[Board] Polling charter members

[Bob Basques]

All,

I helped with the Minneapolis FOSS4G-NA event, and not to add fuel to the fire, so to speak, but I've been wondering a 
bit about where the limits are/should be for participation by OSGEO for event planning.  I've been pondering the 
organization of a regional event 100 to 150 (200?) attendees.  I think there is enough interst for something like this 
in our local area.  It might require a slight modification of focus on the event, possibly more OSS promotion/sales 
based vs Technical (and/or the reverse).  It could also be held in partnership with existing local events.

My "agitation" question to you all is, where is/should the line be for marketing smaller events be at with regard to 
calling it something "OSGeo"? I know there are numerous similar events that have happened around the world from time to 
time.   If this is indeed something that could/should officially be thought of as an OSGeo event, how should the 
participation by OSGeo be established with regard to helping out in these smaller regional events.  I know there is a 
percetion or feeling that smaller events like this might rob somewhat from the regularly scheduled events, although if 
partnering rules with OSGeo as an organization are established, then end goal of acquire operational revenue would still 
be workable, and possibly even increased.

bobb


On 09/19/2014 08:38 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
> This is a bit of a false choice isn¹t it? One does not preclude the other,
> that¹s why we have both international and regional events.
>
> But if you are just referting to the international event, for size, for
> the most part, that ship has sailed. We are going to get 800+ for the
> international event and that sets limits on venue, which affects
> everything else. We aren¹t going to be able to do a 100 person university
> based event anymore. The size/costs etc do not scale linearly.
>
>
> On 9/19/14,  9:20 AM, "Jeff McKenna" <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>
>> I think what is missing on that page, is what do we want FOSS4G to be?
>> (affordable, small, tribe-pleasing vs at *the* city conference hall,
>> pleasing a larger audience)  I think this confusion, is causing much of
>> the stress/fear this past week.
>>
>> Once we decide what we want FOSS4G to be, for OSGeo, then we can look at
>> ways to make that happen (partnerships, PCO, hiring, etc etc, or not).
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2014-09-19 9:53 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2014-09-19 9:42 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>> Ok, first draft of wiki page is here:
>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Options_2014
>>>>
>>>> Please feel free to improve the text, or insert your comments / votes.
>>>>
>>> Thanks Cameron.
>>>
>>> -jeff
>>>
>>>
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