<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">+1, very well said.<br>
<br>
On 28/08/14 09:52, Steven Feldman wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote
cite="mid:13E98E0E-6267-462B-A63B-D993217933D0@gmail.com"
type="cite">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=ISO-8859-1">
I know there is a strong view that outreach to non US and European
locations is important for OSGeo, however I would question whether
there is enough local audience to sustain our annual ‘global’
event given constraints that many of us have on travel. Perhaps we
should consider encouraging large locally organised regional
events run in these key emerging rather than trying to run a
global event? As the size of the regional communities grows to the
point where they can sustain a global event with the extra cost,
sponsorship and organisational overhead then we can reconsider.<br>
<div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform:
none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width:
0px; ">______<br>
Steven<br>
<br>
</span>
</div>
<br>
<div>
<div>On 28 Aug 2014, at 14:31, Daniel Kastl <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:daniel@georepublic.de">daniel@georepublic.de</a>>
wrote:</div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
<blockquote type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">Hi Andrew,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>And I would like to ask, if Eclipse Foundation staff
would be able to run a conference some other place than
Europe or North America. Because I looked at the past
EclipseCon conference locations, and I couldn't find any
other conference location than in Europe or North America.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Daniel</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:14 PM,
Bart van den Eijnden <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:bartvde@osgis.nl"
target="_blank">bartvde@osgis.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hey
Andrew,<br>
<br>
in the case where the Eclipse Foundation staff would run
the FOSS4G event, would OSGeo still issue the RFP? Or
would this be done by the Eclipse Foundation instead?<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Bart<br>
<div class="HOEnZb">
<div class="h5"><br>
On 28 Aug 2014, at 15:09, Andrew Ross <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:andrew.ross@eclipse.org">andrew.ross@eclipse.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
<br>
> Cameron,<br>
><br>
> I'd like to start (continue?) the discussion by
simply offering to have the Eclipse Foundation staff
run a regular event on behalf of the FOSS4G
community (including OSGeo projects, LocationTech
projects, & many other related organizations and
unaffiliated projects) similar to what we proposed
for Washington D.C.. It was a detailed proposal so
perhaps a good place to start with and frame the
discussion. Unless I'm mistaken, much of it may be
quite acceptable and help us narrow what could be an
overwhelming discussion down to a few key areas. Is
this reasonable?<br>
><br>
> For what it's worth, I'm definitely open minded
if there's a better approach.<br>
><br>
> Andrew<br>
><br>
> On 27/08/14 16:54, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br>
>> All good ideas.<br>
>> Anyone up for consolidating ideas into a
proposal, then obtain agreement from the conference
committee?<br>
>> A start has been made at:<br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook"
target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook</a><br>
>> In particular:<br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook#Editing_this_document"
target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook#Editing_this_document</a><br>
>><br>
>> It still requires some integration with the
FOSS4G RFP<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On 27/08/2014 3:54 am, Andrew Ross wrote:<br>
>>> Thanks for the clarification Peter. For
what it's worth, I agree that a clearly defined
mechanism makes a lot of sense.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 26/08/14 12:08, Peter Baumann wrote:<br>
>>>> sorry, folks, that was not intended
to go into this thread but another one. Now I see I
have not been fast enough with ESC.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> OK, another attempt to say
something meaningful:<br>
>>>> OSGeo might license its brand to
conferences, and this allows them to send invoices
even to universities. Secures OSGeo a fixed income,
allowing LOCs to plan ahead.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> -Peter<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On 08/26/2014 05:42 PM, Andrew Ross
wrote:<br>
>>>>> Sorry Peter, I'm not sure I
understand your comment?<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On 26/08/14 11:22, Peter
Baumann wrote:<br>
>>>>>> so back with universities
:)<br>
>>>>>> -Peter<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> On 08/26/2014 05:16 PM,
Andrew Ross wrote:<br>
>>>>>>> Very good point.<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> A not-for-profit
organizer may be a significant benefit and simplify
things quite a bit.<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> A bunch more
legal/fiscal issues emerge when you run events and
have to handle and transfer funds internationally.
The number of organizations who can handle this is
fairly limited and those that do so for a reasonable
fee even more so. Continuity helps make it
worthwhile to figure this out in the first place and
stay on top of it as things change over time.<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> On 26/08/14 10:59,
Darrell Fuhriman wrote:<br>
>>>>>>>> Amen. We burned at
least two months, maybe three, working that out.<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> I think it’s
actually really funny that the first piece of advice
given to the LOC by OSGeo is “Find a conference
organizer to help you.”<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> If that’s the first
piece of advice, then it seems pretty clear to me
that OSGeo should just have a conference organizer
on contract. The benefits of continuity from year to
year would be enormous.<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> d.<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>> On Aug 26, 2014, at
07:54, David William Bitner <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bitner@dbspatial.com">bitner@dbspatial.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>>>> And none of
this even discusses the hassles that a grass roots
organizing group has with finding an entity to act
as a fiscal agent (aka deal with the money).<br>
>>>>>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>><br>
><br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
> Conference_dev mailing list<br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev"
target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev</a><br>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Conference_dev mailing list<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev"
target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev</a><br>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
<br clear="all">
<div><br>
</div>
-- <br>
<div dir="ltr"><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">Georepublic
UG & Georepublic Japan<br>
eMail: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:daniel.kastl@georepublic.de"
style="color:rgb(66,99,171)" target="_blank">daniel.kastl@georepublic.de</a><br>
Web: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://georepublic.info/"
style="color:rgb(66,99,171)" target="_blank">http://georepublic.info</a></span></div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>