<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Steven:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">An enormous +1 to all the deserved kudos that have been tossed your way. You have been both incredibly helpful to our team, and also inspiring in your leadership of the committee. We are truly sad to see you leave this post, but are gratified that you will remain on the committee and available for counsel.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">All the very best and hope to see you in Boston, if not sooner!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">MT</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 3:10 AM, Mark Iliffe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:markiliffe@gmail.com" target="_blank">markiliffe@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Steven,<br>
<br>
To echo Till’s thoughts, many thanks for your time as the good captain of the conference committee. May the FOSS be with you and live long and git commit :)<br>
<br>
Happy new year and beers on me the next time we meet!<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
Mark<br>
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> On 22 Dec 2016, at 10:32, <a href="mailto:till.adams@fossgis.de">till.adams@fossgis.de</a> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Dear Steven,<br>
><br>
> also from my side many thanks for your work in this committee but also for being ready to help us for FOSS4G 2016 at any time!<br>
> It is great to know, that you are not "gone", but only step back as our chair.<br>
><br>
> From me also congratulations on all the accomplishments although I think it is still an open issue, that your move towards a more regulated membership process in the ConfComm is still blocked by two uncommented "-1" votes.<br>
> But it's not up to you to clear that up, you invested enough energy on that.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thanks again and best wishes for next year! Happy to meet you again (and have a beer or two ;-))<br>
><br>
><br>
> Till<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Am 2016-12-21 16:55, schrieb Steven Feldman:<br>
>> Conference Committee<br>
>><br>
>> Now that the FOSS4G 2018 selection process is complete it is time for<br>
>> me to stand down as chair of the conference committee. I will remain a<br>
>> member of the committee and continue to contribute wherever I can for<br>
>> as long as I fulfil the eligibility criteria (whatever they may become<br>
>> in the future) for membership.<br>
>><br>
>> I took over from Eli when he needed to stand down and steered the<br>
>> 2017 selection to a conclusion. In the last 18 months we managed to<br>
>> formalise the basis for seed funding for FOSS4G’s by OSGeo and that<br>
>> has assisted Bonn and Boston, we have updated and redrafted the RfP<br>
>> process and documents to make it easier to use for future years and we<br>
>> have evaluated and awarded 2018 to Dar es Salaam.<br>
>><br>
>> I burnt a lot of energy (mine and yours) trying to introduce some<br>
>> committee membership eligibility criteria and formalising our voting<br>
>> processes. With hindsight that was probably misguided and I apologise<br>
>> to you for that.<br>
>><br>
>> I am not sure that the committee needs a chair. Our main task (if not<br>
>> our only task) is to run the process to select the team to host the<br>
>> global FOSS4G, we have a good process (recently updated) and a team of<br>
>> past chairs who know what to look for and are willing to commit time<br>
>> to diligently review LoI’s and proposals. A volunteer can put their<br>
>> hand up to steer the process when the time comes round to start the<br>
>> 2019 selection, until then I expect we will be pretty much in<br>
>> hibernation except for answering questions from the 2017 and 2018<br>
>> teams (and we don’t need a chair for that). Of course, it is up to the<br>
>> committee members to decide whether they wish to elect a new chair.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks to all of you for your contributions to the committee whilst I<br>
>> have been chair.<br>
>><br>
>> Best wishes to you and yours for the holiday season and may 2017 be<br>
>> filled with FOSS4G goodness<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> ______<br>
>> Steven<br>
>><br>
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