[Board] Fwd: FOSS4G Proceedings Problem

Daniel Morissette dmorissette at mapgears.com
Tue Oct 18 13:32:36 PDT 2011


Sounds like a good plan, but it would be best for this to happen after 
Nov 18th to ensure that we have access to as much of Tyler's time as 
possible until then for the knowledge/tasks transfer.

Daniel

On 11-10-18 12:32 PM, Peter Batty wrote:
> Thanks Frank, I think you articulated this well. It is my opinion too
> that this is within the scope of the budgetary decisions that we've been
> making within the FOSS4G 2011 LOC (it's relatively small in the scheme
> of things), but I did want to check that nobody had any concerns about
> us contracting some work to Tyler along these lines. If nobody else
> raises any major concerns about this in the next day or so, I'll go
> ahead and treat it as FOSS4G LOC business as usual, and either contract
> this to Tyler (my first choice) or investigate other options if this
> doesn't work out.
>
> Cheers,
>      Peter.
>
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com
> <mailto:warmerdam at pobox.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com
>     <mailto:peter at ebatty.com>> wrote:
>      > I thought I'd ask if anyone has any comments, in favor of or against
>      > engaging Tyler to do this, or alternative ideas, then I'll make a
>     motion (if
>      > I need to).
>
>     Peter,
>
>     It is my opinion that it is within the scope of the FOSS4G 2011
>     LOC to make such a decision as long as it fits broadly within the
>     budget.  Assuming that is the case, I would suggest passing it by
>     your LOC and go from there.
>
>     I agree it would be unfortunate for the academic publishing aspect
>     to fall on the ground.  If the best way to take care of that is to
>     retain Tyler, then by all means feel free to do so.
>
>     Best regards,
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