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+1 to comments so far.<br>
Two major FOSS4G events in the same country would weaken both
events. Companies sending delegates or presenters would almost
certainly need to select one over the other, and sponsors will
therefore target one over the other, but not both.<br>
<br>
What might work is clearly providing one main, and one minor city
event.<br>
Eg: Hold a 1 day FOSS4G event in Ottawa, which targets just people
within Ottawa area.<br>
<br>
Andrea, I'm not on foss4g-na list, nor intending to join. Feel free
to forward my comments.<br>
<br>
Warm regards, Cameron<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/02/2016 2:40 pm, Andrea Ross
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote
cite="mid:214D5415-FF78-4948-96E7-3C611B06DE0E@eclipse.org"
type="cite">Dear All,<br>
<br>
If you would, please participate in the discussion on the NA list
too, as Steven did.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Andrea<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On February 18, 2016 10:07:04 PM EST,
"신상희" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:shshin@gaia3d.com"><shshin@gaia3d.com></a> wrote:
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<p class=""><span class="">Hi all, </span></p>
<p class="">I agree with Steven’s view also. <br>
<span class=""></span></p>
<p class="">I couldn’t recall the case that we run the
regional and global event at the same year in the same
region. As Venka mentioned, last year’s FOSS4G Asia was
merged to FOSS4G Seoul and we’ll not have FOSS4G Europe
this year to promote FOSS4G Bonn more successfully. <br>
<span class=""></span></p>
<p class="">Usually more than two-third FOSS4G attendees are
from the same region. If we have FOSS4G NA in Spring and
International FOSS4G in Summer, there could be possible
cannibalisation. I'm concerned about that. <br>
<span class=""></span></p>
<p class="">Kind regards, <br>
<span class=""></span></p>
<p class="">신상희<br>
<span class=""></span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">---</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">Shin, Sanghee</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial
Company</span></p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2016-02-19 10:46 GMT+09:00 Venka <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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All,<br>
<br>
I agree with the views expressed by Steven.<br>
More comments below.<br>
<br>
On 2/19/2016 8:09 AM, Steven Feldman wrote:<br>
...<span class=""><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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<br>
A NA regional event and a global event in the same
year could be<br>
different. It may be possible to differentiate the
appeal of the 2<br>
events to different audiences but I would need
convincing on 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 year<br>
(there will be a couple of much smaller country
level events).<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
</span>
In 2015, the Asian community also chose not to run the
FOSS4G-Asia regional event.<br>
...<span class=""><br>
<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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Perhaps the Boston team should be asked for their
opinions and at the<br>
very least they should rework their budget to take
account of the<br>
potential reduction in sponsorship and delegates
that could result?<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
</span>
+1 to consulting the Boston team and if possible, also
asking FOSS4G and FOSS4G-NA attendees/sponsors (past and
2016) to find out if many would consider
attending/sponsoring both events if they are organized
in the same year.<br>
<br>
Best<br>
<br>
Venka<br>
<br>
<br>
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On 18 Feb 2016, at 19:37, David William Bitner<br>
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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target="_blank">bitner@dbspatial.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
<br>
If any folks from the OSGeo Conference Committee
have thoughts or<br>
concerns on this, I'd love to hear them on FOSS4G
NA selection<br>
mailing list<br>
</span>
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Date: Thu, Feb 18,<span class=""><br>
2016 at 1:32 PM Subject: Time to decide on FOSS4G
NA 2017 To:<br>
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Dear Everyone,<br>
<br>
As many of you know, FOSS4G NA is an important
annual conference<br>
for a number of communities, projects, and
initiatives. OSGeo &<br>
LocationTech are two of the well known Foundations
participating,<br>
but FOSS4G NA spans well beyond both.<br>
<br>
In 2015, a number of people participated in
crafting governance for<br>
FOSS4G NA<br>
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Following that governance, the core committee (see
below), is<br>
working on making a decision regarding FOSS4G NA
2017.<br>
<br>
The key decision for the short term is whether
FOSS4G NA 2017<br>
should be held in 2017. FOSS4G Global will be held
in Boston in<br>
late August (IIRC), so the decision is not as
simple as it would<br>
have otherwise been.<br>
<br>
Discussion is taking place on the FOSS4G NA
selection mailing list<br>
</span>
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All<span class=""><br>
are invited to participate.<br>
<br>
For context:<br>
<br>
FOSS4G NA has grown into a good sized conference
in its own right,<br>
and keeps growing. The next one is taking place
May 2-5, 2016 in<br>
</span>
Raleigh North Carolina <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://2016.foss4g-na.org/"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://2016.foss4g-na.org/</a>>.
FOSS4G NA has<span class=""><br>
done some things differently than global such as
free passes for<br>
speakers, registration discounts for committers,
and and more. In<br>
other regions, the regional conferences have run
in the same year<br>
as FOSS4G Global with no serious issues noted. It
is likely FOSS4G<br>
NA could run anywhere other than the North-eastern
United states,<br>
and both it and FOSS4G Global in Boston would
succeed. A few groups<br>
have expressed some interest in FOSS4G NA 2017
being hosted in<br>
their region including San Francisco and Ottawa.
It is now time to<br>
decide if we proceed with NA 2017, or not.<br>
<br>
As per the FOSS4G NA governance<br>
</span>
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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class=""><br>
the committee consists of: 3 past chairs of FOSS4G
NA (Currently:<br>
Eddie Pickle, David Bitner, Rob Emanuele) 1
representative for<br>
OSGeo (Currently: Mark Lucas) 1 representative for
LocationTech<br>
(Currently: Jim Hughes) Sarah Cordivano (chair
2016), will soon<br>
join the FOSS4G NA core committee as Eddie Pickle
(chair 2012)<br>
retires from it.<br>
<br>
For those interested, the kinds of things the
committee is looking<br>
for in a place to host FOSS4G NA are: Good flight
links<br>
nationally. Appropriate sized venue (500-700
people). A choice of<br>
accommodations at various price points. Economical
price point for<br>
the conference venue. Active community in the
region. Downtown<br>
location near many points of interest is a big
plus Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Andrea<br>
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