<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Steven & Venka:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Thanks for your interest in hearing from the Boston team. I am currently out of the country on school break with my family but I have heard this news from a variety of parties including members of our BLOC committee, and I have caught up with all posts to this thread. Our team is conferring and we will have a longer, more formal post no later than next Monday.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">That said, I can share the following:</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><ul style=""><li style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">We were extremely surprised to get this news as it goes against the NA/Global precedent that has been in place since Denver in 2010; and there was no previous chatter about the idea on the North American list.</font></li><li style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">We are definitely opposed to having a FOSS4GNA event earlier in 2017. We cannot help but believe there will be people and sponsors who must choose one event at the expense of the other, and both events would be weaker for that. </font></li></ul><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Again, we will share our fuller thoughts and assessment no later than Monday and we thank you all for the attention that is being given to this proposal and issue.</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Sincerely,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">MT & the BLOC</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">PS: This will be co-posted this to the North American list as well.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 4:42 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de" target="_blank">till.adams@fossgis.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Steven,<br>
<br>
that hits the point very well!<br>
I think at least a coordination of FOSS4G and the continental conferences such as -EU or -NA makes sense.<br>
Not only regarding whether there is one in the same region as the main FOSS4G event, but also about the time slots they take place.<br>
For this, the early allocation of FOSS4G, as it is practised now, really helps.<br>
<br>
I won't touch the local chapter conferences, as there are too much and that'll mean to much loss of freedom of the local chapters.<br>
I think it's their own interest not to compete with the "major" conferences ;-9<br>
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Till<span><br>
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Am 2016-02-19 09:24, schrieb Steven Feldman:<br>
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This discussion highlights (once again) the lack of control that OSGeo<br>
has over the use of the FOSS4G branding and the scheduling of events.<br>
Do we need to re-evaluate?<br>
<br>
Steven<br>
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On 19 Feb 2016, at 04:07, Helena Mitasova <<a href="mailto:hmitaso@ncsu.edu" target="_blank">hmitaso@ncsu.edu</a> [36]><br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>
I agree with Steven as well, I believe it would be better to have<br>
just one FOSS4G conference in US in 2017.<br>
<br>
Helena<br>
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On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 10:07 PM, 신상희 <<a href="mailto:shshin@gaia3d.com" target="_blank">shshin@gaia3d.com</a> [30]><br>
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Hi all,<br>
<br>
I agree with Steven’s view also.<br>
<br>
I couldn’t recall the case that we run the regional and global<br>
event at the same year in the same region. As Venka mentioned,<br>
last year’s FOSS4G Asia was merged to FOSS4G Seoul and we’ll<br>
not have FOSS4G Europe this year to promote FOSS4G Bonn more<br>
successfully.<br>
<br>
Usually more than two-third FOSS4G attendees are from the same<br>
region. If we have FOSS4G NA in Spring and International FOSS4G in<br>
Summer, there could be possible cannibalisation. I'm concerned<br>
about that.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
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2016-02-19 10:46 GMT+09:00 Venka <<a href="mailto:venka.osgeo@gmail.com" target="_blank">venka.osgeo@gmail.com</a> [27]>:<br>
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Dear All,<br>
<br>
I agree with the views expressed by Steven.<br>
More comments below.<br>
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On 2/19/2016 8:09 AM, Steven Feldman wrote:<br>
...<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
A NA regional event and a global event in the same year could<br>
be<br>
different. It may be possible to differentiate the appeal of<br>
the 2<br>
events to different audiences but I would need convincing on<br>
this. I<br>
know that we have a global event in Europe this year and the<br>
community has chosen not to run a regional event in the same<br>
year<br>
(there will be a couple of much smaller country level<br>
events).<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
In 2015, the Asian community also chose not to run the<br>
FOSS4G-Asia regional event.<br>
...<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Perhaps the Boston team should be asked for their opinions and<br>
at the<br>
very least they should rework their budget to take account of<br>
the<br>
potential reduction in sponsorship and delegates that could<br>
result?<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
+1 to consulting the Boston team and if possible, also asking<br>
FOSS4G and FOSS4G-NA attendees/sponsors (past and 2016) to find<br>
out if many would consider attending/sponsoring both events if<br>
they are organized in the same year.<br>
<br>
Best<br>
<br>
Venka<br>
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