<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="">Jeroen<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for your vote of support and thanks for your contributions to the conference committee. I hope that you will continue to participate in the discussions on the conference mail list</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers<br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 10 Sep 2016, at 07:35, Jeroen Ticheler <<a href="mailto:jeroen.ticheler@geocat.net" class="">jeroen.ticheler@geocat.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class=""><div style="direction: inherit;" class="">Hi all,</div><div style="direction: inherit;" class="">This proposal looks good to me. +1</div><div style="direction: inherit;" class="">I'll immediately take a step to make the reduction of the committee size easier by stepping down. It was great to work with you. </div><div style="direction: inherit;" class="">Cheers,</div><div style="direction: inherit;" class="">Jeroen</div><br class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">GeoCat Bridge for ArcGIS allows instant publishing of data and metadata on GeoServer, MapServer, PostGIS and GeoNetwork. Visit <a href="http://geocat.net/" class="">http://geocat.net</a> for details. </span></div>_________________________<div class="">Jeroen Ticheler</div><div class="">GeoCat bv</div><div class="">Veenderweg 13</div><div class="">6721 WD Bennekom</div><div class="">Tel: +31 (0)6 81286572</div><div class=""><a href="http://geocat.net/" class="">http://geocat.net</a></div></div><div class=""><br class="">Op 9 sep. 2016 om 23:10 heeft Eli Adam <<a href="mailto:eadam@co.lincoln.or.us" class="">eadam@co.lincoln.or.us</a>> het volgende geschreven:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><span class="">This sounds good. Specifics below.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 7:41 AM, Steven Feldman <<a href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" class="">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">This mail is aimed at the current members of the Conference Committee (we do</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">not have a private list).</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Only committee members can vote on these proposals, others on this list are</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">welcome to comment and committee members will hopefully take note of those</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">opinions when voting on the matters proposed.</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">The current membership of the conference committee is listed at</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""><a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members" class="">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members</a>. We have 19</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">members after Dave McIlhagga resigned and after we co-opted Till Adams as</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">the chair of FOSS4G2016. There is currently no policy or rule for</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">eligibility nor for requiring a member to retire after a period of time.</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">I have suggested in the past that we needed to have an open and fair process</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">for selecting members and limiting the maximum number of committee members.</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">At the face to face it was agreed that I should propose a policy.</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">I propose the following:</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Goals</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">=====</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">The conference committee have the responsibility to run the selection</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">process and voting for the global FOSS4G, to vote on other proposals</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">submitted to the committee and to advise the board on other matters relating</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">to FOSS4G events.</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Role of the Committee and the broader community on the Conference_Dev list</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">============================================================</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">1) Everyday topics will be decided upon by an open vote of all list</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">participants in a clearly designated separate mail thread (+1/-1) over a</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">minimum of two business days with a minimum participation of 3 votes.</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Ideally we aim for consensus falling back on simple majority vote where</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">necessary. The result will be clearly declared afterwards (or whatever is</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">decided).</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">2) Election of conference committee is by secret vote and restricted to the</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">remaining conference committee members and board members who are not members</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">of the conference committee.</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">3) FOSS4G Selection - All Letters of Intent and subsequent proposals will be</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">posted to the list for open comment by all participants. The selection of</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">the winning proposal is by secret vote of conference committee members only.</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Any committee member who has a potential conflict of interest is expected to</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">withdraw from vote. In the event of a disagreement the committee chair will</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">decide.</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Votes in 2 and 3 are to an online voting service or by email to an</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">independent teller appointed by CC Chair</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Conference Committee membership policy and process</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">==========================================</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">1) The conference committee aims to retain up to 11 active members,</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">preferably an odd number</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">2) The committee aims for half of these members to be chairs (or vice</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">chairs) of the most recent FOSS4G global events. The chair of the most</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">recent FOSS4G event will automatically be invited to become a member</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">3) The remaining membership is open, ideally attracting people from earlier</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">past chairs or active LOC members from past Global, Regional FOSS4G or</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">related conferences</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">4) Each year (after FOSS4G) the 3 committee members should stand down:</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">a) The longest standing past FOSS4G chair</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">b) The longest standing 2 committee members remaining</span><br class=""></blockquote><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">This might be better phrased and thought of as as "expired terms"</span><br class=""><span class="">rather than an active "stand down." (Or this might be an American</span><br class=""><span class="">English vs. British English thing.)</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">5) Each year, prior to putting out the Global FOSS4G RfP, the old committee</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">should vote for their replacement committee, using the above criteria as</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">voting guidelines. OSGeo Board members who are not on the conference</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">committee will also be invited to vote.</span><br class=""></blockquote><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">You wrote "old committee" could this be clarified? Do you mean:</span><br class=""><span class="">"remaining committee members"? How is this phrasing:</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Each year, prior to releasing the Global FOSS4G RfP, the remaining</span><br class=""><span class="">committee members should fill available vacancies, using the above</span><br class=""><span class="">criteria as voting guidelines. OSGeo Board members who are not on the</span><br class=""><span class="">conference committee will also be invited to vote.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">6) Past committee members including those who have stood down due to length</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">of service may stand for re-election</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">7) Votes will be secret either using an online voting system or by email to</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">a designated teller who is not a voter. The mechanism will be selected by</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">the committee chair.</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">I would ask committee members (and list participants) to comment on this</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">proposal by 18.00 GMT Wednesday 14th September. I will then call for a vote</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">amongst committee members only, the vote will close at 18.00 GMT on Sunday</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">18th September.</span><br class=""></blockquote><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">I like a clear schedule of activity here. We discuss until 18.00 GMT</span><br class=""><span class="">Wednesday 14th September, then (after any revisions from the</span><br class=""><span class="">discussion) you call for a vote which will close 18.00 GMT on Sunday</span><br class=""><span class="">18th September.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Once the membership policy has been agreed we will then need to apply the</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">policy to the existing membership. I suggest that we ask all current members</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">to confirm whether they wish to remain committee members and then hold an</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">election (if needed). To this end it would be helpful if each committee</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">member could update their record on the wiki page to show when they joined</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">the conference committee (see my example).</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">I've updated the wiki and enjoy contributing to the committee and am</span><br class=""><span class="">happy to continue as a member for another term.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Best regards, Eli</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">The intention is that a 2016-7 committee of 11 will have been selected</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">before we vote on the LoI’s for 2018, which is likely to be before the end</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">of October.</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">______</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Steven</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">_______________________________________________</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Conference_dev mailing list</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" class="">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev" class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev</a></span><br class=""></blockquote><span class="">_______________________________________________</span><br class=""><span class="">Conference_dev mailing list</span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" class="">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev" class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev</a></span></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>