[OSGeo-Conf] 2011 Process

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Excellent idea!
Jeroen

On Oct 28, 2009, at 11:26 PM, Paul Ramsey wrote:

> So, to pick up a thread from April (!!!)
> <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2009-April/000885.html 
> >
> the 2011 process need to be started up. My rough nose-count from that
> time indicates that the balance of support was for the "modified
> status quo" namely a continued annual international event, but with a
> lighter overhead for the initial bidding process.
> <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Reboot_2011#Options_for_2011>.
> Apparently the board has also discussed this and come down in favour
> of the modified status quo.
>
> I would like to add one more decision before we start 2011 planning,
> and that is "regional rotation". Namely that, before we solicit
> letters of interest, we clearly state that acceptable proposals from a
> particular region will receive preference. Further, I would like to
> propose that the rotation be set as Europe/North America/Other, with
> 2010 being Europe, 2011 being North America and 2012 being the next
> other.
>
> Can anyone violently opposed to the above please speak up? If I hear
> no objections, I will attempt to write up a more detailed process page
> on the wiki that reflects the state of affairs for the 2011 process.
>
> Paul
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