[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2014 RFP Vote

[Paul Ramsey]

Yep, I was wrong (and your vote was counted). Sorry about that.

P

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Helena Mitasova <hmitaso at ncsu.edu> wrote:
> Paul,
>
> just a small correction to your statement that none of the voters except for
> Peter is in NA -
> I assume that my vote was counted and I live in North America and I am US
> citizen  and I have been to conferences in both Portland and Washington DC.
> This of course does not change anything.
>
> Helena
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
> wrote:
>>
>> All,
>>
>> You will, like me, be displeased to hear that voting results are
>>
>> 3 - Abstain
>> 5 - DC
>> 5 - Portland
>>
>> Some random notes:
>>
>> * Mark and Arnulf also voted (hi guys!) even though they aren't on the
>> committee [1], so their votes aren't counted (and they cancelled each
>> other out in any event).
>>
>> * The three abstentions are all due to members participating in the DC
>> event or (me) declaring a perceived conflict of interest wrt DC.
>>
>> * With the exception of Peter, none of the voters is actually in North
>> America! (Well, actually Gavin *is* in NA right now, but on a trip.
>> And Peter is actually in the UK right now. And he's British. We live
>> in an odd world.)
>>
>> * A few of the voters indicated that while the proposals were both
>> very good they preferred the relative international ease of access of
>> DC. (see above)
>>
>> * One voter, while voting for DC, suggested that Portland be given the
>> next NA event.
>>
>> I'm going to let anarchy reign for one day, and then tell you all
>> what's next after some discussion with the board, who are the final
>> arbiters in these matters in any event.
>>
>> P.
>>
>>
>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee
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