[Board] 2014 RFP

[David William Bitner]

The NA community has thus far indicated that we will not try to hold an NA
event when global FOSS4G is in NA.

David


On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 4:16 AM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter at gmail.com>wrote:

> I agree with Paul's suggestion, that the FOSS4G 2014 be targeted at a
> North America location.
>
> My reasons:
> * I feel it is important to help future conference planners by being
> consistent in our selection strategy.
> * As Paul notes, we have in the past set in place a 3 way venue cycle:
> Europe / North America / Rest of the world, and we should continue with
> that strategy for 2014.
> * For these reasons alone, (which are points for discussion with the
> conference committee), I'm +1 for FOSS4G 2014 being held in North America.
>
> I understand that Paul is also suggesting another reason for holding
> FOSS4G in North America is that North American/European FOSS4G events are
> more lucrative than FOSS4G events in the rest of the world. That is
> correct, however, I expect that a FOSS4G-NA and other FOSS4G-Europe
> regional conferences will run in the same year as the global FOSS4G event,
> and most will return a profit back to OSGeo. So profit back to OSGeo
> hopefully should roughly even out.
>
> Of note, for FOSS4G 2015, I think that it is important to select a city
> with an effective OSGeo community behind it - best demonstrated by
> successfully having run a regional FOSS4G event.
>
>
> On 31/03/13 07:15, Paul Ramsey wrote:
>
>> Hello Board,
>>
>> I've been asked by the President and the Treasurer, also known as Jeff
>> and Daniel, to coordinate the RFP again this year.
>>
>> - The 2013 event was a "Europe year".
>> - This year is a "North America" year.
>>
>> It is possible to make this year an "Americas" year, but that would
>> have potential impacts on OSGeo revenue, now that FOSS4G is the
>> primary revenue stream. Also note that *next* year is the "other"
>> year, which is the year we dedicate to going to places we might not go
>> out of purely mercenary motivations. So we could potentially end up
>> with two events in a row far from the population centres of EUR/NA.
>>
>> This is just a pre-amble to asking whether to prepare the request for
>> "North America" or "Americas". Given the financial implications, I
>> feel this is a board question, not a conference question.
>>
>> The 2013 RFP closed on March 31, to give you an idea of scheduling.
>> We're already 6 weeks behind, so a response with alacrity would be
>> most appreciated.
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> P.
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