[Board] Fwd: [OSGeo-Conf] [rfp 2019] extension of the proposal period by one week

Till Adams till.adams at fossgis.de
Wed Nov 1 12:34:02 PDT 2017


Hi,

I thought, that the final approvement is done by the board, although it
is suggested to follow the proposal of the conf comm.

That was because I asked the board,

Till


Am 30.10.2017 um 04:09 schrieb Jody Garnett:
> If I understand your email - you are letting the board know about the
> change of schedule and reminding us that the board is asked to make a
> motion to recognize the resulting selection).
>
> (So similar to how the board recognized projects when they graduate
> incubation).
>
> I do not see any conflict for Maria and Vasile voting; the board does
> not have any say in the selection process.
>
> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 7:52 AM Maria Antonia Brovelli
> <maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
>
>     I already voted as member of CC. I don't see reasons for voting as
>     Board, as the two teams agreed on that decision.
>
>     Best
>
>     Maria 
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>     <mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Michael Smith
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>     *Inviato:* domenica 29 ottobre 2017 13:02
>     *A:* Till Adams; OSGeo Board
>     *Cc:* conference
>     *Oggetto:* Re: [Board] Fwd: [OSGeo-Conf] [rfp 2019] extension of
>     the proposal period by one week
>      
>
>     Since the conference committee is all in favor of this, I see no
>     issues, it has my support.
>
>      
>
>     If the rest of the board thinks this needs a vote, we can do that,
>     but in my opinion, this is well within the scope for the
>     conference committee to decide on its own.
>
>      
>
>     Mike
>
>      
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>      
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>     Michael Smith
>
>     OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
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>      
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>      
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>      
>
>     *From: *Board <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on behalf of Till Adams
>     <till.adams at fossgis.de <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>>
>     *Date: *Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 8:00 AM
>     *To: *OSGeo Board <board at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org>>
>     *Cc: *conference <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>>
>     *Subject: *[Board] Fwd: [OSGeo-Conf] [rfp 2019] extension of the
>     proposal period by one week
>
>      
>
>     Dear OSGeo-Board,
>
>     as both teams agreed, the conference committee extended the period
>     for preparation of the proposals for FOSS4G2019. The new deadline
>     for proposals now is the 4th of December, the q&a period lasts
>     until 15th of December. After this the conference committee will
>     vote on the proposals. See the corresponding emails below.
>
>     We will send the official result to the Board on December 18. The
>     procedure foresees that the Board will then vote on the Conference
>     Committee's proposal. I would please you to consider to vote
>     promptly after our vote, so that we are able to inform the teams
>     before Christmas.
>
>     Since Vasile and Maria represent both chairs of the respective
>     LOCs on the board, I would suggest that both abstain from this
>     vote, but of course this is matter of the Board, not mine.
>
>     On behalf of the conference committee,
>
>     Till
>
>
>     -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
>
>     *Betreff: *
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>     	
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>     [OSGeo-Conf] [rfp 2019] extension of the proposal period by one week
>
>     *Datum: *
>
>     	
>
>     Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:49:54 +0100
>
>     *Von: *
>
>     	
>
>     Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>
>
>     *An: *
>
>     	
>
>     conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>, delawen at gmail.com
>     <mailto:delawen at gmail.com>, Vasile Craciunescu
>     <vasile at geo-spatial.org> <mailto:vasile at geo-spatial.org>
>
>      
>
>     Dear Conference Comittee, SLOC and BLOC!
>
>     As the Spanish team and some of our committee members have agreed
>     (and there have been no dissenting votes) I would like to announce
>     that the time period for submitting the proposals for RfP2019 has
>     been extended by one week. The new deadline for the proposals is
>     now *4th of December*.
>
>     I have changed the corresponding pages in the WIKI [1] and
>     shortened the question phase by three days (until 15th of
>     December). This allows the Board to approve the election of the
