[Board] Initial thoughts on the AGM @ Portland

[Jeff McKenna]

Jody, Jachym: response from the Chair below:

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I don’t have a problem with that.

I don’t think there’s any particular reason (on our end) to require it
to be at the end of the day.

I think directly after one of the plenary sessions makes sense.

No need to send an abstract.

Darrell
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On 2014-04-07, 9:13 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hi Jody, Jachym,
> 
> Excellent points.  It already is in lightning talk format, and has been
> for many years; if we want it in the main program we should request this
> to the local committee right away.  I'll send a request now.  I've also
> added this item to Thursday's Board meeting agenda.
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2014-04-07, 2:48 AM, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
>> It was afternoon. Since FOSS4G is *the* OSGeo conference, it should be IMHO part
>> of the main program, some time before lunch?
>>
>> J
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 02:01:00PM +1000, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>>    The AGM was not well attended last year - despite offering some of the
>>>    more inspiration stories on the value of our foundation today. Wonder if
>>>    we could move to a lightening talk format and a higher profile in the
>>>    program?
>>>    Jody Garnett
>>>
>>>    On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 4:00 AM, Jeff McKenna
>>>    <[1]jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>      Hello Board,
>>>
>>>      Helena Mitasova was just asking about a possible venue for an update on
>>>      the status of the Geo4All/ICA-OSGeo network at FOSS4G Portland, which
>>>      reminds me that we should at least start planning for the OSGeo AGM.
>>>      Darrell from the LOC will reserve an hour slot for us again.  It will be
>>>      a nice opportunity to hear status reports from OSGeo committees, local
>>>      chapters, projects, and other initiatives such as Geo4All.
>>>
>>>      I feel this is an important hour, and I'll make sure to remind Darrell
>>>      of this timeslot again later.
>>>
>>>      For now, you can add your status report on the wiki agenda:
>>>      [2]http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meeting_2014
>>>
>>>      Talk soon,
>>>
>>>      -jeff
>>>
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