Hello,
the following decision, which was taken in private on 2018-10-04, is now made public in accordance with our statutes.
Proposal
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- spent EUR 4760.- from the marketing budget on key event for (local)
administrations in The Netherlands to promote ODF and LibreOffice.
Details
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Where and when:
- Utrecht, event for (local) administrations, 2018-10-10
https://www.jaarbeurs.nl/agenda/2994/overheid-360-2018
What:
- promote LibreOffice and ODF:
- educate the people on open document standard (again)
- educate organizations about their possibilities to use
free office-software
Why there:
- main event for software and administrations in The Netherlands
- there are two clear open source items at the event
(presentation from an national agency; initiative for an OSS
solution for central software needs of local administrations)
- (last minute) timing is not nice, still tired and much to do
- but we didn't have any activity yet in The Netherlands and the
event is important to keep visibility in these organizations
How:
- small table / booth
- banner LibreOffice / ODF
- sheet LibreOffice
- sheet ODF
- sheet examples administrations using it.
- booth staff and preparing stuff by Rob and me
(based on existing marketing materials)
(we'll ask assistance at the booth from other members too)
Costs:
- total max 4760
specified:
- booth 4235.-
- banners 160.-
- info-sheets 315.-
- travel costs 50.-
Budget marketing:
- so far spent 2.096,17 from 31.500,00
(TDF Budget Overview.ods FE 20180920)
The Board of Directors at the time of voting consists of 7 seat holders without deputies. In order to be quorate, the vote needs to have 1/2 of the Board of Directors members, which gives 4.
A total of 7 Board of Directors members have participated in the vote. The vote is quorate.
From now on, motions can be passed with the agreement of a simple majority of those participating. The majority threshold is currently 4.
Result of vote: 6 approvals, 0 disapprovals, 1 abstain.
Decision: The proposal has been accepted.
This message is to be archived by the BoD members and their deputies.
Florian