Stresemann Institut).
		+	- Last I went into the conference office and talked to the organizers. Next FROSCON will be 20./21. of August 2016 - this is the weekend before our event. Probably we might get them to emphasize the geo-theme somehow. With that we could attract ttheir conference under the Geo-Summer roof, also might be that some of our attendees will come a few days earlier and also take the FROSCON. FROSCON is free of fees. Perhaps we also can coordinate in prints and tshirts and whatever to reduce costs. The chair will contact me the next weeks, after he mastered his usual after-conference burnout.
		+
		+	'''7. Hacking Weekend'''
		+	Astrid and Uli are planning a pre-conference hacking weekend inside BaseCamp. QGIS and MapBender are interested right now. I've also contacted the OpenLayers guys. If we can fill all beds inside basecamp, there are no extra costs for room rent. The only thing I'd like to have, is that the projects care for a potential loss and don't stress our conference budget. I indicated them to the possibility of a funding by FOSSGIS and/or OSGeo.
		+
		+	'''8. Volunteer programme'''
		+	We discussed thi issue to have students and to deal s.th. like 50% work and for the remaining time free access to the conference. This will cost us money, because I heard, that also volunteers want to eat and drink. So this would cost us about 150.- per volunteer for catering. On the other hand, I've seen, that our PCO offered hostesses for welcome desk, coadrack and so on. The calculation is easy: For hostesses we would pay 5.5k, for 30 volunteers (and I don't think that we need that much) we would have costs of 4.5k. We have to discuss this further and really look, how many volunteers we need.
		+
		+	'''9. Planning Meeting'''
		+	Next FOSs4G planning meeting is next wednesday, 2.9. at 19h30 in LUXX in Bonn!
		+
		+
		+
	'''== Update 08-21-2016 =='''		'''== Update 08-21-2016 =='''

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		+	'''== Update 08-21-2016 =='''
		+	'''1. Hompeage'''
		+	Yes, F4G 2015 is coming up. Afterwards we are in the spotlight. Carmen and me went through the webpage and discussed, what to do until Korea. Carmen summed this up and sent it to Anja, our homepage-angel
		+
		+	'''2. Liability'''
		+	I am doing a lot of work to get together some numbers and calculation in order to have a base for a risk-estimate for the case, what expenses will come up, if we cancel / have less than the break even attendees of ~650. With this, OSGeo board will decide, up to what level they will stand for liability.
		+	If there is a gap, we have to insure us elsewhere.
		+
		+	'''3. Bonner GeoSommer'''
		+	Already passed some informations on that this week. More to come on a seperate WIKI page later.
		+
		+	'''4. legal status'''
		+	Not cleared yet, although the 4 weeks deadline for finance office is over for some weeks. I work hard to clear that up, but it's holidays time....
		+
		+	'''5. Timetable'''
		+	Uli and me will start to make a first rough time table for the whole event(s) and also for some major ToDo's for the working groups on monday.
		+
		+	'''6. Workshop-Facilities'''
		+	We have quite good chances to get some rooms inside BIT, a university facility with nice rooms which is very close to WCCB. Again, it's holiday time now...
		+
		+
		+
	'''== Update 06-29-2016 =='''		'''== Update 06-29-2016 =='''

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 '''1. Logo and Hompeage'''
 Yes we have. Since FOSSGIs hacking weekend, we have a (not announced) homepage already running on 2016.foss4g.org
-We decided not to go through a community voting with the logo. we had hard discussions about it this weekend and in the end at least 20 people from FOSSGIS agreed with the shpe and OSGEO-green. We want to add an OSGEo-logo directly on the starting page in order to show everybody, that this is an OSGEO-event.
+We decided not to go through a community voting with the logo. we had hard discussions about it this weekend and in the end at least 20 people from FOSSGIS agreed with the shape and OSGEO-green. We want to add an OSGEO-logo directly on the starting page in order to show everybody, that this is an OSGEO-event.
-In the moment minor vchanges on logo and website are still possible, but we can start wfilling it with content - and we can start to offer sponsorship!
 '''2. Chairs'''