OSGeo/FOSS4G '07 Location

[Jeff McKenna]

First I am not sure if all of the isc2006 members have been moved over 
to this list yet (has that been done?).

I am also wondering how we should continue, in terms of the RFP idea for 
the next conference.  We're obviously really close to FOSS4G2006 now. 
Do we maybe plan to announce the RFP at the conference?  Would that be 
realistic?

jeff


Frank Warmerdam wrote:
 > Dave McIlhagga wrote:
 >> Just confirmed with Paul -- there have been no further plans for
 >> British Columbia so we're starting from a clean slate.
 >>
 >> Markus' point about opening the discussion up on OSGeo Discuss makes
 >> sense -- although what we had discussed was having this committee
 >> along with potentially a few additions run the solicitation process
 >> and the evaluation of options.
 >>
 >> Perhaps a new list on OSGeo should be setup for further discussion??
 >
 > Dave,
 >
 > There is already a dev at conference.osgeo.org mailing list, with only 
Arnulf
 > subscribed.  He hasn't gotten much response there to email in previous
 > months.
 >
 > I would suggest we make this the general discussion list for the
 > "OSGeo Conference Committee", responsible for conferences in 2007 and
 > on with the isc2006 list remaining active as the international steering
 > committee for FOSS4G 2006.  You can subscribe to the dev mailing list
 > off the following url:
 >
 >   https://conference.osgeo.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListList
 >
 > Furthermore, I have taken the liberty of creating a preliminary wiki
 > page for the Conference Committee at:
 >
 > 
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Conference_Committee#Noteworthy_Documents
 >
 > I put down preliminary members based on folks for whom I still have 
isc2006
 > email in my inbox, and who were listed as members of the conference
 > mailing list.  Please add yourself if you are interested in being a 
member
 > of the OSGeo conference committee.
 >
 > Claude Philipona is listed as the preliminary chair as he is current
 > owner of the Conference project.  However, Claude, I don't mean to
 > presume that you want to take this position going on past the 2006
 > conference.  If not, then we can discuss another chair going forward.
 >
 > I have listed immediate action items to draft a motion to official
 > form the conference committee (the board will need to approve this),
 > to prepare conference requirements (in the wiki), and to prepare an
 > RFP for what I call OSGeo'07 (we might want to discuss if we are ok with
 > this).
 >
 > So, I hereby beseech all interested parties to add yourself to the
 > members list in the wiki (if missing), and to subscribe to the dev list.
 > We can pursue further discussions there in a few days.  Actually, Markus,
 > if you can email me the current subscribers to the isc2006 list, I could
 > add them all to the dev list in batch to get things moving without too
 > much losage.
 >
 >> Paul also mentioned that planning an event is sometimes better done up
 >> to 2 years in advance, especially if the event continues to grow at
 >> the rate it has to date. So we might be smart to start thinking about
 >> 2008 as well.
 >
 > Perhaps we could aim to put out an RFP for OSGeo'08 around
 > christmas time giving an 18month lead time to prepare?
 >
 > Best regards,