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+1 Well said Darrell.<br>
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And confirming I would be happy to participate in any discussions.<br>
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On 26/08/14 09:52, David William Bitner wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">+1 to everything Darrell just said! </div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:50 AM,
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<div class="">> One of the things I’ve heard in the past
is that some people are afraid that running a more
professional conference will take away the grass roots /
community feeling of FOSS4G. As I said, I myself have no
issues with this, but it’s a common theme that comes up.<br>
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Actually, I think it could be *more* grass roots if there
were a dedicated staff to handle the day-to-day stuff. The
LOC could focus on conference issues, without having to
learn the ins-and-outs of running a conference.<br>
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There’s an enormous number of things that need to be done
that have nothing at all to do with a grass roots/community
feel, but that burn a huge amount of time, especially if
you’ve never done it before.<br>
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There’s a big difference in time spent between:<br>
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A) Hi, LOC, here’s the signage you need. Make it fit your
theme, it’s due on….<br>
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and<br>
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B) Hey, what signage do we need? Where does it go? What size
should it be? Who’s printing it? Oh crap, we forgot about
signs for X, shit someone throw something together…<br>
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Substitute a million little things for “signage” and repeat.<br>
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