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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Everyone,<br>
<br>
For those interested in participating, the team has now called for
approval on the governance for FOSS4G North America. Thus far, 7
people have voted, and support is unanimous so far.<br>
<br>
Voting is taking place on the <a
href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/foss4gna_selection">FOSS4G
NA selection list</a>. The deadline is end of day this
Wednesday, May 6th.<br>
<br>
Since we came into this without a formal way of making decisions
& approving, we're going to us a rough consensus process to
ratify the first version. We're hoping that a good number of
people weigh in.<br>
<br>
If you feel so inclined, please communicate your feelings by
voting on the above list as follows:<br>
+1, you support it<br>
0, you abstain<br>
-1, you cannot support it<br>
<br>
Just in case you cannot support it, please be kind to share why
& hopefully we can address.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
<br>
On 22/04/15 20:37, Andrew Ross wrote:<br>
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Dear Everyone,<br>
<br>
(x-posted to OSGeo & LocationTech discussion lists, please fwd
to all interested parties)<br>
<br>
As a fairly new conference, FOSS4G North America has lacked a
formal selection process in terms of how to select which
city/venue, who was organizing, and more. Until now...<br>
<br>
A team of concerned people from the community including many past
chairs of North American FOSS4G events have collaborated to draft
a proposal for how FOSS4G North America will be governed.<br>
<br>
On behalf of the team, we would like to invite you to review the
draft and participate in the process. The review period will last
until April 29th. After which, we will enact the process for
FOSS4G NA 2016.<br>
<br>
The <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WlgmJgtl0LaV0EO0NtDDSnloTgsIvxu9KwddPDwX1WU/edit#">governance
document is available publicly here</a>. Anyone can comment. All
discussion takes place via. a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/foss4gna_selection">Google
group here</a>.<br>
<br>
A brief summary is as follows:<br>
<br>
The city & venue selection process will be conducted by a
committee consisting of:<br>
<ul>
<li>The 3 most recent FOSS4G NA chairs</li>
<li>One appointed representative from OSGeo</li>
<li>One appointed representative from LocationTech</li>
</ul>
The committee will select the next conference location factoring
their votes, plus votes from attendees & sponsors from the
previous conference. The same committee will also select the
organization to run the logistics for the conference. The
conference chair will be elected at the previous conference by
conference attendees.<br>
<br>
If you're interested, please do join the Google group to discuss
and participate. Thanks in advance.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
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