<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="">Thierry<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I know we have not met but may I thank you for all of your past contributions. I hope you will continue to participate on the list from time to time</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best<br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 15 Sep 2016, at 14:10, Thierry Badard <<a href="mailto:Thierry.Badard@scg.ulaval.ca" class="">Thierry.Badard@scg.ulaval.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
  
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  <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" class=""><p class="">Hey all,</p><p class="">I have served as a conference committee member since the
      inception of the committee. After 10 years of participation, it's
      time for me to resign and to give the committee a chance to
      welcome new blood that will enable OSGeo and its fantastic
      conference to go a step further and explore new directions. I am
      proud of all what we have done so far even if some decisions have
      maybe not been well recieved by the community or were not mine.
      That's democracy and we have constantly applied its rules in an
      open way for the best of the organisation! It was a pleasure to
      work with you all and even if my recent job activities make I am
      less present in the geospatial open source domain, I want to thank
      you all for this experience and to ensure I will be always
      supportive of the OSGeo activities.<br class="">
    </p><p class="">Best regards,<br class="">
    </p><p class="">Th.<br class="">
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 16-09-15 à 08:54, Paul Ramsey a
      écrit :<br class="">
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      +1
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      <div class="">By way of providing info, it looks like the
        automatic resignees would be Claude (longest time since his
        FOSS4G 2006), me and Gavin (longest serving members otherwise).</div>
      <div class="">That leaves 15 members, so four to go to get to 11.
        Perhaps there’s some more voluntary resignees out there. </div>
      <div class="">ATB,</div>
      <div class="">P</div>
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      <div class="">
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>•
          Steven Feldman (Chair) - member since October 2013 (chair of
          Global FOSS4G 2013)<br class="">
        </div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>•
          Eli Adam - member since January 2015 (1 of 4 co-chairs of
          Global FOSS4G 2014)<br class="">
        </div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>•
          Thierry Badard<br class="">
        </div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>•
          Peter Batty (2010)<br class="">
        </div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>•
          David Bitner<br class="">
        </div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>•
          Maria Brovelli - member since March 2016 (Chair FOSS4G Europe
          2015)<br class="">
        </div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>•
          Jachym Cepicky<br class="">
        </div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>•
          Vasile Craciunescu - member since July 2013 (chair of FOSS4G
          Central and Eastern Europe 2013)<br class="">
        </div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>•
          David Fawcett<br class="">
        </div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•
          Darrell Fuhriman</div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>•
          Helena Mitasova<br class="">
        </div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•
          Venkatesh Raghavan (Chair FOSS4G-2004, FOSS4G-Asia 2014)</div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•
          Cameron Shorter - member since 2009 (chair of Global FOSS4G
          2009)</div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>•
          Sanghee Shin - member since 2015 (chair of Global FOSS4G 2015)<br class="">
        </div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>•
          Till Adams - member since September 2016 (chair of Global
          FOSS4G 2016)</div>
      </div>
      <div class=""><br class="">
      </div>
      <div class="">
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Claude
          Philipona (chair 2006)<br class="">
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        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Paul
          Ramsey - Chair of global FOSS4G 2007</div>
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      <div class="">
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>• Gavin
          Fleming (chair 2008)<br class="">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class=""><br class="">
      </div>
      <div class=""><br class="">
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            <div class="">On Sep 14, 2016, at 2:25 PM, Steven Feldman
              <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" class="">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>>
              wrote:</div>
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              <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode:
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                period for comment has now closed. I have marginally
                changed the text to clarify a couple of items following
                comments from Eli, Till, Jachym and David.
