[Grants] Grant Application from John Bryant for Establishing OSGeo Oceania - professional advice

[John Bryant]

Hi, just double checking my submission and I think a bit has been chopped
out (a section between two % signs), under "Estimated cost breakdown".

This:

> We are requesting funding from Linux Australia to cover 50 from other
> sources.
>

Should read like this:

> *We are requesting funding from Linux Australia to cover 50% of the cost
> of this project, or AUD $2500. We will cover the other 50% from other
> sources.*
>

Thanks!
John

On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 15:57, Linux Australia Website <
support at agileware.com.au> wrote:

> Your Email Address: johnwbryant at gmail.com
> Project name: Establishing OSGeo Oceania - professional advice
> Aim of the project: Our objective is to finalise the establishment of
> OSGeo Oceania, a not-for-profit entity with the purpose of building open
> source/open data geospatial community in Oceania. Over the last 8 months,
> we have formed a not-for-profit company and appointed an inaugural Board of
> Directors, with a first-year mandate to establish a set of ground rules for
> how we operate as a community. Please see our Terms of Reference (
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/13aZ6L08ke1-l32I7c00MahyEKgxeZkq8/view)
> for more detail on our inaugural mandate.
> In order to formalise these ground rules, and ensure we have an
> organisation that can withstand the test of time, we wish to establish a
> membership recruitment process, define appropriate terms for election of
> directors, and update our constitution accordingly. Our experience has
> shown that while a DIY approach is possible, it requires a huge amount of
> volunteer energy and comes with increased risk of error and re-work. This
> is a situation with high risk of burnout, and we'd like to avoid it.
> As we operate an international conference series (FOSS4G SotM Oceania),
> our accounting needs have some complexity, and we need to ensure we're
> functioning properly in this area as well. We will have tax obligations in
> Australia and New Zealand, and potentially in other jurisdictions as well.
> To make sure we can do this efficiently and effectively, we want to seek
> professional advice, and so we seek partial funding.
> Estimated cost breakdown of the project: We expect to spend approximately
> AUD $2500 on not-for-profit organisational advice, and AUD $2500 on
> accounting advice. These estimates are based on discussions with, and
> quotes from, several companies operating in this area.
> We are requesting funding from Linux Australia to cover 50 from other
> sources.
> Project team details: We currently have 9 directors:
>     Alex Leith - OSGeo Oceania Treasurer - OSGeo Charter Member
>     Daniel Silk
>     Edoardo Neerhut
>     Greg Lauer - OSGeo Oceania Secretary
>     John Bryant - OSGeo Oceania President - OSGeo Charter Member
>     Jonah Sullivan
>     Kerry Smyth
>     Martin Tomko
>     Trisha Moriarty
> All directors are very experienced open geospatial professionals, working
> in government, industry, and academia. Each of us is a keen advocate for
> open source geospatial technology and data in our own organisations and in
> our community of practice.
> As a group, we have been involved in building this organisation since
> November 2017, when we initiated the very successful conference FOSS4G SotM
> Oceania, which ran in Melbourne in November 2018. We're currently
> overseeing the planning and execution of the 2nd iteration of this
> conference in Wellington, New Zealand, along with a Local Organising
> Committee.
> You can find more info about OSGeo Oceania at our wiki page:
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Oceania
> First Name: John
> Last Name: Bryant
> Email Address: johnwbryant at gmail.com
> A statement including a willingness to provide regular project updates on
> the project: As an organisation focused on open community building, we're
> very committed to transparency. We generally make our working documents and
> discussions open to the public on our mailing lists, where possible. We
> will be happy to provide project specific updates to Linux Australia and to
> our community.
>
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