[OSGeo-Conf] Event rotation

[Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)]

I fully agree with Dave here.

Best regards,
Bart

> Hold on -- is that really fair? We established a process here so that
> local groups could plan accordingly with full expectation that we will be
> in Europe for 2013. Why are we penalizing groups that are doing the hard
> work to plan a bid for 2013? by changing the rules on the fly, we provide
> no predictability, lose credibility, and will certainly reduce the quality
> of bids in the future.
>
> We setup a process -- the reality was that there were no LOIs by the
> deadline for non-EUR/NA, and we're following our own established and
> publicized rules to go to the next stage.
>
> Please consider the ramifications of the changes you are suggesting --
> they aren't insignificant.
>
> Dave
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> On 2011-07-12, at 1:39 AM, Paul Ramsey wrote:
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>> Agreed. We should probably give not-EUR/NA another chance, then move
>> back to NA.
>> P.
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Cameron Shorter
>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Jeff, I think that Tyler's question is very important.
>>> If Europe is selected for 2012, then I think Europe should not be
>>> selected
>>> for 2013.
>>>
>>> On 12/07/11 10:11, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Tyler,
>>>>
>>>> I'd prefer to wait to discuss 2013 until the committee has the 2012
>>>> decision (I'd like 2012 to take the priority of the committee's time
>>>> now).
>>>>
>>>> -jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11-07-11 6:33 PM, Tyler Mitchell wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Just curious if the committee has thought about what the 2013 bid
>>>>> target
>>>>> region would look like if one of the European bids are selected, or
>>>>> if the
>>>>> planned rotation will be taken into consideration this year or not.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was talking to a handful of potential Euro. (and non-Euro) bidders
>>>>> who
>>>>> were holding out for 2013 since 2012 wasn't expected to be in their
>>>>> region,
>>>>> yet they weren't ready/able as a "backup" for this round.
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess putting it the other way, if Vietnam is not chosen, will the
>>>>> rotation just act as if the planned region was skipped?  Probably
>>>>> making a
>>>>> mountain out of a molehill, but had to ask.
>>>>>
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