[Board] Fwd: FOSS4G 2014 RFP Vote

[Bart van den Eijnden]

I get your point, but personally I would be less worried about this in the current situation, given the fact that the conference committee has gone through this process, and gotten into a tie-break, indicating that both proposals match the Evaluation Criteria of the RFP pretty well.

I'd expect a brief summary by the bid teams (double-checked by the conference committee on facts), based on which people can vote, or something similar. We can't expect all charter members to read the proposals IMHO.

Best regards,
Bart

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On Jul 22, 2013, at 1:50 PM, Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at mapgears.com> wrote:

> 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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