[OSGeo-Conf] Who decides the foss4g program (and other big decisions)?

[Eric Wolf]

Tyler,

You mention "time critical decisons."  Has anyone tried to delineate these?

Just thinking aloud, myself... the three most critical decisions are
precisely "where", "when" and "how much". By precisely, I mean the exact
venue, exact dates, and pricing structure. There are two major impactors on
these decisions: general program structure and estimated number of
attendees. If we can reasonable place upper and lower bounds on both of
these impactors, we can narrow where and when.

>From what I gather from the first handful of comments about the Denver
proposal is that workshops are now seen as a more significant factor than
when we first assembled the proposal in December 2008. At that time, there
seemed to be an desire for an emphasis on the code sprint.

Fortunately, the "when" question isn't significantly impacted by workshops
vs. code sprint. The conference remains a similar number of days. Neither is
the "where" significantly impacted. However, the "how much" is to a great
extent. The workshops can be seen as a revenue source whereas the code
sprint is entirely an expense.

(FYI: that last sentence is what drove us to increase the code sprint as we
originally saw the main conference as a way to help pay for a really good
weekend of hacking)

Just some thoughts...

-Eric
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On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) <
tmitchell at osgeo.org> wrote:

> Just thinking out loud.. It is possible that some LOCs might see the
> programme
> as their primary task and really want to make it reflect their goals, while
> conference support companies take care of the many other local issues.
>
> I also wonder if the conf committee feels it has the time and ability to
> keep
> up top of these more time critical decisions.
>
> Tyler
>
> On May 27, 2010 01:54:37 pm Cameron Shorter wrote:
> > foss4g committee,
> >
> > At foss4g2009, there was talk that the international osgeo community
> > (led by the foss4g committee) should provide greater guidance on some of
> > the recurring themes of the conference, thus allowing to LOC to focus
> > more on local issues. I would have appreciated this greater guidance
> > when I was chair.
> >
> > I still think that the LOC chair should have the final say on decisions,
> > we the foss4g committee should decide what our preferred position is on
> > items such as program, workshops, code sprints, priority items to
> > include in budgets, etc.
> >
> > The first of these questions to come up is the program and workshops:
> > * I suggest that Jeff (as chair) or Eric (as foss4g chair) raise a
> > question for vote on these big ticket items, with Jeff making a call on
> > the recommendation, and Eric having final say as foss4g chair.
> > * These recommendations should be rolled into guidelines for future
> > conferences too.
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