<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">That matches with my general feel that the goal should be having a decision at 18months before the target date. This is made harder when the season of the target date is jumping around. Earlier is always better, but it’s hard to get local committees enthusiastic about planning a conference that is two years out into the future, I think.<div><br></div><div>P<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 27, 2023, at 12:43 PM, Vicky Vergara <vicky@erosion.dev> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi, so if I understand correctly</div><div>for year X the CfP ideally is on september X-2?</div><div>So a decision is made around feb-march X-1?<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 10:54 AM Vasile Craciunescu via Conference_dev <<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</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">Ideally, back to September :)<br>
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On 26.10.2023 19:16, Paul Ramsey wrote:<br>
> With Belem in December do we want to have any particular guidance on timing? FOSS4G has been pretty weird in migrating season from september/octoberish over to may/junish, all the way into july and now back into december. When do we actually want it put on?<br>
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>> On Oct 26, 2023, at 11:27 AM, Vasile Craciunescu via Conference_dev <<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Dear all,<br>
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>> I fully agree that we should approach the next CfP very careful. I got some messages from interested parties but no strong commitment. Only interest. Along with Msilikale I will prepare the draft CfP document next week. Then we can discuss over and also ask around to get a better picture of the potential interest, before releasing the call.<br>
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>> Warm regards,<br>
>> Vasile<br>
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>> On 24.10.2023 22:20, michael terner via Conference_dev wrote:<br>
>>> Vicky raises a good and important point: /we need to start thinking about 2025?/<br>
>>> /<br>
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>>> Given the challenges we've had in generating interested communities, we probably need the time to do some recruiting and information sharing. Perhaps, there are already some teams thinking about 2025? We won't know until we release the RFP for 2025.<br>
>>> We are lucky to have Belem, and we should begin thinking about an approach for what comes next after Belem.<br>
>>> Thoughts?<br>
>>> MT<br>
>>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 2:07 PM Vicky Vergara via Conference_dev <<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>> Hello all<br>
>>> Wondering if you have a schedule about the Request for Proposals for FOSS4G 2025<br>
>>> Regards<br>
>>> Vicky<br>
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