<div dir="ltr">I am glad the proposer and letter writer have weighed in on this. I, too, was surprised by the reaction.<br><br>Not a good precedent to start censoring works based on the possibility that feelings might be hurt. Or censorship for any other reason for that matter; I can only assume no law was broken by what was written (though I don't know what authority will determine the applicable laws here). A simple statement that OSGeo is making the documents available as submitted, without any actual or implied endorsement, might be a better approach to take.<br><br>Is someone going to suggest edits of possibly offensive material in the other proposal prior to review?<br><br>Thomas E. Burk<br><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Iván Sánchez Ortega <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ivan@sanchezortega.es" target="_blank">ivan@sanchezortega.es</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-">On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Venkatesh Raghavan <<a href="mailto:venka.osgeo@gmail.com" target="_blank">venka.osgeo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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I just has a quick look at both and noticed that<br>
the support letter on page 92 of the SLOC proposal<br>
[1] is repulsive and in extremely poor taste.<br>
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As the person who wrote that letter, I cannot help but feel somewhat disappointed by this reaction.<br>
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However, I know that W3F has always been seen as conflictive. There is a point to W3F, and there is a place and time to make that point. The call for venues for FOSS4G 2019 is not that place.<br>
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I will work with the SLOC to provide an alternate letter. I'll also understand if the SLOC wants to withdraw my support from their proposal.<br>
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Cheers,<span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
-- <br>
Iván Sánchez Ortega <<a href="mailto:ivan@sanchezortega.es" target="_blank">ivan@sanchezortega.es</a>></font></span><div class="gmail-HOEnZb"><div class="gmail-h5"><br>
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