<div dir="ltr">The NA community has thus far indicated that we will not try to hold an NA event when global FOSS4G is in NA.<div><br></div><div style>David</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 4:16 AM, Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I agree with Paul's suggestion, that the FOSS4G 2014 be targeted at a North America location.<br>
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My reasons:<br>
* I feel it is important to help future conference planners by being consistent in our selection strategy.<br>
* As Paul notes, we have in the past set in place a 3 way venue cycle: Europe / North America / Rest of the world, and we should continue with that strategy for 2014.<br>
* For these reasons alone, (which are points for discussion with the conference committee), I'm +1 for FOSS4G 2014 being held in North America.<br>
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I understand that Paul is also suggesting another reason for holding FOSS4G in North America is that North American/European FOSS4G events are more lucrative than FOSS4G events in the rest of the world. That is correct, however, I expect that a FOSS4G-NA and other FOSS4G-Europe regional conferences will run in the same year as the global FOSS4G event, and most will return a profit back to OSGeo. So profit back to OSGeo hopefully should roughly even out.<br>
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Of note, for FOSS4G 2015, I think that it is important to select a city with an effective OSGeo community behind it - best demonstrated by successfully having run a regional FOSS4G event.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
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On 31/03/13 07:15, Paul Ramsey wrote:<br>
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Hello Board,<br>
<br>
I've been asked by the President and the Treasurer, also known as Jeff<br>
and Daniel, to coordinate the RFP again this year.<br>
<br>
- The 2013 event was a "Europe year".<br>
- This year is a "North America" year.<br>
<br>
It is possible to make this year an "Americas" year, but that would<br>
have potential impacts on OSGeo revenue, now that FOSS4G is the<br>
primary revenue stream. Also note that *next* year is the "other"<br>
year, which is the year we dedicate to going to places we might not go<br>
out of purely mercenary motivations. So we could potentially end up<br>
with two events in a row far from the population centres of EUR/NA.<br>
<br>
This is just a pre-amble to asking whether to prepare the request for<br>
"North America" or "Americas". Given the financial implications, I<br>
feel this is a board question, not a conference question.<br>
<br>
The 2013 RFP closed on March 31, to give you an idea of scheduling.<br>
We're already 6 weeks behind, so a response with alacrity would be<br>
most appreciated.<br>
<br>
Yours,<br>
<br>
P.<br>
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