Open Geoscience Committee/budget 2017

= BUDGET =

The OpenGeosSci committee requests to OSGeo a total budget for the 2017 of 6,000 USD .

This is intended to cover:
 * 1 Townhall event at EGU (2,600 USD)
 * 4/5 open monitoring hackatons (3,000 USD)
 * others minor unforenseen costs (400 USD)

Here the detailed estimates based on previous conducted events.

EGU
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 * Event: townhall
 * Venue rental: none
 * Catering: 2,000 USD (based on last years experience) [required]
 * Promotional material: 100 USD (Posters/flyers announcing the event) [required]
 * Give aways: 500 USD (production of OSGeo-live USB-drives)
 * '''Sub-Total requested budget: 2,600 USD

Open monitoring hackatons

 * Events: 4/5 hackatons with about 20 attendees
 * Venue rental: none (in combination with FOSS4G-IT, FOSS4G-Asia, FOSS4G-EU, FOSS4G, ...)
 * Catering & handsout: 2,000 USD (4/5 contribution for coffee breaks and handsout)
 * Training/Promotional material: 1000 USD (100 open hardware kit, OSGeo branded arduino + temp. sensor + led)
 * Sub-Total requested budget: 3,000 USD