[Board] conference naming?

[Gary Lang]

I see.

I don't know what to think about it, except to say that if diluting the OSGeo brand helps promote free geospatial software, then it was a good idea. If not, it was not. I will assume that this was thought through and a decision made accordingly.

An _open source geospatial_ conference, regardless of the foundation name, sounds like a good thing, I would think. Who is "FOSS"? Do I send them money to help keep FOSS going? etc. 

Gary


-----Original Message-----
From:	board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Arnulf Christl
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Gary Lang wrote:
> I missed that. Where is the minutes of that meeting?
> 
> Thx

Start here to get the full story:
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2006-November/thread.html

Guess what, I was part of the subversive group that tries to dilute the OSGeo brand name and I could not refrain from having a strong position in favor of having the term Free in the title. So if you need to blame somebody for supporting such a stupid idea blame me. And next time join the discussion in time... ;-)

Best regards, 
Arnulf. 

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent:   Sun 2/4/2007 4:21 PM
> To:     Chris Holmes
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> Subject:        Re: [Board] conference naming?
> 
> Chris Holmes wrote:
>  > This is kind of random, but weren't we going to call the next conference
>  > the OSGeo conference?  As that was the name the year before, and it also
>  > fits with our name, becomes our thing?  But it looks like it's become
>  > foss4g again - http://www.foss4g2007.org/.  Was that a conscious 
> decision?
> 
> Chris,
> 
> This was the product of a rather heated debate, followed by a vote by
> the conference committee.  So yes, it was a conscious decision.
> 
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