[OSGeo-Conf] MOTION: let South-Korea advance to the second stage for FOSS4G 2015

[Jeff McKenna]

I feel the same Cameron.  I look back at FOSS4G Cape Town in 2008 as a
crucial part of the growth of Open Source geo across the globe; the
community there is still thriving and growing (I'll return there for the
3rd time this summer for FOSS).  The same will be said for FOSS4G in KR.
 Of course I speak from experience, having had boots on the ground this
year at their FOSS4G-KR event.  I've felt the passion of the OSGeo-KR
community myself.

Reminds me, I heard these same concerns for FOSS4G Sydney - and you and
your community's passion now are proof of the long lasting benefits of
such an event (one could argue a big part of the LiveDVD roots can be
traced back to the passion planted in 2009).

-jeff



On 2014-03-25, 8:17 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> +1
> I'd like to present a counter point to people who have raised concerns.
> 
> I acknowledge that an Asian conference will likely attract less
> attendees, especially  from US/Europe.
> However, I don't see that as a bad thing. US and Europe each have
> successful FOSS4G regional events every year. People from those
> countries won't miss out.
> 
> An Asian international FOSS4G event will provide the opportunity to
> consolidate regional Asian FOSS4G events.
> I also am reassured to see that South Korea has already held a local
> FOSS4G event, and as such has proven passion and experience in holding a
> FOSS4G event. And I see there being great value to be gained through
> other areas within Asia collaborating.
> 
> 
> On 25/03/14 02:21, Peter Batty wrote:
>> +1
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 4:53 AM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com
>> <mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I’m uneasy about having only one bidder and I have doubts about
>>     the location attracting good numbers from outside the region but
>>     if we want to spread the word outside of Europe and NA then these
>>     are risks we have to accept.
>>
>>     +1 from me
>>     ______
>>     Steven
>>
>>
>>     On 24 Mar 2014, at 07:47, Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at osgis.nl
>>     <mailto:bartvde at osgis.nl>> wrote:
>>
>>>     Hi all,
>>>
>>>     as announced last week, I’d like the conference committee to vote
>>>     on the following motion (please vote within 2 business days):
>>>
>>>     “Let South-Korea advance to the second stage (aka the bid
>>>     process) for the FOSS4G 2015 RFP."
>>>
>>>     Please vote. TIA.
>>>
>>>     Best regards,
>>>     Bart
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