Sean Gillies wrote:
Dave Patton wrote:
The actual dollar number that you come up with will depend on various factors, but you can argue that both the 500+ registrants for the conference, and the conference's Sponsors/Exhibitors are all contributing financially to OSGeo.
I'm contributing financially to OSGeo? How much? I don't remember reading anywhere on the conference website that the event is about OSGeo revenue.
Well, I didn't say it was "about OSGeo revenue" :-) "FOSS4G is presented annually by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)." There is of course a difference between "gross revenue" and "net revenue" for something like a conference, where there a lots of expenses, however, if the gross revenue is shown on the OSGeo balance sheet, it can help make the case that Autodesk isn't the only significant source of revenue, even if the end result of the conference is that it is 'revenue neutral'[1]. [1] http://www.osgeo.org/files/conference/osgeo-conference-2007-request-for-proposal.pdf "OSGeo may also be in a position to provide some bridge funding and take on liability for conference shortfalls should attendance fall short. It is, however, intended that the conference be essentially revenue neutral after completion." -- Dave Patton Degree Confluence Project: Canadian Coordinator Technical Coordinator http://www.confluence.org/ FOSS4G2007: Workshop Committee Conference Committee http://www.foss4g2007.org/ Personal website: Maps, GPS, etc. http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
