[OSGeo-Conf] Fwd: FOSS4G North America selection process

[Cameron Shorter]

Andrew, I've added some review comments.
Good to see you thinking about how to integrate with an international 
foss4g process. I expect there to be a lot that foss4g-na can contribute 
back to international foss4g processes.

On 24/04/2015 11:10 pm, Andrew Ross wrote:
> Dear Everyone,
>
> I wanted to reach out to make sure you have an opportunity to 
> participate & provide feedback on the proposed FOSS4G NA governance. 
> (see below)
>
> Also, and very important, I would like to initiate a discussion about 
> how we might mesh the process when FOSS4G Global comes to North 
> America. If you would, please have a look and share your thoughts, 
> we'd be grateful. Thank you in advance.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Andrew
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: 	FOSS4G North America selection process
> Date: 	Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:37:19 -0400
> From: 	Andrew Ross <andrew.ross at eclipse.org>
> Organisation: 	Eclipse Foundation
> To: 	OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>, Location IWG 
> <location-iwg at locationtech.org>
>
>
>
> Dear Everyone,
>
> (x-posted to OSGeo & LocationTech discussion lists, please fwd to all 
> interested parties)
>
> As a fairly new conference, FOSS4G North America has lacked a formal 
> selection process in terms of how to select which city/venue, who was 
> organizing, and more. Until now...
>
> A team of concerned people from the community including many past 
> chairs of North American FOSS4G events have collaborated to draft a 
> proposal for how FOSS4G North America will be governed.
>
> On behalf of the team, we would like to invite you to review the draft 
> and participate in the process. The review period will last until 
> April 29th. After which, we will enact the process for FOSS4G NA 2016.
>
> The governance document is available publicly here 
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WlgmJgtl0LaV0EO0NtDDSnloTgsIvxu9KwddPDwX1WU/edit#>. 
> Anyone can comment. All discussion takes place via. a Google group 
> here <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/foss4gna_selection>.
>
> A brief summary is as follows:
>
> The city & venue selection process will be conducted by a committee 
> consisting of:
>
>   * The 3 most recent FOSS4G NA chairs
>   * One appointed representative from OSGeo
>   * One appointed representative from LocationTech
>
> The committee will select the next conference location factoring their 
> votes, plus votes from attendees & sponsors from the previous 
> conference. The same committee will also select the organization to 
> run the logistics for the conference. The conference chair will be 
> elected at the previous conference by conference attendees.
>
> If you're interested, please do join the Google group to discuss and 
> participate. Thanks in advance.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
>
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