[Board] FOSS4G 2013 Board Liaison

[Cameron Shorter]

I'm not exactly sure what the role of a board liaison is, but I do think 
that the UK team can only benefit from a mentor from a previous FOSS4G 
chair.

+1 from me. (as a member of the conference committee)

On 4/07/2012 4:35 AM, Jo Cook wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> Absolutely! You can keep us on the straight and narrow- but if anyone 
> has any questions, they can always ask directly.
>
> Jo
>
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com 
> <mailto:peter at ebatty.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Jo, yes I had wondered about the possibility of you doing the
>     role too, and I know you would do a good job of keeping the board
>     informed. But as you say, one of the advantages that I bring is
>     having the experience of running a previous event. And also I
>     think there's probably some advantage to having someone from
>     outside the original proposing team just to give a bit of an
>     external perspective on things.
>
>     Cheers,
>         Peter.
>
>
>     On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Jo Cook
>     <jocook at astuntechnology.com <mailto:jocook at astuntechnology.com>>
>     wrote:
>
>         Hi Guys,
>
>         Happy to +1 Peter- though don't forget you already have a
>         built-in liaison- though without quite as much experience at
>         conference organisation (until after September next year...)
>
>         Jo
>
>         On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com
>         <mailto:peter at ebatty.com>> wrote:
>
>             I almost added that into my statement of qualifications :)
>
>
>             On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Michael P. Gerlek
>             <mpg at flaxen.com <mailto:mpg at flaxen.com>> wrote:
>
>                 +1, but only because you speak the same language as
>                 they do...
>
>                 .mpg
>
>                 On Jul 3, 2012, at 11:41 AM, Peter Batty
>                 <peter at ebatty.com <mailto:peter at ebatty.com>> wrote:
>
>                 > Hi everyone,
>                 >
>                 > I would like to volunteer to be the board liaison
>                 for FOSS4G 2013 in Nottingham. As most of you probably
>                 know, I was Chair of FOSS4G 2011 in Denver, and I am
>                 originally from the UK so that gives me an additional
>                 interest in helping the UK team run a great
>                 conference. I'm not quite sure of the protocol for
>                 choosing someone for this role, but I assume it makes
>                 sense to propose a motion on it at the next board
>                 meeting? If anyone else would like this role please
>                 speak up, I would be happy to let someone else do it
>                 :). But equally if nobody else wants to, I will be
>                 happy to take it on.
>                 >
>                 > Cheers,
>                 >     Peter.
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