>     Conference Committee before Christmas.
>
>     ***Note for the voting members***
>     !! Please note, that the final vote on the proposals takes place
>     between 15th and 17th of December !!
>     Be preapred and please vote, no matter where you are !!!
>
>      
>
>     Regards, Till
>
>      
>
>     [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2019_Bid_Process
>
>      
>
>     Am 27.10.2017 um 13:26 schrieb Till Adams:
>
>         Maria,
>
>         I am happy, that you agree (and to be honest, I expected that
>         more or less ;-)).
>
>         I do not want to support any kinds of "election campaigns"
>         here, so I feel that I have to clarify up some things about
>         your notice in the 2nd part of your email:
>
>         The idea and the initiative for this extension are 100% based
>         on my personal thoughts, nothing else. No one of BLOC asked me
>         to do that, so there is no need to be surprised ;-).
>         I just remembered the time when we @Bonn prepared our
>         proposal. Although such a proposal is the sum of work of many
>         people, in the end it was me to write major parts and that
>         *might* be the same for SLOC and BLOC. I say *might* because I
>         do not want to start any discussion on this here & now. I also
>         think, that the internal organisation is a matter of the [_]LOCs.
>
>         !! If this extension of the proposal period leaves any bland
>         flavour, we shouldn't do it !!
>
>         In general I am quite sure, that the Romanian and also the
>         Spanish communties are big and well organized. My intention
>         (and my job) is to guarantee a fair competition among the teams.
>
>         Till
>
>          
>
>          
>
>          
>
>          
>
>         Am 27.10.2017 um 12:28 schrieb María Arias de Reyna:
>
>              
>
>              
>
>             On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Till Adams
>             <till.adams at fossgis.de <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>> wrote:
>
>                 Dear Conference Committee, dear Maria as representant
>                 of the Sevilla
>                 team (SLOC)!
>
>                 I think you all have seen, that Vasile, the CRO of the
>                 recently finished
>                 board votings had a lot TODO's around the voting
>                 procedure. Many of
>                 these time consuming issues couldn't be foreseen due
>                 to all the
>                 happenings around the voting period.
>
>                 The point is, that Vasile is also foreseen as chair of
>                 the Bucharest
>                 team for Rfp 2019 (BLOC). Having noticed all this, I
>                 asked Vasile, if he
>                 would agree me proposing to extent the proposal period
>                 for Rfp 2019 by
>                 one week. This to give especially him some more time
>                 to prepare the
>                 proposal without running into a hastle. Of course
>                 provided that SLOC agrees!
>
>                 I think it's only fair and we should give BLOC the
>                 chance to make a good
>                 proposal for a fair competition between SLOC and BLOC.
>                 In general that
>                 would mean, that all the dates mentioned on [1] would
>                 slip back a week,
>                 but we still would be able to present the location for
>                 2019 by Christmas
>                 (if the board would find a date for their final
>                 decision). We also could
>                 shorten the question period by a few days, so the
>                 board has more options.
>
>                 So first I'd like to ask you Maria, as representant of
>                 SLOC, what your
>                 thoughts on this are? Can we agree on this proposal?
>
>              
>
>             Dear Till,
>
>              
>
>             What you say makes sense. It is on our best interest to
>             have good proposals and if BLOC finds they need more time,
>             I can't refuse. Whatever is needed to have the best FOSS4G.
>
>              
>
>             Although, I have to say, I am a bit surprised. I heard
>             romanian community was stronger, not depending so much on
>             Vasile (even if he is chair). At least for the Spanish
>             community, we try to be horizontal and not depend on
>             individuals. 
>
>              
>
>
>                 If SLOC agrees, I'd like to ask the voting members of
>                 CC for their
>                 statement (Just a question, but do we have to call for
>                 a vote, if SLOC
>                 agrees?)
>
>                 I wish you all a nice weekend!
>
>                 Till
>
>              
>
>
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