[OSGeo-Conf] 2011 Discussion

Jeff McKenna jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
Thu Apr 2 16:36:16 EDT 2009


OSGeo Conference Committee members,

I'd like to pick this discussion up again.

Thank you Paul for bringing this issue up.  I also feel that change is 
needed in our process, for 2011.

I have modified Paul's initial 2011 page by adding the existing 
observations that were made on this mailing list 
(http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Reboot_2011), and I now ask all OSGeo 
conference committee members to give it a good read and place your 
thoughts on that page, and make changes to the options wherever necessary.

After some discussion on this issue (giving a week or so for this), I 
would like to call a vote on modifying the 2011 process, starting on the 
14th of this month.   That should give the committee some time to come 
up with some solid options for 2011.  Voting will begin on the 14th, and 
the voting period will close on the 21st.  The results of the vote will 
be brought to the OSGeo board for approval.

I personally am really proud of what the FOSS4G event has accomplished 
around the world, and am looking forward to improving this event process 
for the future years.

-jeff



Paul Ramsey wrote:
> I've started some thoughts here, including Helena's idea from last
> year on splitting the conference up...
> 
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Reboot_2011
> 
> I don't think we can repeat the bid process unchanged for 2011, so we
> have a chance to make major changes if we like.
> 
> P.


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Jeff McKenna
FOSS4G Consulting and Training Services
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/




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