[OSGeo-Conf] Motion Regarding FOSS4G-CEE Name

[Cameron Shorter]

Daniel, well reasoned. You have convinced me to switch my vote to +1.

On 08/10/2011 5:51 AM, "Dave McIlhagga" <dmcilhagga at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:

> +1 from me on this as well.
>
> I was somewhat indifferent to this until I considered the reality that if
> there's enough demand for local open source geospatial conferences -- they
> will happen regardless of the brand that's attached. The opportunity to
> share the branding then brings these events (including the international
> event) closer. One side effect of this - with more local events comes more
> people interacting with OSGeo and the FOSS4G brand. That should broaden the
> pool of potential attendees for the International FOSS4G Event.
>
> Dave
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> On 2011-10-07, at 10:28 AM, Peter Batty wrote:
>
> I am not quite sure if I am officially on the conference committee yet, but
> I vote +1 if I have a vote.
>
> I recognize the concerns over potentially diluting the global FOSS4G, but
> the reality is that that great majority of people don't have the opportunity
> to travel to the other side of the world to attend a FOSS4G event (I will
> publish more numbers on this shortly, but in all cases so far, a substantial
> majority of attendees at every global event has been from the continent
> hosting the event). I think that expanding local and regional events allows
> many more people to get the benefits of attending an open source geospatial
> conference, and I think that is what OSGeo should be about. I think it's
> better to have one name for these events, that helps all of them build on
> the success of others. There is already a well established precedent for
> using the name FOSS4G for local events, with the Japanese event. We can
> still clearly indicate that a given event is the designated global FOSS4G or
> a regional event.
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:19 AM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> On 7/10/2011 4:57 AM, Frank Warmerdam 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.
>>>
>>
>> -0 (based on Jeff's comment that local foss4g events will cause confusion
>> in the market place). However, I do suggest that we encourage local
>> conferences to select a common name and encourage re-use of similar
>> guidelines. Maybe osgeo-conf-cee, osgeo-conf-japan, ... with url:
>> http://2011.cee.conf.osgeo.org
>> Note, I don't feel strongly about my comments and don't want it to block
>> this motion if the majority of people support it.
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
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