[Board] Fwd: FOSS4G 2014 RFP Vote

[Paul Ramsey]

Hi Board,

So, we have a tie. Last time this happened (2012), we re-voted and saw
if anyone changed their minds. It seemed an odd process, though it did
cause a result to emerge (the wrong one, as it turned out, but that
wasn't an artifact of the process per se).

The Board does have final say in conference site selection, the
conference ctte just forwards a recommendation to the board, which has
traditionally been accepted after the LOC provides an acceptable
budget. The most straightforward action would be to forward the result
to the Board to decide, since the ctte doesn't have a clear preference
either way.

Since this has happened twice now, adding a tie-breaker process to our
document is going to have to be part of next year's RFP prep. But for
this time out, it falls to you all.

Recommendations on next steps?

P.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
Date: Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:34 AM
Subject: FOSS4G 2014 RFP Vote
To: conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>


All,

You will, like me, be displeased to hear that voting results are

3 - Abstain
5 - DC
5 - Portland

Some random notes:

* Mark and Arnulf also voted (hi guys!) even though they aren't on the
committee [1], so their votes aren't counted (and they cancelled each
other out in any event).

* The three abstentions are all due to members participating in the DC
event or (me) declaring a perceived conflict of interest wrt DC.

* With the exception of Peter, none of the voters is actually in North
America! (Well, actually Gavin *is* in NA right now, but on a trip.
And Peter is actually in the UK right now. And he's British. We live
in an odd world.)

* A few of the voters indicated that while the proposals were both
very good they preferred the relative international ease of access of
DC. (see above)

* One voter, while voting for DC, suggested that Portland be given the
next NA event.

I'm going to let anarchy reign for one day, and then tell you all
what's next after some discussion with the board, who are the final
arbiters in these matters in any event.

P.


[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee