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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Cameron, Sanghee, All<br>
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(For what it's worth, I use her/she for what it's worth, but slips
happen and I don't sweat it much.)<br>
<br>
Thank you Cameron for the nomination. I appreciate it. And the
supporting votes thus far.<br>
<br>
I have noted that past chairs of significant events have been
nominated & voted in fairly automatically. I have run 4 large
FOSS4G events, and many dozens of smaller regional ones. Based on
that & more, I hope my experience holds up well and wouldn't
be questioned.<br>
<br>
I have been supporting FOSS4G & OSGeo since the early days. If
you go back in history, I have spoken, helped organize, recorded
videos, convinced my employer of the day sponsor at high levels,
found creative ways to send people who couldn't otherwise go, and
more at so many FOSS4G events. Beyond this, I have supported
projects, companies trying to make a go of business, played a
significant role in contracts & positions for more than a few
people, mentored many dozens of students, and more. This is my
FOSS4G story.<br>
<br>
I think the record on LocationTech's many positive actions towards
OSGeo is public and clear. Similar for the lack of any negative
actions. The fear against LocationTech is irrational, and frankly
I don't know how to address it other than what myself and many
others have tried for some time. In a well governed system, this
wouldn't be an issue at all, because that's the point of
governance.<br>
<br>
Speaking to Sanghee's comment, I agree. I have long been concerned
that the FOSS4G Conference committee's lack of clear governance,
and tendency to support people with similar views, and eschew
adding people with different views, such as myself as a noteworthy
example. I point to the <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WlgmJgtl0LaV0EO0NtDDSnloTgsIvxu9KwddPDwX1WU/edit">FOSS4G
NA governance</a> as an example of what I have tried to help do
about it and affect positive change for the NA series. It wasn't
my place to try to encourage something similar for FOSS4G Global,
but for what it's worth, I think it's worth considering.<br>
<br>
All this said, I submit myself to the scrutiny of the committee.
If you feel I'd be a great candidate and add a lot to the
committee, the please know I am interested. Know that I am
interested in helping mature the governance for FOSS4G Global over
time. This is not a scary thing, but a very positive thing and can
have a significant positive effect, in my opinion.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Andrea<br>
<br>
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On 24/05/16 09:19, Sanghee Shin wrote:<br>
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Dear Cameron and all,
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<div class="">Before voting on this, I think we need to agree on
the governance model of conference committee or how to run the
conference committee. </div>
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<div class="">Maxi expressed his wish to join the conference a
couple of months ago. However there was no enough discussion
whether we should accept him or not or who can be a member of
conference committee. And his asking was just dropped. </div>
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<div class="">Now Cameron suddenly has proposed to invite Andrea
to the conference even though there was no explicit her wish to
join the committee.</div>
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<div class="">Actually I’m ok with inviting any person to the
committee who can give fresh mind and contributions to FOSS4G
conference. However I think there should at least minimum fair
guidance who can be a member of the conference to reduce any
other misunderstanding. </div>
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<div class="">Conference Committee is very unique in OSGeo in
terms of very closed membership. That’s why we need to be more
transparent and fair. To somebody, conference committee can be
seen as 'Benevolent Oligarchy’</div>
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<div class="">I’m writing this not because Andrea works at
LocationTech but because I feel some unfairness. And there are
efforts to increase the communications between OSGeo and
LocationTech at the board level. </div>
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<div class="">Cheers, </div>
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신상희<br class="">
---<br class="">
Shin, Sanghee<br class="">
Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company<br class="">
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Committee,<br class="">
I'd like to propose that we invite Andrea Ross to join
the OSGeo Conference Committee.<br class="">
+1 from me, Cameron Shorter.<br class="">
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My reasoning is that Andrea has a lot of experience
running conferences, especially through his involvement
with LocationTech, and there are synergies that could be
gained by aligning OSGeo and LocationTech effectively.<br
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I note that there have been concerns aired previously
about LocationTech competing to take over OSGeo's
flagship FOSS4G event. I'm of the opinion that we should
be mindful of this, but we should discuss the options
openly and I believe we can find a solution favourable
for all. An effective way to support this conversation
is to invite Andrea to be one vote among our conference
committee.<br class="">
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Warm regards, Cameron<br class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/05/2016 6:31 am,
Andrea Ross wrote:<br class="">
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I've not been invited to the conference committee, but
I will be in Bonn, and I'm always glad to chat/meet.<br
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Kind regards,<br class="">
<br class="">
Andrea<br class="">
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<div class="gmail_quote">On May 22, 2016 3:04:03 AM
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<pre class="k9mail">Who is going to be in Bonn for FOSS4G?
It's an opportunity for the Conference Committee and interested people to meet face to face, we could discuss some of the topics on the 'outstanding list' <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee_2016_Priorities" class="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee_2016_Priorities</a> and we could start preparing the call for 2018
Anyone interested?
Steven
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