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  • From: Paul Keller <paul AT creativecommons.org>
  • To: Jonas Öberg <jonas AT creativecommons.org>
  • Cc: cc-europe AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [CC-Europe] Regional meetings & budgets
  • Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 09:32:35 +0100


On 9 Feb 2012, at 05:04, Jonas Öberg wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm sorry to have kept everyone waiting for more information about the
> upcoming regional meetings. Especially for the 4.0 discussion, I've tried,
> together with Diane Peters, to figure out what is the best opportunity and
> we're now aiming for the first proposed date, the 1st of May 2012 in
> Berlin, before the Re:Publica conference. If you're interested in
> participating in the 4.0 process, you should book that date in your
> calendar, and I will try to provide more information about the program,
> location, etc, shortly.
>
> In related news, I'm just getting some more definite budget numbers from CC
> HQ so I have a better idea of what we can potentially spend on the regional
> meetings. It's definitely not as much as the budget for the Global Summit,
> but it's better than nothing. Ear-marked for the regional meetings we'll
> have $2,000 to spend, and in addition to this we have another $10,000 from
> which I can allocate $1,000 to each thematic meeting.
>
> I can see a few different ways in which we can spend this money. It's not
> enough to cover the travel for all affiliates, even if we just had one
> event, so we need to look at various options to fund parts of the costs.
> Once there's an idea for how to spend the money, I can run this through
> Jessica and others and make sure that we can spend the money in this way.
>
> Here are my proposals. Feel free to add more proposals if you think it's
> relevant! I base these proposals only on HQ funding. If we find other
> sponsors in one way or another, we can revise our plans.
>
>
> Proposal A: We split the money evenly among all participating affiliates.
> With an average of 15 participating affiliate, it'll get to ca $133 per
> affiliate for the September meeting and $66 for each thematic meeting (like
> the 4.0)
>
> Proposal B: We use the money to pay the food (lunch & dinners) for everyone
> participating.
>
> Proposal C: We give out $200 grants to the affiliates that really need it
> in order to attend (so we could give out 10 for the September meeting and 5
> for each thematic meeting)
>
> Proposal D: We establish a system of Minor Travel Grants of $100-$400 from
> which affiliates can apply if they need funding. We'll setup a committee of
> affiliates to decide on the applications.

i think C or D make most sense…
/paul


>
>
> I would be slightly in favor of proposal D. We'd need to setup a committee
> of affiliates to work on this, but it'd also be easy to expand on if we
> find external funding, and it could potentially cover other travel too, not
> only to the regional meetings.
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
>
> Jonas Öberg, Regional Project Manager - Europe
> Creative Commons
> Phone: +46 31 7802161
>
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