[Board] FOSS4G rotation - proposal and vote

[Thierry Badard]

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Le 13-04-20 18:51, Cameron Shorter a écrit :
> 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
>
> (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
>
> 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
>> 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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