[OSGeo-Conf] [Board] FOSS4G Discount for Charter Members proposal

[Daniel Kastl]

Hi Andrew,

And I would like to ask, if Eclipse Foundation staff would be able to run a
conference some other place than Europe or North America. Because I looked
at the past EclipseCon conference locations, and I couldn't find any other
conference location than in Europe or North America.

Thanks,
Daniel



On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at osgis.nl>
wrote:

> Hey Andrew,
>
> in the case where the Eclipse Foundation staff would run the FOSS4G event,
> would OSGeo still issue the RFP? Or would this be done by the Eclipse
> Foundation instead?
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
> On 28 Aug 2014, at 15:09, Andrew Ross <andrew.ross at eclipse.org> wrote:
>
> > Cameron,
> >
> > I'd like to start (continue?) the discussion by simply offering to have
> the Eclipse Foundation staff run a regular event on behalf of the FOSS4G
> community (including OSGeo projects, LocationTech projects, & many other
> related organizations and unaffiliated projects) similar to what we
> proposed for Washington D.C.. It was a detailed proposal so perhaps a good
> place to start with and frame the discussion. Unless I'm mistaken, much of
> it may be quite acceptable and help us narrow what could be an overwhelming
> discussion down to a few key areas. Is this reasonable?
> >
> > For what it's worth, I'm definitely open minded if there's a better
> approach.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On 27/08/14 16:54, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> >> All good ideas.
> >> Anyone up for consolidating ideas into a proposal, then obtain
> agreement from the conference committee?
> >> A start has been made at:
> >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook
> >> In particular:
> >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook#Editing_this_document
> >>
> >> It still requires some integration with the FOSS4G RFP
> >>
> >>
> >> On 27/08/2014 3:54 am, Andrew Ross wrote:
> >>> Thanks for the clarification Peter. For what it's worth, I agree that
> a clearly defined mechanism makes a lot of sense.
> >>>
> >>> On 26/08/14 12:08, Peter Baumann wrote:
> >>>> sorry, folks, that was not intended to go into this thread but
> another one. Now I see I have not been fast enough with ESC.
> >>>>
> >>>> OK, another attempt to say something meaningful:
> >>>> OSGeo might license its brand to conferences, and this allows them to
> send invoices even to universities. Secures OSGeo a fixed income, allowing
> LOCs to plan ahead.
> >>>>
> >>>> -Peter
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 08/26/2014 05:42 PM, Andrew Ross wrote:
> >>>>> Sorry Peter, I'm not sure I understand your comment?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 26/08/14 11:22, Peter Baumann wrote:
> >>>>>> so back with universities :)
> >>>>>> -Peter
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 08/26/2014 05:16 PM, Andrew Ross wrote:
> >>>>>>> Very good point.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> A not-for-profit organizer may be a significant benefit and
> simplify things quite a bit.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> A bunch more legal/fiscal issues emerge when you run events and
> have to handle and transfer funds internationally. The number of
> organizations who can handle this is fairly limited and those that do so
> for a reasonable fee even more so. Continuity helps make it worthwhile to
> figure this out in the first place and stay on top of it as things change
> over time.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 26/08/14 10:59, Darrell Fuhriman wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Amen. We burned at least two months, maybe three, working that
> out.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I think it’s actually really funny that the first piece of advice
> given to the LOC by OSGeo is “Find a conference organizer to help you.”
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> If that’s the first piece of advice, then it seems pretty clear
> to me that OSGeo should just have a conference organizer on contract. The
> benefits of continuity from year to year would be enormous.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> d.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Aug 26, 2014, at 07:54, David William Bitner <
> bitner at dbspatial.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> And none of this even discusses the hassles that a grass roots
> organizing group has with finding an entity to act as a fiscal agent (aka
> deal with the money).
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >
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