[Board] Fwd: FOSS4G 2014 RFP Vote

[Daniel Morissette]

On 13-07-22 7:42 AM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
>> P.S. It is odd that by seeking participation on its LOC from active
>> OSGeo chapters and individuals in order to come up with a bid that
>> really represents OSGeo's vision, the DC bid has potentially been
>> putting itself at a disadvantage, forcing two conference committee
>> members to abstain, and potentially a few board members as well.
>
> So the only clean way out of this seems to be a community voting process
> of all the current charter members?
>
> I don't see how otherwise this can still be a clean vote.
>


Not a bad idea. I like it, but then we'd need a way to ensure that all 
charter members really do review the proposals before voting, i.e. not 
vote only based on gut feeling but actually based on the "Evaluation 
Criteria" section, on page 9 of the RFP.


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Daniel Morissette
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