<div dir="ltr">Paul,<div><br></div><div style>just a small correction to your statement that none of the voters except for Peter is in NA -</div><div style>I assume that my vote was counted and I live in North America and I am US citizen and I have been to conferences in both Portland and Washington DC. This of course does not change anything.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Helena</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Paul Ramsey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pramsey@cleverelephant.ca" target="_blank">pramsey@cleverelephant.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">All,<br>
<br>
You will, like me, be displeased to hear that voting results are<br>
<br>
3 - Abstain<br>
5 - DC<br>
5 - Portland<br>
<br>
Some random notes:<br>
<br>
* Mark and Arnulf also voted (hi guys!) even though they aren't on the<br>
committee [1], so their votes aren't counted (and they cancelled each<br>
other out in any event).<br>
<br>
* The three abstentions are all due to members participating in the DC<br>
event or (me) declaring a perceived conflict of interest wrt DC.<br>
<br>
* With the exception of Peter, none of the voters is actually in North<br>
America! (Well, actually Gavin *is* in NA right now, but on a trip.<br>
And Peter is actually in the UK right now. And he's British. We live<br>
in an odd world.)<br>
<br>
* A few of the voters indicated that while the proposals were both<br>
very good they preferred the relative international ease of access of<br>
DC. (see above)<br>
<br>
* One voter, while voting for DC, suggested that Portland be given the<br>
next NA event.<br>
<br>
I'm going to let anarchy reign for one day, and then tell you all<br>
what's next after some discussion with the board, who are the final<br>
arbiters in these matters in any event.<br>
<br>
P.<br>
<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><div>Helena Mitasova</div><div><div>Associate Professor</div><div>Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences</div>
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