[OSGeo-Conf] 2011 Process

[Claude Philipona]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 23:26, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca> wrote:
>
> 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.
I totally approve this principle, It worths at least to try. This is
something I have already proposed back in 2006 during the FOSS4G in
Lausanne. this kind of geographic rotation is widely used for
conferences in several other scientific communities.

Claude