[OSGeo-Conf] Motion Regarding FOSS4G-CEE Name

[Paul Ramsey]

+1

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> Motion: The OSGeo Conference Committee on behalf of OSGeo
> declares that it has no objection to the name FOSS4G-CEE being
> used for an open source geospatial conference in central and eastern
> europe organized by a group including Karel Charvat and Jachym
> Cepicky.
>
> +1 Frank
>
> ------
>
> Note, that I am not implying that OSGeo necessarily has or does not
> have a right to police the use of the FOSS4G name.
>
> I believe by normal OSGeo committee rules there should be two
> business days for the motion which means it won't close till around
> this time on Monday.  Anyone can express their opinion on the motion
> but only the votes from the committee literally count.  Jeff as chair can
> decide how to proceed if anyone on the committee veto's (ie. -1).  As
> chair he has latitude to extend things in an effort to reach consensus.
> I'm not sure that we have established standard rules for overriding a
> veto in OSGeo committees.
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