<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="">I have updated the dates in the Bid Process section at the foot of the page so that they are consistent with the dates elsewhere.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rather than having questions flying around the list and then trying to keep track of them would it make sense to have a section in the wiki? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would also like to remind all three bidders that:</div><div class=""><ol class="MailOutline"><li class="">we will require full details of any seed funding and guarantees that they will require, they will need to enter into an agreement along the lines that we have already proposed for the 2016 team (not yet fully approved by the board)</li><li class="">we will want clarity on the relationship/contract with the chosen PCO</li></ol><div class="">Should these requests go into the wiki?</div><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 29 Sep 2015, at 17:25, 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="">On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Eli Adam <<a href="mailto:eadam@co.lincoln.or.us" class="">eadam@co.lincoln.or.us</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">With deferral or support from the three LOCs (assuming that Dave is<br class="">speaking on behalf of Javed or Jerome for Ottawa), I declare the<br class="">motion (modified to Oct 19th) passed with +1 support from committee<br class="">members Steven, Helena, Peter, Cameron, Darrell, Venka, Thierry,<br class="">David, and Vasile, as well as additional community support.<br class=""><br class="">I've updated <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp" class="">http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp</a> and<br class=""><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2017_Bid_Process" class="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2017_Bid_Process</a>. I've also<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Please carefully proofread those pages and ensure that they are<br class="">correct and logical. Are there other things that need updating?<br class=""><br class="">Thanks, Eli<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">arbitrarily extended the subsequent dates, feel free to bring a motion<br class="">to reverse that if you want. I think in subsequent years, the<br class="">question period for Stage 1 could be shorter.<br class=""><br class="">Best regards, Eli<br class=""><br class="">On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 7:35 AM, Vasile Craciunescu<br class=""><<a href="mailto:vasile@geo-spatial.org" class="">vasile@geo-spatial.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">+1<br class=""><br class="">Vasile<br class=""><br class="">Sent from my mobile device<br class=""><br class="">On 28 Sep 2015, at 17:16, David William Bitner <<a href="mailto:bitner@dbspatial.com" class="">bitner@dbspatial.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">+1 to the extension deadline<br class=""><br class="">On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Thierry Badard<br class=""><<a href="mailto:Thierry.Badard@scg.ulaval.ca" class="">Thierry.Badard@scg.ulaval.ca</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">+1 for deadline extension.<br class=""><br class="">Regards,<br class=""><br class="">Th.<br class=""><br class="">Le 15-09-25 19:40, Venkatesh Raghavan a écrit :<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">+1 for extended deadline.<br class=""><br class="">Venka<br class=""><br class="">On 2015/09/26 8:13, Peter Batty wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">And a +1 from me just in case. I think it may be easier just to have a<br class="">vote, we will probably spend more time discussing whether "lazy<br class="">consensus"<br class="">is okay than it will take to get sufficient votes :). We have 3 already,<br class="">plus an implicit one from Helena.<br class=""><br class="">On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Steven Feldman <<a href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" class="">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>><br class="">wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">With respect Andrew it is for the committee not the bidders to decide<br class="">whether to delay the deadline for FOSS4G 2017 proposals until 17th<br class="">October<br class=""><br class="">I'll start the voting with a +1<br class=""><br class="">Steven<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On 25 Sep 2015, at 22:30, Andrew Ross <<a href="mailto:andrew.ross@eclipse.org" class="">andrew.ross@eclipse.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Thank you Robert, Michael, & Dave.<br class=""><br class="">If anyone is opposed, please speak up in the next 24 hours otherwise<br class="">we'll<br class="">call it lazy consensus and make-it-so. The committee should not need to<br class="">vote on something so trivial. No one has argued against the extension.<br class=""><br class="">And thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts.<br class=""><br class="">A<br class=""><br class="">On 25/09/15 17:12, Robert Cheetham wrote:<br class=""><br class="">The Philadelphia team would welcome an additional week.<br class=""><br class="">Robert<br class=""><br class="">------------------<br class=""><br class="">On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 10:29 AM, <<a href="mailto:dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca" class="">dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">The Ottawa group would certainly feel we could bring forward a higher<br class="">quality bid with the extra time, primarily due to FOSS4G having landed<br class="">right in the middle of the response period.<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">To be honest, I think it's primarily in OSGeo's interest -- as better<br class="">bids = better chance of a successful event in 2017.<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Dave<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-----Original Message-----<br class="">From: "Michael Gerlek" <<a href="mailto:mpg@flaxen.com" class="">mpg@flaxen.com</a>><br class="">Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 10:11am<br class="">To: "Andrew Ross" <<a href="mailto:andrew.ross@eclipse.org" class="">andrew.ross@eclipse.org</a>><br class="">Cc: "<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" class="">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" class="">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br class="">Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] Extend 2017 proposal deadline?<br class=""><br class="">(I’d suggest the deadline be extended only be allowed if all three<br class="">LOCs<br class="">also agree to the extension.)<br class=""><br class="">-mpg<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Sep 25, 2015, at 10:08 AM, Andrew Ross <<a href="mailto:andrew.ross@eclipse.org" class="">andrew.ross@eclipse.org</a>><br class=""></blockquote><br class="">wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><br class="">Hey Everyone,<br class=""><br class="">I observe that some people involved with bids for Ottawa,<br class="">Philadelphia,<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">and Boston were also involved with FOSS4G 2015 in Korea, FOSS4G NA<br class="">2016 in<br class="">Raleigh, FedGeoDay in D.C., and other activities all within a couple<br class="">of<br class="">weeks. This is on top of their daily lives, day jobs, and family<br class="">obligations.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><br class="">Would it be unreasonable to push the proposal deadline for 2017 to a<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">slightly later date such as October 17th?<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><br class="">The folks involved are some very active people in the community and<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">it'd be a shame to needlessly push them towards burn out. There is<br class="">plenty<br class="">of time between now and 2017 to afford this small extension.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><br class="">Thoughts?<br class=""><br class="">A<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Conference_dev mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" class="">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Conference_dev mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" class="">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Conference_dev mailing list<br class="">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org<br class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Conference_dev mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" class="">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Conference_dev mailing list<br class="">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org<br class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Conference_dev mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" class="">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Conference_dev mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" class="">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev<br class="">.<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class="">--<br class="">Prof. Thierry Badard, Ph.D., ing. jr<br class="">____________________________________________________________<br class=""><br class="">Professeur agrégé au Département des sciences géomatiques<br class="">(<a href="http://www.scg.ulaval.ca" class="">http://www.scg.ulaval.ca</a>)<br class="">Chercheur régulier au Centre de Recherche en Géomatique<br class="">(<a href="http://www.crg.ulaval.ca" class="">http://www.crg.ulaval.ca</a>)<br class="">Administrateur des projets open source :<br class=""> GeoKettle (<a href="http://www.geokettle.org" class="">http://www.geokettle.org</a>)<br class=""> GeoMondrian (<a href="http://www.geo-mondrian.org" class="">http://www.geo-mondrian.org</a>)<br class=""> GeOxygene (<a href="http://oxygene-project.sourceforge.net" class="">http://oxygene-project.sourceforge.net</a>)<br class="">Membre votant de la fondation OSGeo<br class="">(<a href="http://www.osgeo.org" class="">http://www.osgeo.org</a>)<br class=""><br class="">Département des sciences géomatiques<br class="">Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique<br class="">Pavillon Louis-Jacques Casault<br class="">1055, avenue du Séminaire<br class="">Local 1343<br class="">Université Laval<br class="">Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6<br class="">Canada<br class=""><br class="">Tél.: +1.418.656-7116 - 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