[OSGeo-Conf] 2011 Discussion

[Dave McIlhagga]

+1 for Option A.

I also think we've reached a stage where explicit rotation (North  
America, Europe, Other) would be very helpful in terms of soliciting  
higher quality bids and encouraging regional events since folks on the  
ground will know when the rotation will come to their part of the  
world every 3 years.

Perhaps a way to do this is make the LOI stage explicitly for the  
target region. If there are no LOIs from the region, or none deemed of  
sufficient quality, then a second LOI round could be opened up to the  
rest of the world? This would not completely tie our hands in the  
event no one within the region of interest is able to put together a  
satisfactory bid.


Dave



Dave McIlhagga
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On 14-Apr-09, at 1:31 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:

> OSGeo Conference Committee members,
>
> I haven't seen any other discussions, or modifications to the 2011  
> Wiki page, since I suggested that we hold a vote to determine what  
> changes (if any) are required for 2011.  So I will continue on with  
> the plan.
>
> Please vote on one of the 4 options for 2011, as outlined on the  
> 2011 Wiki page[1]:
>
>  A. Modified Status Quo
>  B. Two Track Strategy
>  C. Both Annual and Regional Events in Same Year
>  D. No changes to the Existing Process
>
> If the successful option requires changes to the FOSS4G hosting  
> process, the changes will be brought to the OSGeo Board for  
> approval.  Voting can occur for one week, until the end of the 21st.
>
> For those wondering who is currently on the OSGeo Conference  
> Committee, please see the associated Wiki page[2].
>
> I'll start with posting my vote:
>
>  B. Two Track Strategy
>
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Reboot_2011
> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee
>
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> Jeff McKenna wrote:
>> 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
>
>
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