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                <div class="">If you have not voted you have until 18.00
                  GMT on Sunday 18th September. </div>
                <div class="">As I have it recorded there are:</div>
                <div class="">+1 from Eli, Cameron, Jeroen and Steven</div>
                <div class="">Expressions of agreement but not a
                  specific +1 from Till, David B, Jachym</div>
                <div class="">0 or -1 from no one</div>
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                </div>
                <div class="">Adjusted motion:</div>
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                <div class="">Goals</div>
                <div class="">=====</div>
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                <div class="">The conference committee have the
                  responsibility to run the selection process and voting
                  for the global FOSS4G, to vote on other proposals
                  submitted to the committee and to advise the board on
                  other matters relating to FOSS4G events.</div>
                <div class=""><br class="">
                </div>
                <div class="">Role of the Committee and the broader
                  community on the Conference_Dev list</div>
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                <div class=""><br class="">
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                    -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">1) Everyday
                      topics will be decided upon by an open vote of all
                      list participants in a clearly designated separate
                      mail thread (+1/-1) over a minimum of two business
                      days with a minimum participation of 3 votes.
                      Ideally we aim for consensus falling back on
                      simple majority vote where necessary. The result
                      will be clearly declared afterwards (or whatever
                      is decided).</span></div>
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                    </span></div>
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                    -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">2) Election of
                      conference committee is by secret vote and
                      restricted to the remaining conference committee
                      members and board members who are not members of
                      the conference committee.</span></div>
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                    </span></div>
                  <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;
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                    -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">3) FOSS4G
                      Selection - All Letters of Intent and subsequent
                      proposals will be posted to the list for open
                      comment by all list participants. The selection of
                      the winning proposal is by secret vote of
                      conference committee members only (for the
                      avoidance of doubt the Board do not vote in the
                      selection process but they do ratify the
                      conference committee’s reccommendation). </span></div>
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                    </span></div>
                  <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height:
                    normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:
                      initial;" class="">4) Any committee member who has
                      a potential conflict of interest is expected to
                      withdraw from vote. A </span>member<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""> of the committee who is part of a
                      bidding team, intends to become part of the LOC or
                      is employed by a company playing an active part in
                      a bid should exclude </span>themselves<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""> from voting in the selection process. In
                      the event of a disagreement regarding a potential
                      conflict of interest the committee chair has the
                      authority to make a decision.</span></div>
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                    </span></div>
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                    -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Votes in 2 and
                      3 are to an online voting service or by email to
                      an independent teller appointed by CC Chair</span></div>
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                  Committee membership policy and process</div>
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                  1) The conference committee aims to retain up to 11
                  active members, preferably an odd number<br class="">
                  <br class="">
                </div>
                <div class="">2) The committee aims for half of these
                  members to be chairs (or vice chairs) of the most
                  recent FOSS4G global events. The chair of the most
                  recent FOSS4G event will automatically be invited to
                  become a member<br class="">
                  <br class="">
                </div>
                <div class="">3) The remaining membership is open,
                  ideally attracting people from earlier past chairs or
                  active LOC members from past Global, Regional FOSS4G
                  or related conferences</div>
                <br class="">
                <div class="">4) Each year (after FOSS4G) 3 committee
                  members should retire from the committee:<br class="">
                  a) The longest standing past FOSS4G chair<br class="">
                  b) The longest standing 2 committee members remaining<br class="">
                  <div class=""><br class="">
                  </div>
                  <div class="">5) Each year, prior to releasing the
                    Global FOSS4G RfP, the remaining committee members
                    should fill available vacancies, using the above</div>
                  criteria as voting guidelines.  OSGeo Board members
                  who are not on the conference committee will also be
                  invited to vote.</div>
                <div class=""><br class="">
                </div>
                <div class="">
                  <div class="">
                    <div class="">6) Past committee members including
                      those who have stood down due to length of service
                      may stand for re-election<br class="">
                      <br class="">
                    </div>
                    <div class="">7) Votes will be secret either using
                      an online voting system or by email to a
                      designated teller who is not a voter. The
                      mechanism will be selected by the committee chair.<br class="">
                      <br class="">
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                      Steven<br class="">
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                      <div class="">On 9 Sep 2016, at 15:41, Steven
                        Feldman <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:shfeldman@gmail.com" class="">shfeldman@gmail.com</a>>
                        wrote:</div>
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                          conference committee have the responsibility
                          to run the selection process and voting for
                          the global FOSS4G, to vote on other proposals
                          submitted to the committee and to advise the
                          board on other matters relating to FOSS4G
                          events.</div>
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                          Committee and the broader community on the
                          Conference_Dev list</div>
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                              none;">1) Everyday topics will be decided
                              upon by an open vote of all list
                              participants in a clearly designated
                              separate mail thread (+1/-1) over a
                              minimum of two business days with a
                              minimum participation of 3 votes. Ideally
                              we aim for consensus falling back on
                              simple majority vote where necessary. The
                              result will be clearly declared afterwards
                              (or whatever is decided).</span></div>
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                            </span></div>
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                              none;">2) Election of conference committee
                              is by secret vote and restricted to the
                              remaining conference committee members and
                              board members who are not members of the
                              conference committee.</span></div>
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                            </span></div>
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                              none;">3) FOSS4G Selection - All Letters
                              of Intent and subsequent proposals will be
                              posted to the list for open comment by all
                              participants. The selection of the winning
                              proposal is by secret vote of conference
                              committee members only. Any committee
                              member who has a potential conflict of
                              interest is expected to withdraw from
                              vote. In the event of a disagreement the
                              committee chair will decide.</span></div>
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                            </span></div>
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                            0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning:
                              none;">Votes in 2 and 3 are to an online
                              voting service or by email to an
                              independent teller appointed by CC Chair</span></div>
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                          </span></div>
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                          Committee membership policy and process</div>
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                          1) The conference committee aims to retain up
                          to 11 active members, preferably an odd number<br class="">
                          <br class="">
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                          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">2) The
                          committee aims for half of these members to be
                          chairs (or vice chairs) of the most recent
                          FOSS4G global events. The chair of the most
                          recent FOSS4G event will automatically be
                          invited to become a member<br class="">
                          <br class="">
                        </div>
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                          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">3) The
                          remaining membership is open, ideally
                          attracting people from earlier past chairs or
                          active LOC members from past Global, Regional
                          FOSS4G or related conferences</div>
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                        <div class="" style="font-family: Helvetica;
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                          -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">4) Each year
                          (after FOSS4G) the 3 committee members should
                          stand down:<br class="">
                          a) The longest standing past FOSS4G chair<br class="">
                          b) The longest standing 2 committee members
                          remaining<br class="">
                          <div class=""><br class="">
                          </div>
                          <div class="">5) Each year, prior to putting
                            out the Global FOSS4G RfP, the old committee
                            should vote for their replacement committee,
                            using the above criteria as voting
                            guidelines.  OSGeo Board members who are not
                            on the conference committee will also be
                            invited to vote.
                            <div class=""><br class="">
                              6) Past committee members including those
                              who have stood down due to length of
                              service may stand for re-election<br class="">
                              <br class="">
                            </div>
                            <div class="">7) Votes will be secret either
                              using an online voting system or by email
                              to a designated teller who is not a voter.
                              The mechanism will be selected by the
                              committee chair.<br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              I would ask committee members (and list
                              participants) to comment on this proposal
                              by 18.00 GMT Wednesday 14th September. I
                              will then call for a vote amongst
                              committee members only, the vote will
                              close at 18.00 GMT on Sunday 18th
                              September. <br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              Once the membership policy has been agreed
                              we will then need to apply the policy to
                              the existing membership. I suggest that we
                              ask all current members to confirm whether
                              they wish to remain committee members and
                              then hold an election (if needed). To this
                              end it would be helpful if each committee
                              member could update their record on the
                              wiki page to show when they joined the
                              conference committee (see my example). <br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              The intention is that a 2016-7 committee
                              of 11 will have been selected before we
                              vote on the LoI’s for 2018, which is
                              likely to be before the end of October.</div>
                          </div>
                        </div>
                      </div>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Prof. Thierry Badard, Ph.D., ing. jr
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Directeur par interim du Centre de Recherche en Géomatique
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Département des sciences géomatiques
Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique
Pavillon Louis-Jacques Casault
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Local 1343
Université Laval
Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6
Canada

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