[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2013 Reflections, Cookbook and committee pulse

[Cameron Shorter]

Arnulf,
I agree that we need a forum for coordinating conference activity, and 
the conference committee is the logical place for that coordination.

I am willing to help building a FOSS4G Cookbook, but it will grow slowly 
if I'm the only one.

Steven,
Please don't be shy in writing FOSS4G Cookbook sections and 
incorporating your lessons learned into the Cookbook. You are probably 
the most qualified of all of us, having just completed a FOSS4G conference.
The process for adding a section is:
0. Optionally discuss idea on list first
1. Write as draft
2. Ask for comment from this list and tweak based on feedback
3. Vote to have draft changed to final

The Cookbook and resourcing of the conference committee should be 
something that organising committees from all FOSS4G events should be 
taking responsiblity for. I'd suggest that a criteria for running a 
FOSS4G event should be that the organisors commit to joining the 
conference committee for at least a year leading up to, and a year 
following their event.

On 25/11/13 23:01, Steven Feldman wrote:
> I said that I would offer to serve on the conference committee once 
> the 2013 wrap up was completed and we are nearly there!
>
> I don't think it would be appropriate for me to do the merging of the 
> 2013 Reflections into the "official" cookbook as I am too close to the 
> 2013 event but I am happy to offer support if wanted
>
> IMHO (and I know some may disagree strongly) we need coordination of 
> the regional and local events program with the annual event and 
> management of the FOSS4G brand. If this is the route that the 
> conference committee chooses I am up for helping out.
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 25 Nov 2013, at 10:05, Arnulf Christl 
> <arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net 
> <mailto:arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net>> wrote:
>
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>> Folks,
>> there is work to do for the Conference Committee:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members
>>
>> But I am not sure whether it has the vigor to actually get them done. So
>> I have a few questions aiming to take the committee's pulse so that we
>> can decide whether things will get done or what else we need to do to
>> get them Done Done.
>>
>> * Who is going to take the lead to merge the great input from the FOSS4G
>> 2013 Reflections into the FOSS4G Cookbook? Or maybe they  are fine side
>> by side?
I, Cameron Shorter will help.
>>
>> * Is the conference committee the right place to coordinate events all
>> around the world?
Yes. +1
>>
>> This explicitly includes regional events - not only FOSS4G global. As
>> said before we need a place where all this comes together for simple
>> reasons:
>> * avoid conflicts
>> * get better coverage
>> * help events spread word by adding them to global and localized events
>> in the OSGeo calendar
>> * add news for CfP and similar
+1
>>
>> * Take ownership of FOSS4G (this seems to be so contentious that I am
>> going to bring it up again and again, maybe it is time for a blog on the
>> topic?)
+1
>>
>> The Conference Committee currently "only" seems to issue a yearly CfL
>> for the global FOSS4G event and manage the selection process. If so who
>> is going to address the above - and probably more issues as we go? Can
>> we move these decision processes to the Local Chapters list - which is
>> not even a committee?
-0. Coordinating conferences between regions is an international 
activity, and should have an international list. Moving to local lists 
will fragment the discussion. I'd suggest better would be to ask 
volunteers on a local list to join the international list.
>>
>>
>> Please answer with +1 to any and each of the above if you feel this is
>> in your remit (and you are going to invest some time!). And if we get
>> less than x +1 we know there is a need for something else - whatever
>> that may be.
>>
>> This call is open for a week or so.
>>
>> Have fun,
>> Arnulf
>>
>> - -- 
>> Arnulf Christl (Director)
>> The metaspatial Institute Certification:
>> Open Source - Open Data - Open Standards
>> http://www.metaspatial.net/en/institute
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