<div dir="ltr">+1</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 4:51 PM, 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">OSGeo Conference committee:<br>
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I trust that there has been sufficient time for anyone with an opinion regarding foss4g rotation to air it, and I'd like propose a vote in order to test/confirm that we have reached a rough consensus.<br>
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I propose that the international FOSS4G rotation policy be defined as per:<br>
<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Cookbook#City_Selection" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/<u></u>FOSS4G_Cookbook#City_Selection</a><br>
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The regions FOSS4G rotates through are:<br>
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Europe<br>
North America<br>
Rest of world<br>
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This is caveatted by the OSGeo Conference committee feeling confident that the proposed city/region will attract the majority of the international FOSS4G audience.<br>
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So our rotation policy is:<br>
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Strong preference is given to the region which hasn't had FOSS4G for 2 years<br>
We next consider the region which had FOSS4G 2 years ago<br>
Only as a last resort would we consider a region which had FOSS4G last year<br>
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Could all current conference committee members please vote. Past member votes would also be welcomed.<br>
<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/<u></u>Conference_Committee#Current_<u></u>Members</a><br>
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Current Members<br>
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Thierry Badard<br>
Lorenzo Becchi<br>
Peter Batty<br>
Gavin Fleming<br>
Dave McIlhagga<br>
Helena Mitasova<br>
Claude Philipona<br>
Venkatesh Raghavan<br>
Paul Ramsey<br>
Cameron Shorter<br>
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Past Members<br>
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Allan Doyle<br>
Olivier Ertz<br>
Alain Grignon<br>
Luc Maurer<br>
Daniel Rappo<br>
Dave Patton<br>
Rafael Medeiros Sperb<br>
Jeff McKenna<br>
Arnulf Christl<br>
Markus Neteler<br>
Frank Warmerdam<br>
Steve Lime<br>
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On 13/04/13 07:24, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br>
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In the last board meeting, the question was raised about global FOSS4G rotation.<br>
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we currently have a 3 way rotation policy: Europe 2013 / North America 2014 / Rest of world 2015<br>
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It has been suggested that we should revisit this rotation policy, and consider:<br>
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Europe / North America / Europe / North America<br>
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Reasons:<br>
* Previous global FOSS4G events have attracted more people and been more lucrative in Europe / North America<br>
* Europe/North America could be argued to be less financially risky. Our one cancelled FOSS4G was in China in 2012.<br>
* FOSS4G (global and regional) events traditionally draw half their attendance from the local region. Europe and North America both have large populations with established OSGeo communities.<br>
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I'm in favour of continuing our current 3 way rotation, on the proviso that there are proven OSGeo communities outside of NA/Europe. By proven, I'd suggest that we would consider regions which have already successfully staged a FOSS4G regional event (or similar) and who can put together a compelling justification that they can attract comparable attendees and sponsors to Europe/North America.<br>
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Looking at: <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/<u></u>Live_GIS_History</a><br>
I see that there have previously been regional FOSS4G events in:<br>
Argentina<br>
India<br>
Korea<br>
Malaysia<br>
Japan<br>
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So for 2015, I'd suggest that our FOSS4G pre qualification should invite responses from "rest of the world" and Europe, but we should give a preference to "rest of world" assuming they can provide a compelling proposal which is likely to attract similar success to past European and North American conferences.<br>
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Generalising the rule. Our rotation policy should be:<br>
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* We give a strong preference to a region which hasn't had FOSS4G for 2 years<br>
* We next consider the region which had FOSS4G 2 years ago<br>
* Only as a last resort would we consider a region which had FOSS4G last year<br>
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Regions are considered as: Europe / North America / Other locations<br>
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