[OSGeo-Conf] Conference Name results

[Paul Ramsey]

On the logo front, the "wavy map" abstract logo that DM developed for  
MUM2 seems to have made an appearance at all subsequent conferences,  
so I hope that would retain pride of place for continuity's sake.

P

On 18-Nov-06, at 5:38 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:

> This is disappointing to me personally, but I can certainly live with
> the compromise.  OSGeo has developed a very nice logo which contains
> only the compass and the word "OSGeo" -- I can see this being used
> effectively alongside whatever the FOSS4G logo or banner turns out to
> be.
>
> -mpg
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jeff McKenna [mailto:jmckenna at dmsolutions.ca]
>> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 5:31 PM
>> To: conference
>> Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] Conference Name results
>>
>> I have finally tallied the naming results:
>>
>> OSGeo: 5
>> FOSS4G: 11
>> FOSSGeo: 1
>> Abstain: 1
>>
>> So it's clear that people want to keep the FOSS4G name.
>>
>> Even though the FOSS4G choice received the most votes, we
>> have to try to
>> keep everyone happy here.  I've heard some talk of the conference
>> wording as "FOSS4G 2007 Presented by OSGeo", and I think that is an
>> excellent idea - keeps both FOSS and OSGeo supporters happy.
>> This would
>> also go well with the domain foss4g.osgeo.org
>>
>> So I move (or "propose"?) that both sides compromise and, for the
>> purposes of moving forward, agree to the "FOSS4G 2007 Presented by
>> OSGeo" name.
>>
>> ****
>>
>> I also want to use the names listed on the wiki page
>> (http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Conference_Committee) as our
>> official
>> committee members:
>>
>>      * Jeff McKenna (Chair)
>>      * Claude Philipona
>>      * Markus Neteler
>>      * Allan Doyle
>>      * Olivier Ertz
>>      * Steve Lime
>>      * Alain Grignon
>>      * Daniel Rappo
>>      * Arnulf Christl
>>      * Dave McIlhagga
>>      * Helena Mitasova
>>      * Venkatesh Raghavan
>>      * Thierry Badard
>>      * Luc Maurer
>>      * Frank Warmerdam
>>
>> That would mean that only those members get to vote on any upcoming
>> issues.  New members would have to be first nominated and the
>> existing
>> committee would vote on including them.  Non-active members
>> can also be
>> removed.
>>
>> I'll try to add some more committee guidelines to the wiki.
>> In the mean
>> time I wanted to get the naming results out, so we can
>> hopefully move on.
>>
>> jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
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