[Board] Proposal/thoughts for a FOSS4G Advisor Role

[Seven (aka Arnulf)]

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Hi,
I forward this to the conference committee because I think it should be
aware of the discussion. Please read the mails on the board archive
starting here:
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2011-November/009180.html


Wrt this section from Peter's mail:

On 22.11.2011 21:37, Peter Batty wrote:
> But at the same time I was also surprised at the amount of stuff we had
> to reinvent within the LOC, and was frustrated that on several occasions
> I received input on important items when it was way too late to change
> things (which is why I think the cookbook / template is so important - I
> think the LOC should have flexibility to deviate from that as it makes
> sense, but having this to make sure things don't get missed is important).

I very much support creating a template or handbook for FOSS4G
conferences. This has been discussed before and there is already quite a
lot of material available, check lists, lessens learned, etc. which
could be compiled into a handbook.

We did this [1] two years ago for the German language FOSSGIS conference
and it has since been a great help for the LOC.

Compiling such a handbook while doing it would be a great deliverable
which I would also like to see on the list of tangible benefits from a
paid position.

Best regards,
Arnulf

[1] http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/wiki/Handbuch
An English translation (more or less readable, created using Google
Translate) is available here (the linksstill hop back into the German
version...):
http://arnulf.us/publications/fossgis_handbook.html

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