<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Sounds like we are making up the rules as we go along. I think we either have a board vote or not. If someone wants to abstain because they believe they have a conflict of interest that should be their personal decision.</div><div><br></div><div>I'd like to find a way to select one as the international conference and let the other organize as a regional. </div><div><br></div><div>I'd really like to find a way to build up OSGeo revenues through some of the regional conferences as well. Perhaps as simple as when they need OSGeo financial backing we work a division of profits.</div><div><br></div><div>First step is simply selecting the international venue.</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Jul 22, 2013, at 8:36 AM, Daniel Morissette <<a href="mailto:dmorissette@mapgears.com">dmorissette@mapgears.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">On 13-07-22 8:33 AM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Right, this makes sense Arnulf.<br><br>My concern was merely that if there is one proposal with "broad support"<br>(a.k.a. conflict of interest), and all those people step out of voting<br>(both on the conf committee as on the board), the vote will be very<br>skewed. This is exactly what Daniel has pointed out.<br><br></blockquote><br><br>BTW, I believe Mark Lucas is on the DC LOC so we'd lose him as well for the vote unless I'm mistaken.<br><br><br>-- <br>Daniel Morissette<br><a href="http://www.mapgears.com/">http://www.mapgears.com/</a><br>Provider of Professional MapServer Support since 2000<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Board mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board<br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>