[okfn-coord] Fwd: FW: [pd-discuss] Public Domain Calculators Meeting, University of Cambridge, 10-11th November 2009

Wed Nov 4 20:44:47 UTC 2009

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> What's our total budget from COMMUNIA and does it cover flying people
> in for the workshop?

So our 2008-9 budget was 4800 Euros [1]. (We have received half of it
now I think. It might be the case that we don't receive the second
half if we don't spend it quick enough.) Of this, so far we've spent
£900 [2].

The 2009-2010 budget should be another 4800 Euros.

One thing Communia HQ emphasised was that we really need to spend the
budget as its a hassle to give the money back (and makes HQ look like
they overbudgeted/underspent - which is apparently a bad thing).

In addition to having OKF core attend more events - we should find
more ways for OKF community to use this budget. Communia HQ said OKF
determines who is OKF and who isn't - so we can decide who to bring on
our budget.

[1] See original email below and http://okfn.org/board/wiki/Communia
[2] See http://okfn.org/board/wiki/CommuniaExpenses

> If flying them in will still leave us with at leave, say, 2-3k EUR
> then I think we should do it (this seems to me to be enough to cover
> any expenses we'll incur going to COMMUNIA events in the next year).

Agreed I think so too. Will double check with HQ that we can reimburse
US attendants from OKF.

Best,

Jonathan

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
Date: Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Subject: Communia Network Agreement + first bank transfer?
To: okfn-coord <okfn-coord at lists.okfn.org>

Hi all,

I've just been sent the COMMUNIA Network agreement. Once this is
signed by an authorised OKF legal representative, we can send it off
and receive our first installment of €2880.

Background info at:

 http://okfn.org/board/wiki/Communia

Network agreement at:

 http://okfn.org/board/wiki/Communia?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=COMMUNIA-network-agreement2009-final.odt
 http://okfn.org/board/wiki/Communia?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=COMMUNIA-network-agreement2009-final-.doc
 http://okfn.org/board/wiki/Communia?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=COMMUNIA-network-agreement2009-final.pdf

Does anyone want to be the OKF legal representative? :-)

Best wishes,

Jonathan

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Federica Cedriano <federica.cedriano at polito.it>
Date: Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Subject: Network Agreement followed by the 1st instalment bank transfer
To: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>, okfn.jonathan.gray at googlemail.com
Cc: "J.C. De Martin" <demartin at polito.it>, Maria Teresa Medina
Quintana <mariateresa.medina at polito.it>, "selinaf at libero.it"
<selinaf at libero.it>

Dear Jonathan,

I hope this message finds you well.
Please find here enclosed the Network Agreement in Open, Word and .pdf format.
In order to speed up the bank transfer procedure I would ask you to
fill in the part concerning OKF coordinates, annexes included.
After that you can scan it and send it by e-mail so that our
accounting department will wire the OKF the payment of the 1st
instalment (2880 €) as soon as we receive the document filled and
signed by OKF legally authorised rapresentative.

Thank you so much for your patience.

All my best,
Federica

--
-----------------------------------

Federica Cedriano
Administrative and Project Manager

NEXA Center for Internet & Society
Politecnico di Torino
Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica
C.so Duca degli Abruzzi, 24
10129 Torino - Italy

Tel. +39 011 564 5956
Fax. +39 011 564 7216
e-mail: federica.cedriano at polito.it
http://nexa.polito.it

--
Jonathan Gray

Community Coordinator
The Open Knowledge Foundation
http://www.okfn.org

-- 
Jonathan Gray

Community Coordinator
The Open Knowledge Foundation
http://www.okfn.org

> 2009/11/4 Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We (qua Communia member) need to decide fairly promptly whether or not
>> we allocate some of our Communia funding to fly out someone from
>> Tulane in the US to the public domain calculators meeting in Cambridge
>> next week. If we want to fly them out, the quicker we act the cheaper
>> it will be. (So +1/-1s from anyone would be appreciated!)
>>
>> Cons: it will use up around $1200-1600 of our budget. We will have to
>> arrange to reimburse them to US bank account. Additional hassle and
>> paperwork on our end.
>>
>> Pros: it would be really useful to have them at the workshop. We will
>> probably not get through our Communia budget (especially at our
>> current rate) which is several thousand Euros per year - so could be
>> useful to use it on something good. Longer term there is scope for
>> cooperating with them on a bid for an international PD calculator
>> project. Rufus and I spoke to them to day and sounds like what they've
>> got is quite developed...
>>
>> As an aside - I think it would be *really* good if we could try and
>> arrange for as many core OKF people as possible to attend a Communia
>> meeting next year. It would be great to introduce you all to other
>> interesting people from projects/orgs across Europe - and this is what
>> our budget is for! (Just in case this makes a difference to people's
>> views re: budget..)
>>
>> Any/all thoughts welcome...
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> J.
>
> _______________________________________________
> okfn-coord mailing list
> okfn-coord at lists.okfn.org
> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-coord
>

-- 
Jonathan Gray

Community Coordinator
The Open Knowledge Foundation
http://www.okfn.org