[Board] FOSS4G rotation - proposal and vote

[Peter Batty]

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On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter at gmail.com>wrote:

> OSGeo Conference committee:
>
> I trust that there has been sufficient time for anyone with an opinion
> regarding foss4g rotation to air it, and I'd like propose a vote in order
> to test/confirm that we have reached a rough consensus.
>
> I propose that the international FOSS4G rotation policy be defined as per:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/**FOSS4G_Cookbook#City_Selection<http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Cookbook#City_Selection>
>
> (text copied below)
> The regions FOSS4G rotates through are:
>
>     Europe
>     North America
>     Rest of world
>
> This is caveatted by the OSGeo Conference committee feeling confident that
> the proposed city/region will attract the majority of the international
> FOSS4G audience.
>
> So our rotation policy is:
>
>     Strong preference is given to the region which hasn't had FOSS4G for 2
> years
>     We next consider the region which had FOSS4G 2 years ago
>     Only as a last resort would we consider a region which had FOSS4G last
> year
>
> ------------
> Could all current conference committee members please vote. Past member
> votes would also be welcomed.
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/**Conference_Committee#Current_**Members<http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members>
>
> Current Members
>
>     Thierry Badard
>     Lorenzo Becchi
>     Peter Batty
>     Gavin Fleming
>     Dave McIlhagga
>     Helena Mitasova
>     Claude Philipona
>     Venkatesh Raghavan
>     Paul Ramsey
>     Cameron Shorter
>
> Past Members
>
>     Allan Doyle
>     Olivier Ertz
>     Alain Grignon
>     Luc Maurer
>     Daniel Rappo
>     Dave Patton
>     Rafael Medeiros Sperb
>     Jeff McKenna
>     Arnulf Christl
>     Markus Neteler
>     Frank Warmerdam
>     Steve Lime
>
> On 13/04/13 07:24, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>
>> In the last board meeting, the question was raised about global FOSS4G
>> rotation.
>>
>> we currently have a 3 way rotation policy: Europe 2013 / North America
>> 2014 / Rest of world 2015
>>
>> It has been suggested that we should revisit this rotation policy, and
>> consider:
>>
>> Europe / North America / Europe / North America
>>
>> Reasons:
>> * Previous global FOSS4G events have attracted more people and been more
>> lucrative in Europe / North America
>> * Europe/North America could be argued to be less financially risky. Our
>> one cancelled FOSS4G was in China in 2012.
>> * FOSS4G (global and regional) events traditionally draw half their
>> attendance from the local region. Europe and North America both have large
>> populations with established OSGeo communities.
>>
>> I'm in favour of continuing our current 3 way rotation, on the proviso
>> that there are proven OSGeo communities outside of NA/Europe. By proven,
>> I'd suggest that we would consider regions which have already successfully
>> staged a FOSS4G regional event (or similar) and who can put together a
>> compelling justification that they can attract comparable attendees and
>> sponsors to Europe/North America.
>>
>> Looking at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/**Live_GIS_History<http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History>
>> I see that there have previously been regional FOSS4G events in:
>> Argentina
>> India
>> Korea
>> Malaysia
>> Japan
>>
>> So for 2015, I'd suggest that our FOSS4G pre qualification should invite
>> responses from "rest of the world" and Europe, but we should give a
>> preference to "rest of world" assuming they can provide a compelling
>> proposal which is likely to attract similar success to past European and
>> North American conferences.
>>
>> Generalising the rule. Our rotation policy should be:
>>
>> * We give a strong preference to a region which hasn't had FOSS4G for 2
>> years
>> * We next consider the region which had FOSS4G 2 years ago
>> * Only as a last resort would we consider a region which had FOSS4G last
>> year
>>
>> Regions are considered as: Europe / North America / Other locations
>>
>>
>
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