[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G rotation - proposal and vote

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

On 2013/04/22 7:04, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:
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(with amendment in wording)

venka

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> On 04/21/2013 12:51 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> OSGeo Conference committee:
>>
>> I trust that there has been sufficient time for anyone with an
>> opinion regarding foss4g rotation to air it, and I'd like propose a
>> vote in order to test/confirm that we have reached a rough
>> consensus.
>>
>> I propose that the international FOSS4G rotation policy be defined
>> as per: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Cookbook#City_Selection
>>
>> (text copied below) The regions FOSS4G rotates through are:
>>
>> Europe North America Outside EU or NA
>>
>> This is caveatted by the OSGeo Conference committee feeling
>> confident that the proposed city/region will attract the majority
>> of the international FOSS4G audience.
>>
>> So our rotation policy is:
>>
>> Strong preference is given to the region which hasn't had FOSS4G
>> for 2 years We next consider the region which had FOSS4G 2 years
>> ago Only as a last resort would we consider a region which had
>> FOSS4G last year
>>
>> ------------ Could all current conference committee members please
>> vote. Past member votes would also be welcomed.
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members
>>
>> Current Members
>>
>> Thierry Badard Lorenzo Becchi Peter Batty Gavin Fleming Dave
>> McIlhagga Helena Mitasova Claude Philipona Venkatesh Raghavan Paul
>> Ramsey Cameron Shorter
>>
>> Past Members
>>
>> Allan Doyle Olivier Ertz Alain Grignon Luc Maurer Daniel Rappo Dave
>> Patton Rafael Medeiros Sperb Jeff McKenna Arnulf Christl Markus
>> Neteler Frank Warmerdam Steve Lime
>>
>> On 13/04/13 07:24, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>> In the last board meeting, the question was raised about global
>>> FOSS4G rotation.
>>>
>>> we currently have a 3 way rotation policy: Europe 2013 / North
>>> America 2014 / Rest of world 2015
>>>
>>> It has been suggested that we should revisit this rotation
>>> policy, and consider:
>>>
>>> Europe / North America / Europe / North America
>>>
>>> Reasons: * Previous global FOSS4G events have attracted more
>>> people and been more lucrative in Europe / North America *
>>> Europe/North America could be argued to be less financially
>>> risky. Our one cancelled FOSS4G was in China in 2012. * FOSS4G
>>> (global and regional) events traditionally draw half their
>>> attendance from the local region. Europe and North America both
>>> have large populations with established OSGeo communities.
>>>
>>> I'm in favour of continuing our current 3 way rotation, on the
>>> proviso that there are proven OSGeo communities outside of
>>> NA/Europe. By proven, I'd suggest that we would consider regions
>>> which have already successfully staged a FOSS4G regional event
>>> (or similar) and who can put together a compelling justification
>>> that they can attract comparable attendees and sponsors to
>>> Europe/North America.
>>>
>>> Looking at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History I see
>>> that there have previously been regional FOSS4G events in:
>>> Argentina India Korea Malaysia Japan
>>>
>>> So for 2015, I'd suggest that our FOSS4G pre qualification
>>> should invite responses from "rest of the world" and Europe, but
>>> we should give a preference to "rest of world" assuming they can
>>> provide a compelling proposal which is likely to attract similar
>>> success to past European and North American conferences.
>>>
>>> Generalising the rule. Our rotation policy should be:
>>>
>>> * We give a strong preference to a region which hasn't had FOSS4G
>>> for 2 years * We next consider the region which had FOSS4G 2
>>> years ago * Only as a last resort would we consider a region
>>> which had FOSS4G last year
>>>
>>> Regions are considered as: Europe / North America / Other
>>> locations
>>>
>>
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