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I'm sure the Ottawa OSGeo and overall Ottawa geo-spatial community
would be delighted to host FOSS4G NA 2017 in spring, coinciding with
the celebrations in Ottawa for Canada's 150th anniversary.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-02-18 3:36 PM, David William
Bitner wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">The email is to spur starting a discussion to get
community input into whether to have an NA specific regional
event in Spring 2017 in addition to the international FOSS4G in
BOS in the fall.</div>
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<div>Other than today's announcement, I don't see any
posts in the NA google group since December. I am
confused to what discussion Andrea is referring to in
her email?<br>
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<div>-Guido<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 2:37 PM
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<div dir="ltr">If any folks from the OSGeo
Conference Committee have thoughts or
concerns on this, I'd love to hear them
on <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/foss4gna_selection"
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mailing list</a>.</div>
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrea
Ross</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a
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Date: Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 1:32 PM<br>
Subject: Time to decide on FOSS4G NA
2017<br>
To: "<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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target="_blank">foss4gna_selection@googlegroups.com</a>"
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<div dir="ltr">Dear Everyone,<br>
<br>
As many of you know, FOSS4G NA is an
important annual conference for a
number of communities, projects, and
initiatives. OSGeo &
LocationTech are two of the well
known Foundations participating, but
FOSS4G NA spans well beyond both. <br>
<br>
In 2015, a number of people
participated in crafting <a
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href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WlgmJgtl0LaV0EO0NtDDSnloTgsIvxu9KwddPDwX1WU/edit"
target="_blank">governance for
FOSS4G NA</a>. Following that
governance, the core committee (see
below), is working on making a
decision regarding FOSS4G NA 2017. <br>
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The key decision for the short term
is whether FOSS4G NA 2017 should be
held in 2017. FOSS4G Global will be
held in Boston in late August
(IIRC), so the decision is not as
simple as it would have otherwise
been.<br>
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Discussion is taking place on the <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/foss4gna_selection"
target="_blank">FOSS4G NA
selection mailing list</a>. All
are invited to participate.<br>
<br>
For context: <br>
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<ul>
<li>FOSS4G NA has grown into a
good sized conference in its own
right, and keeps growing. The
next one is taking place <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://2016.foss4g-na.org/"
target="_blank">May 2-5, 2016
in Raleigh North Carolina</a>.
FOSS4G NA has done some things
differently than global such as
free passes for speakers,
registration discounts for
committers, and and more.</li>
<li>In other regions, the regional
conferences have run in the same
year as FOSS4G Global with no
serious issues noted. It is
likely FOSS4G NA could run
anywhere other than the
North-eastern United states, and
both it and FOSS4G Global in
Boston would succeed.</li>
<li>A few groups have expressed
some interest in FOSS4G NA 2017
being hosted in their region
including San Francisco and
Ottawa. It is now time to decide
if we proceed with NA 2017, or
not.</li>
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As per the <a
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href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WlgmJgtl0LaV0EO0NtDDSnloTgsIvxu9KwddPDwX1WU/edit#"
target="_blank">FOSS4G NA
governance</a>, the committee
consists of:<br>
<ul>
<li>3 past chairs of FOSS4G NA
(Currently: Eddie Pickle, David
Bitner, Rob Emanuele)</li>
<li>1 representative for OSGeo
(Currently: Mark Lucas)</li>
<li>1 representative for
LocationTech (Currently: Jim
Hughes)</li>
</ul>
Sarah Cordivano (chair 2016), will
soon join the FOSS4G NA core
committee as Eddie Pickle (chair
2012) retires from it.<br>
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For those interested, the kinds of
things the committee is looking for
in a place to host FOSS4G NA are:<br>
<ul>
<li>Good flight links nationally.</li>
<li>Appropriate sized venue
(500-700 people).</li>
<li>A choice of accommodations at
various price points.</li>
<li>Economical price point for the
conference venue.</li>
<li>Active community in the
region.</li>
<li>Downtown location near many
points of interest is a big plus</li>
</ul>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Andrea<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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