[OSGeo-Conf] Conference policy
Helena Mitasova
hmitaso at unity.ncsu.edu
Tue Jul 1 08:16:42 EDT 2008
I read the policy and I think that it is well worded
and has a sound and feasible review process.
I vote + 1 for this policy on OSGeo branded events
Helena
On Jun 30, 2008, at 3:15 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Ok, even though only 4 of the 15 conference committee members [1]
> voted, all four votes were in favor of allowing third party OSGeo
> branded events.
>
> With that established, the next step for the OSGeo conference
> committee is to finalize a conference policy, that we can then
> recommend to the Board. I have combined Frank's recent
> recommendations, as well as Markus' recent board meeting notes,
> into a new succinct policy page [2]. I now call ALL conference
> committee members to vote FOR or AGAINST this policy. Again, since
> this is not a specific vote for any specific event there should not
> be anyone abstaining. thank you.
>
>
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee
> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Official_OSGeo_Conference_Policy
>
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> On 23-Jun-08, at 2:00 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>
>> Hello fellow committee members,
>>
>> Regarding the hot topic of third party OSGeo branded events, it's
>> clear that we as a committee have to propose some guidelines for
>> this. After a few weeks of discussions and giving people time to
>> express their opinions, I think the time has come for the
>> conference committee to act. The first thing we must do is decide
>> whether the conference committee supports such events. So, I
>> would ask that all committee members[1] publicly vote FOR (+1) or
>> AGAINST (-1) third party OSGeo branded events. Note that there
>> should be nobody abstaining from voting, as this is not a specific
>> vote for any specific event. Our guidelines that we create will
>> reflect the results of this vote.
>>
>
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