[OSGeo-Conf] "OSGeo Teach-in

[Markus Neteler]

Conference committee,

a draft page has been already initiated which could be
used to develop the policy document:

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Conference_Policy

The page may be extended or even completely rewritten.

As Paul says, please review the available material.

Best,
Markus

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca> wrote:
> Conference committee,
>
> At the board meeting today, the Board referred a proposal[1] to the
> conference committee, with a request that the committee prepare a
> policy regarding third-party promoted events using the OSGeo name.  In
> particular, this proposal looks to create an event named "OSGeo
> Teach-in", and provide financial consideration back to OSGeo in
> return.
>
> I think preparation of the policy needs two steps:
>
> (a) The conference committee should decide on whether third-party
> promoted "OSGeo" events are acceptable at all, and
> (b) If they are acceptable, what decision process should be applied to
> third-party events.
>
> Please take some time to read the proposal, as an example of a
> third-party event, and think about the implications. Reading the
> threads on the [Board] list is probably also wise, to see some
> arguments on various sides. I'll call the question on (a) in a couple
> days to take the temperature of the committee, since there is no point
> on working on (b) if (a) is a no-go.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
> [1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2008-May/002444.html
> _______________________________________________
> Conference_dev mailing list
> Conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev