<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Some thoughts on the 2017 bid process<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><ol class="MailOutline"><li class="">Would it help if the Letters of Intent were a bit more detailed? </li><li class="">We may want to do more early LoI questioning before going to full proposals</li><li class="">If we start process soon, I suggest we allow a longer period for LoI’s - given summer vacations till say mid/end August? Then 2 weeks for questions. Then vote</li><li class="">Letters of Intent - is 2 votes sufficient? Should we consider changing criteria to 25% of votes (round down to whole number)?</li><li class="">Full bids submitted by mid October, then 2-3 weeks for questions and decision by mid November 2015 (approx 21/22 months before event)</li></ol><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><br class=""></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><br class=""></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;">Steven<br class=""><br class=""></span>
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 24 Jun 2015, at 06:13, Eli Adam <<a href="mailto:eadam@co.lincoln.or.us" class="">eadam@co.lincoln.or.us</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">Hi all,<br class=""><br class="">I've prepared a rough draft for a process outline and new schedule<br class="">[6]. Please review and revise. Otherwise, express some positive<br class="">support.<br class=""><br class="">I have a few thoughts about the schedule: Do we really want to be<br class="">asking questions and making the decision during FOSS4G 2015? Should<br class="">we ensure that the decision is *after* FOSS4G 2015 (future FOSS4G<br class="">focus at 2015 should be 2016 not 2017)?<br class=""><br class="">I've also started a cursory 2017 RFP process in SVN [7]. Please<br class="">update as needed.<br class=""><br class="">I've prepared a draft for a press release [8], please revise.<br class=""><br class="">Should we make an OSGeo email alias, <a href="mailto:rfp@osgeo.org" class="">rfp@osgeo.org</a> for any private<br class="">communications (likely sponsors)?<br class=""><br class="">The website RFP page [9] needs to be edited too. I think that I have<br class="">rights to do this once we decide on details.<br class=""><br class="">Thanks and best regards, Eli<br class=""><br class="">[6] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2017_Bid_Process" class="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2017_Bid_Process</a><br class="">[7] <a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/foss4g/rfp/2017" class="">https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/foss4g/rfp/2017</a><br class="">[8] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2017_RFP_Release_Text" class="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2017_RFP_Release_Text</a><br class="">[9] <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp" class="">http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>