[OSGeo-Conf] Event rotation

[Daniel Ames]

I think it is important not only for the bidders but also (perhaps more
importantly) for the broader community to maintain a somewhat predictable
rotation.  It's useful to remember that a lot (most?) users are attracted to
FOSS because of financial reasons. Hence if FOSS4g is a "user conference"
then it probably needs to move around to where the users are.

- Dan
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Daniel P. Ames Ph.D.
Idaho State University Dept. of Geosciences
dan.ames at isu.edu
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On Jul 12, 2011 7:36 AM, "Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)" <bartvde at osgis.nl>
wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2011-07-12, at 1:39 AM, Paul Ramsey wrote:
>>
>>> 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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