<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Maxi and all,<input name="virtru-metadata" type="hidden" value="{"email-policy":{"state":"closed","expirationUnit":"days","disableCopyPaste":false,"disablePrint":false,"disableForwarding":false,"enableNoauth":false,"persistentProtection":false,"expandedWatermarking":false,"expires":false,"isManaged":false},"attachments":{},"compose-id":"23","compose-window":{"secure":false}}"></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote" style=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 7:15 AM Massimiliano Cannata <<a href="mailto:massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch">massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear conference community,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">why is the community left out from this decision / discussion?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>All are free to discuss and have been for years. </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The FOSS4G conference is a property of OSGeo, and therefore of the community as a whole.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The conference committee has not been elected so cannot decide in representation of the community.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The Conference Committee was created by the Board (which is elected) and operates under authority delegated by the Board. The Board is free to change or revoke that authority and to even dissolve the committee. This is more or less how all OSGeo committees and projects operate. </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">As an OPEN community I strongly believe that all the charter members (at least) should have a word or vote on such an important decision.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>We don't vote on which features get developed on our favorite projects or which pull requests get accepted. Projects have operating procedures for those matters and committees operate much the same way. If you want to change this structure, it would probably start at the Board. </div><div><br></div><div>Best regards, Eli</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I hope this message is not ignored..</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Maxi</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il giorno gio 3 feb 2022 alle ore 15:04 Eli Adam <<a href="mailto:eadam@co.lincoln.or.us" target="_blank">eadam@co.lincoln.or.us</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi all (particularly voting committee members),<div><br></div><div>The current FOSS4G structure has a new LOC every year starting more or less from scratch (some things like mailing lists and seed money are passed on). Over the years, many people have commented on the load of work this creates for the LOC, the general inefficiency, the risk, and the burnout. </div><div><br></div><div><div>If you consider yourself a voting member of the committee (<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members</a>), please indicate your preference on this. </div><div><br></div></div><div>This is an informal poll to see if the conference committee wants to:</div><div>1. Keep it the way it is and not change anything<br></div><div>2. Change the FOSS4G organizing structure to something else (discussion of what we change it to can come later if people want to pursue this). </div><div><br></div><div>As I've expressed several times, I prefer option 2, changing the FOSS4G organizing structure. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your time and participation.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards, Eli</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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