[Board] FOSS4G 2014 RFP Vote

[Peter Batty]

I agree with David, the talk of making the second


On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 6:36 AM, David William Bitner
<bitner at dbspatial.com>wrote:

> The precedence to date has been that the regional events are events
> selected and organized by the regions at a bit of an arms length from OSGeo
> International. FOSS4G-NA in Minneapolis did not have the resources to
> operate without OSGeo as a financial backstop (note we just needed the
> "insurance"  of a financial backstop, not any up-front thanks to the
> FOSS4G-NA organizers in DC).
>
> If OSGeo is going to get in the business of selecting the locations for
> any of these regionals, in my opinion, OSGeo better be willing to step up
> to play a much more active role in these events. The direction from OSGeo
> to these regional events has been wishy-washy at best. I think that OSGeo
> needs a real strategy for these events. FOSS4G-NA is not a consolation
> prize, it is an event thrown by and for the NA community with a focus on
> the issues of that region.
>
> If the OSGeo Board and the Conf Comm believe that an LOC needs more
> experience, I think it is reasonable to encourage them to bid for a
> regional event as things are run right now.
>
>  David
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:50 PM, Cameron Shorter <
> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Mark,
>> I do like your proposal of 1st place being awarded FOSS4G Global, and 2nd
>> place being offered FOSS4G-NA the following year.
>>
>> However, I'm not sure who will be responsible for selecting the FOSS4G-NA
>> city, or what process is in place (if any) for selecting a FOSS4G-NA city.
>> If someone following this thread is in the know, I'd encourage you to speak
>> up.
>>
>>
>> On 23/07/2013 12:01 PM, Mark Lucas wrote:
>>
>> Sounds like we are making up the rules as we go along.  I think we either
>> have a board vote or not.  If someone wants to abstain because they believe
>> they have a conflict of interest that should be their personal decision.
>>
>>  I'd like to find a way to select one as the international conference
>> and let the other organize as a regional.
>>
>>  I'd really like to find a way to build up OSGeo revenues through some
>> of the regional conferences as well.  Perhaps as simple as when they need
>> OSGeo financial backing we work a division of profits.
>>
>>  First step is simply selecting the international venue.
>>
>>  Mark
>>
>>
>>  On Jul 22, 2013, at 8:36 AM, Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at mapgears.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> On 13-07-22 8:33 AM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
>>
>> Right, this makes sense Arnulf.
>>
>> My concern was merely that if there is one proposal with "broad support"
>> (a.k.a. conflict of interest), and all those people step out of voting
>> (both on the conf committee as on the board), the vote will be very
>> skewed. This is exactly what Daniel has pointed out.
>>
>>
>>
>> BTW, I believe Mark Lucas is on the DC LOC so we'd lose him as well for
>> the vote unless I'm mistaken.
>>
>>
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