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

Wed Nov 1 17:19:33 PDT 2017

I believe we are saying the same thing; I did not see any conflict in
interest as the conference committee is in charge of selection; the board a
much smaller task of approving the selection.

On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 12:34 PM Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:

> 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> 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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>> *Da:* Board <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto di Michael Smith <
>> michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com>
>> *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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>> Michael Smith
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>> OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
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>> *From: *Board <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Till Adams <
>> till.adams at fossgis.de>
>> *Date: *Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 8:00 AM
>> *To: *OSGeo Board <board at lists.osgeo.org>
>> *Cc: *conference <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: *
>>
>> [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> <till.adams at fossgis.de>
>>
>> *An: *
>>
>> conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org, delawen at gmail.com, Vasile Craciunescu
>> <vasile at geo-spatial.org> <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
>>
>>
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>> 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
>>
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>> Am 27.10.2017 um 12:28 schrieb María Arias de Reyna:
>>
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>> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Till Adams <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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