[OSGeo-Conf] [Board] FOSS4G 2018 Draft Request for Proposals document for comment

[Paul Ramsey]

Huge extra marks for citing the appropriate ISO document. Somebody send
that man a set of red suspenders and beard comb!
P

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 7:01 AM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Daniel
>
> You caught me out! I had thought at the last minute too. You are right and
> I will change all dates to yyyy-mm-dd to avoid any potential
> misunderstanding.
>
> Cheers
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> > On 15 Sep 2016, at 14:50, Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at mapgears.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Steven,
> >
> > Thanks a lot for leading this on behalf of OSGeo.
> >
> > A small technical comment: since this is a document with an
> international audience, may I suggest that all dates be in ISO-8601 format
> (YYYY-MM-DD)?
> >
> > Maybe it's just me, but I find that the alternative formats such as
> DD-MM-YYYY which you used or the MM-DD-YYYY used by other countries are
> nearly impossible to decode without scanning the full document to find at
> least one date with a day value larger than 12 to identify which format was
> used by the author.
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> > On 2016-09-15 6:47 AM, Steven Feldman wrote:
> >> All
> >>
> >> After several early drafts and wise advice from Cameron and Eli, here is
> >> the final draft of the RfP document for FOSS4G 2018.
> >>
> >> A little background to the changes:
> >>
> >> 1) The old RfP ran out at 58 pages with some long appendices. I have
> >> reduced the document to 12 pages by pushing the appendix of past reports
> >> to a page on the wiki and by cross referencing as much stuff as possible
> >> to the wiki (which also ensures that it is more likely to remain
> current)
> >>
> >> 2) The document is designed to be as generic as possible. It should need
> >> little change for 2019 etc unless we change major policy or processes.
> >>
> >> 3) The document is structured with all key information and dates in 2
> >> tables at the beginning which are cross referenced throughout the doc
> >>
> >> 4) References to delegate prices and concessions have been left
> >> sufficiently open to allow/encourage bidders to suggest innovative
> models
> >>
> >> 5) There is specific reference to the availability of seed finance and
> >> the expectations of return to OSGeo if we provide funding.
> >>
> >> 6) In the past we had a complex voting system which required committee
> >> members to rank all proposals. We did not actually use that voting
> >> system and each member voted for one proposal. I have proposed a 1st and
> >> 2nd choice system (2nd choices are only used if there is a tie at the
> >> 1st vote stage)
> >>
> >> Please comment on the RfP by 18.00 GMT on Wednesday 21st, I need to
> >> integrate any changes before publishing the RfP on 23rd.
> >>
> >> Board members if you have any comments could you please post into this
> >> thread on Conference list rather than the board list.
> >>
> >> Potential FOSS4G bidders should be aware that this draft is subject to
> >> community comment and possible revision
> >>
> >> May the FOSS be with you
> >> ______
> >> Steven
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Morissette
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> >
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