[Board] Polling charter members

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Mike,

There are ways to have an affordable larger event, which I think the 
FOSSGIS gang does really well.  I think there their goal is just to 'get 
the word out', and not as much pressure for revenue.  FOSS4G could be 
like that.  I think the FOSSGIS gang has been wanting to help us that 
way for a long time.  And as we know, OSGeo needs very little revenue to 
operate each year.  I'm interested in hearing your opinions on this, as 
a Board.

I think this discussion we're having now is great.

-jeff




On 2014-09-19 10:38 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
> This is a bit of a false choice isn¹t it? One does not preclude the other,
> that¹s why we have both international and regional events.
>
> But if you are just referting to the international event, for size, for
> the most part, that ship has sailed. We are going to get 800+ for the
> international event and that sets limits on venue, which affects
> everything else. We aren¹t going to be able to do a 100 person university
> based event anymore. The size/costs etc do not scale linearly.
>
>
> On 9/19/14,  9:20 AM, "Jeff McKenna" <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>
>> I think what is missing on that page, is what do we want FOSS4G to be?
>> (affordable, small, tribe-pleasing vs at *the* city conference hall,
>> pleasing a larger audience)  I think this confusion, is causing much of
>> the stress/fear this past week.
>>
>> Once we decide what we want FOSS4G to be, for OSGeo, then we can look at
>> ways to make that happen (partnerships, PCO, hiring, etc etc, or not).
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2014-09-19 9:53 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2014-09-19 9:42 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>> Ok, first draft of wiki page is here:
>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Options_2014
>>>>
>>>> Please feel free to improve the text, or insert your comments / votes.
>>>>
>>> Thanks Cameron.
>>>
>>> -jeff
>>>
>>>