[Board] [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G Discount for Charter Members proposal

[Andrew Ross]

+1 Well said Darrell.

And confirming I would be happy to participate in any discussions.

On 26/08/14 09:52, David William Bitner wrote:
> +1 to everything Darrell just said!
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Darrell Fuhriman <darrell at garnix.org 
> <mailto:darrell at garnix.org>> wrote:
>
>     > One of the things I've heard in the past is that some people are
>     afraid that running a more professional conference will take away
>     the grass roots / community feeling of FOSS4G. As I said, I myself
>     have no issues with this, but it's a common theme that comes up.
>
>     Actually, I think it could be *more* grass roots if there were a
>     dedicated staff to handle the day-to-day stuff. The LOC could
>     focus on conference issues, without having to learn the
>     ins-and-outs of running a conference.
>
>     There's an enormous number of things that need to be done that
>     have nothing at all to do with a grass roots/community feel, but
>     that burn a huge amount of time, especially if you've never done
>     it before.
>
>     There's a big difference in time spent between:
>
>     A) Hi, LOC, here's the signage you need. Make it fit your theme,
>     it's due on....
>
>     and
>
>     B) Hey, what signage do we need? Where does it go? What size
>     should it be? Who's printing it?  Oh crap, we forgot about signs
>     for X, shit someone throw something together...
>
>     Substitute a million little things for "signage" and repeat.
>
>     Darrell
>

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