[FOSS4G-Oceania] Next FOSS4G-Oceania location?

Fri Nov 2 00:55:37 PDT 2018

Great idea, David. We should set up a survey to go out in the week
following the conference, for sure. Evaluation is key.

On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 at 18:27 David Dean <ddean at ieee.org> wrote:

> Further to Andrew's point and the other discussions here:
>
> We should put this question to the conference attendees (announce it at
> the opening, and give a report on answers so far at the closing)
>
> 1. Should we do a conference next year?
> 2. Where should we do it?
> 3. Should we keep FOSS4G and SoTM together?
> 4. Should we come up with a better name?
> 5. Whatever else comes to mind.
>
> By harvesting names and emails from Q2 in particular we might be able to
> get some good people who are interested in having (and maybe even hosting)
> the next event in their area.
>
> - David
>
> On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 at 18:21 Andrew Harvey <andrew at alantgeo.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Tangential to this, I think after the conference we should evaluate how
>> well being a joint FOSS4G SotM has worked out as opposed to standalone
>> events.
>>
>> I assume there are some attendees only interested in FOSS4G, others only
>> interested in SotM and others interested in both.
>>
>> Our sponsors, program, community day (and hopefully attendees) are
>> representative of both camps so I think the committee has done a great job
>> balancing this, but if we are going to put out a post conference survey
>> hopefully we could try to find out from attendees how well they thought the
>> joint nature of the conference worked.
>>
>> It's a huge effort to organise a conference though and given the two
>> overlap there's a big incentive to continue this way.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 2 Nov 2018, at 5:50 PM, David Dean wrote:
>>
>> +1 and it would be great to see the next conference in NZ or the Pacific
>> islands, and try to keep Australia to every second year.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Fri., 2 Nov. 2018, 17:14 Alex Leith, <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> +1 from me
>>
>> And I’m keen to have some role on the next committee for sure 🙂
>>
>> Let’s see those proposals!
>> On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 at 2:37 pm, adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> +1 to Cameron's suggestions.
>>
>> ...and also pre-volunteering to join an organising committee if they're
>> happy to have me :)
>>
>> Only one request: please keep letters of intent absolutely on point, the
>> committee are flat out!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
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>> On Fri., 2 Nov. 2018, 14:18 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>> And here are my thoughts:
>>
>> +1 for running FOSS4G-Oceania in 2019
>>
>> I think there are two core factors which are setting up FOSS4G Oceania to
>> be successful this year:
>> 1. The University of Melbourne has provided a free venue, which has
>> significantly minimised attendance costs.
>> 2. We have had a large, very engaged organising committee, led by a very
>> active chair (thanks John).
>>
>> In selecting a future venue, I'd be hopeful that these two criteria are
>> considered.
>>
>> With regards to who should decide:
>> * We haven't defined a decision making process or decided decision makers
>> for selecting future event venues.
>> * But, I've seen our existing FOSS4G committee to be committed, ethical,
>> and competent. I'd suggest selecting our next venue should be delegated to
>> this committee, and we can refine the process for future years.
>>
>> I'd suggest that people wishing to propose a venue for foss4g 2019
>> discuss their ideas on this email list, paying particular attention to the
>> two points above.
>>
>> I'd think an initial proposal should be of similar depth to the
>> international FOSS4G "Letter of Intent" stage, with the FOSS4G
>> international list of questions being used as a something to consider.
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2019_Bid_Process#Letters_of_Intent
>>
>> *“Letters of Intent" are limited to a maximum of two (2) pages, and
>> should answer the following questions:*
>> *1. Who is your conference chair?*
>> *2. Who else is on your local organizing committee (LOC)?*
>> *3. What is the experience of your committee members with similar events?*
>> *4. What is your proposed venue? (include access to Internet, room sizes,
>> maximum attendees)*
>> *5. What are your provisional dates for the conference?*
>> *6. Early thoughts on prices of conference attendance? (indicative
>> estimates)*
>> *7. What is the price range and general location of your proposed
>> accommodations and how is the*
>> *price-level in your area in general (e.g. costs for food, drinks)*
>> *8. Are you partnering with other local organizations?*
>> *9. What makes FOSS4G in your proposed location and with your team
>> compelling?*
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/11/18 2:14 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>
>> Our FOSS4G-Oceania conference is shaping up to be much bigger than
>> originally planned. We have attracted significantly more sponsors,
>> attendees, and committee members than originally anticipated.
>>
>> So the question raised at today's committee meeting is:
>>
>> * Should we hold this event again next year?
>>
>> * If so, where should we hold it?
>>
>> * And how should we go about deciding?"
>>
>> It would be a bonus if we could announce next years FOSS4G-Oceania event
>> as we close this year, which doesn't leave much time. Within this email
>> thread I suggest we discuss these and related questions.
>>
>>
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