[OSGeo-Conf] Searching for Chair

[Paul Ramsey]

Steven,
The load on committee members is v. v. low, basically annually
reviewing RFP responses, and then the occasional e-list discussion on
conference policy. I'm sure we could do more (like fill out a
conference guide) but thus far we've been easy on our members.
P.

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:
> All
>
> If you would like me to join the conference committee I am happy to serve. I
> could do with a few weeks of low activity to catch up on some of the stuff
> that pays the bills and to have a short holiday, so could I join from
> November onwards?
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 26 Sep 2013, at 22:18, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Andrew,
>
> I believe Paul meant an ongoing chair, as opposed to the temporary role he
> has been dragged in to serve issuing RFPs and so forth.   Not full time as
> in a full time job.  I'd imagine the chair's job to be relatively light but
> it would include ensuring that RFPs get issued, that the decision process
> proceeds in an orderly way, that the long terms documents on how to run the
> conference are updated, and that the committee is renewed.
>
> The matter came up when I wanted someone to formally invite Stephen Feldman
> to join the committee (as we should be doing with past FOSS4G chairs).
>
> I prodded Paul to ask since I'm no longer formally on this committee.
>
> Best regards,
> Frank
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Andrew Ross <andrew.ross at eclipse.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Paul,
>>
>> This sounds sufficiently vague that I wanted to ask if you could elaborate
>> on what you mean by full-time chair?
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>> On 26/09/13 14:04, Paul Ramsey wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Conference Committee,
>>> It would make things run smoother if we had a full-time chair, and I'm
>>> wondering if any of you would be so kind as to step-up and take on the role?
>>> Feel free to respond privately if you want to discuss / caveat, etc.
>>> P.
>>>
>>
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