[OSGeo-Conf] Analysing the downfall of FOSS4G 2011

[Frank Warmerdam]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com> wrote:
> Personally I think the most important thing the conf team and board should
> jointly be deciding on right now is how, or if, OSGeo can financially
> support two or more events. David Bitner and Steven Feldman have both asked
> this question a couple of times and it seems to have got lost in the noise.

Folks,

For what it's worth I am comfortable with OSGeo providing the financial
backstop role to two or more events as long as they aren't wildly ambitious
in scale.

I do share Jeff's concern that we have limited volunteer resources
at the board and conf. committee level.  For this reason I continue
to feel we should be supporting events with a strong local volunteer
group carrying the heavy work.

Best regards,
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