[Conference-europe] Conference Europe committee membership

Tõnis Kärdi tonis.kardi at gmail.com
Wed Jul 30 04:03:43 PDT 2025


Some edits at [1]. If there's no more comments or additions or rewrites, 
then let's wrap this up and we can open the call on Friday 1.08.

I'll ask Marie (our social media goddess from FOSS4GE 2024 + 2025) to 
schedule a something for Monday on the topic too on the conf channels.

t;

[1] - 
https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Conference-Europe-2026&diff=prev&oldid=134014

On 26.07.25 10:23, Berit Mohr via Conference-Europe wrote:
> Hi both,
> 
> That seems like a good idea.
> 
> It is just nice to make people feel welcome. I know a few who would 
> otherwise have come.
> 
> Especially for parents, it would be a relief to know that kids are 
> allowed :)
> 
> Best
> 
> Berit
> 
> Sent from Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>
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> *From:* Jáchym <jachym at cepicky.ch>
> *Sent:* Friday, July 25, 2025 11:54:22 PM
> *To:* "Tõnis Kärdi" <tonis.kardi at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* berit-mohr <berit-mohr at hotmail.de>; conference-europe <conference- 
> europe at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Conference-europe] Conference Europe committee membership
> I  also think, this is often up to the venue itself - not all 
> universities allow pets. Same with diectic restrictions or accessibility.
> 
> Nothing we can directly influence - yes, in the selection phase. And 
> yes, let's keep this on our minds. But those are the things, that either 
> are available or are not on the spot.
> 
> J
> 
> 
> 
> ---- On Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:16:09 +0200 *Tõnis Kärdi via Conference- 
> Europe <conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org>* wrote ---
> 
>     Hey Berit, I think these are good suggestions.
> 
>     I think we can organize them like this that they would go into the
>     Additional information for the proposal [1] as these are things to be
>     kept in mind and worked for.
> 
>     One thing though, that I'd like to have a further discussion on is
>     "openness to dogs" or any sort of pet animal presence in the venue.
> 
>     I understand that there are people who are very fond of dogs (and cats,
>     rats, snakes, pigs, birds, and so on). But at the same time we need to
>     be mindful of the people present at the venue (incl social events) who
>     are not comfortable (or have specific medical conditions) around
>     animals.
> 
>     It is totally ok to be either I think :) Maybe "openness to pets" could
>     be included in the additional information as something like:
> 
>     "If there are any pet hotels or daily care service providers available
>     in the area, please try to list them or ways to contact them (e.g a
>     local Matrix/FB/TG/etc group) on the conference website."
> 
>     Would that be ok?
> 
>     all the best,
>     t;
> 
>     [1] -
>     https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference-
>     Europe-2026#Additional_information_for_the_proposal <https://
>     wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference-
>     Europe-2026#Additional_information_for_the_proposal>
> 
>     On 24.07.25 09:01, Berit Mohr via Conference-Europe wrote:
>      > Good morning,
>      >
>      > I have a few criteria in mind, which I think we could maybe think
>     about
>      >
>      > *
>      > Sustainability: the amount of rubbish that is being produced during
>      > these events is not very nice. I think, that we as community can
>      > also be a promoter for looking after our environment
>      > *
>      > Meals: being a vegan is sometimes not easy on these events it would
>      > be nice if this could be considered
>      > *
>      > Accessibility: people in wheelchairs should have the same options to
>      > be part of the events than all others
>      > *
>      > Openness to children and dogs ?! (This is more a thought that came
>      > to mind.
>      >
>      >
>      > All the best,
>      >
>      > Berit
>      >
>      > Sent from Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg <https://
>     aka.ms/AAb9ysg>>
>      >
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>      > *From:* Conference-Europe <conference-europe-
>     bounces at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference-europe-
>     bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> on
>      > behalf of Gérald Fenoy via Conference-Europe
>      > <conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference-
>     europe at lists.osgeo.org>>
>      > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 23, 2025 10:30:56 AM
>      > *To:* Tõnis Kärdi <tonis.kardi at gmail.com
>     <mailto:tonis.kardi at gmail.com>>
>      > *Cc:* foss4g-europe <conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org>>
>      > *Subject:* Re: [Conference-europe] Conference Europe committee
>     membership
>      > +1
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >> Le 21 juil. 2025 à 17:03, Tõnis Kärdi via Conference-Europe
>     <conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:conference-
>     europe at lists.osgeo.org>> a écrit :
>      >>
>      >> Hey all,
>      >>
>      >> I would like to propose the inclusion of
>      >>
>      >> - Marko Puljić, chair of FOSS4G Europe 2026
>      >> - Marco Ciolli, a long-time contributor and co-chair of European
>     and global FOSS4G Scientific Committees
>      >>
>      >> in the Conference Europe Committee list of members [1].
>      >>
>      >> Should you have any objections or questions you feel you want to
>     raise regarding this, please feel free to do so in this thread.
>      >>
>      >> All the best,
>      >> t;
>      >>
>      >>
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