[Board] [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2014 RFP Vote

[Cameron Shorter]

Earlier a conference committee member suggested (privately) that us 
conference committee members share our thoughts with each other as to 
why we would select one venue over the other. I like the idea, and I 
think it would help arrive at a better decision.

I suggest that a first step should be to follow through on that 
suggestion,  probably as a closed IRC (or google hangout) meeting. 
Invited should be voting conference committee members, and OSGeo board 
members.

For a timeslot, I suggest:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2013&month=7&day=22&hour=20&min=0&sec=0&p1=224&p2=75&p3=179&p4=286&p5=215&p6=240

On 17/07/2013 1:34 AM, Paul Ramsey wrote:
> 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
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