[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2017 host city selection result

Fri Nov 20 04:17:57 PST 2015

Good point ;-)

2015-11-20 12:06 GMT+01:00 <till.adams at fossgis.de>:

> Hi ConfComm!
>
> Perhaps we just need the rule, that Conf-Committee's voting-result
> shouldn't be released to the public before the board approved
> Conf-Committee's choice.
> If this rule is cleary comunicated to the bidder-teams all is fine.
>
> Till
>
>
>
> Am 2015-11-20 11:36, schrieb Massimiliano Cannata:
>
>> Eli,
>> I dont think the board has to put any veto on any proposal *before*.
>>
>> This is the job of the Conference Committee to identify possible
>> blocks and propose probably instead of a winner,
>>
>> As a board member I didnt feel "in a corner with non choice":
>> Ive always thought that I (and the board after discussion) can give a
>> -1 to the proposed selection and ask the Conf Com to propose another
>> one.
>> Maybe having right away a rank of the proposals with recommendations
>> could speed up so that the board could decide to select the first or
>> for any reason the next one.
>>
>> Maxi
>>
>> 2015-11-20 2:08 GMT+01:00 Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us [7]>:
>>
>> Sanghee, thanks for stepping in and completing this process.
>>>
>>> Also thanks to MPG for his earlier effort.  I like his method of
>>> ensuring that the conference committee makes a clear recommendation
>>> and there are no ties [0]
>>>
>>> Also thanks to Steven, Cameron, and anyone else who helped review
>>> the
>>> timeline, RFP, facilitate discussion, participate in discussion, or
>>> other aspects of this.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 4:56 AM, Michael Terner <mgt at appgeo.com
>>> [1]> wrote:
>>> > Jeff:
>>> > YES, understood about the need for Board approval. Apologies for
>>> the twitter
>>> > exuberance; as you know it was a long and strenuous process and
>>> we were
>>> > relieved and joyful to get the Selection Committees endorsement.
>>> As
>>> > appropriate, I am happy to clarify by twitter that weve received
>>> the
>>> > "selection committee recommendation" and await "board approval."
>>>
>>> Congrats Michael and the Boston LOC!  The committee recommendation
>>> is
>>> an accomplishment.
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Thanks again, and apologies for the premature announcement.
>>> >
>>> > MT
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 7:32 AM, Jeff McKenna
>>> > <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com [2]> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> An early congratulations to Michael and the entire BLOC.  Of
>>> course also
>>> >> thank you to the entire Ottawa and Philadelphia teams for their
>>> hard work
>>> >> throughout this long process.
>>>
>>> Thanks to Ottawa and Philadelphia for great bids.  Im glad that we
>>> have to choose between multiple great options rather than
>>> reluctantly
>>> selecting a dubious option.
>>>
>>> >>
>>> >> Michael please note that this is actually a "recommendation" to
>>> the OSGeo
>>> >> Board, who will now have to approve this at the board level.  I
>>> will likely
>>> >> allow board members to discuss this internally through a voice
>>> call in the
>>> >> next few days as well.  Please hold off on any public
>>> announcements
>>> >> (although unfortunately I see many twitter messages already).
>>>
>>> Ive tried several times to suggest that our current system is
>>> broken
>>> [1] or maybe not broken but could be improved.  In my opinion, our
>>> process is such that the Conference Committee has painted the Board
>>> into a corner with no choice but to approve Boston.  That is fine
>>> since Boston is a great proposal.  In the event that in the future
>>> the
>>> Board does have reason to reject a bid, doing so *before* the
>>> Conference Committee makes a recommendation seems to make way more
>>> sense than *after*.
>>>
>>> Does anyone else think that our current system is structured for
>>> maximum difficulty and negative consequences should the Board have
>>> to
>>> reject a bid?  If so, any other ideas of ways to improve it?
>>>
>>> Best regards, Eli
>>>
>>> >>
>>> >> Sanghee thank you for stepping into manage the final vote, as I
>>> know very
>>> >> well it is a very important position, with more details to
>>> consider than
>>> >> most realize.  You handled it well.  And lets not forget the
>>> thankless work
>>> >> that Eli did to get all this rolling, it is an absolute
>>> thankless position
>>> >> that many criticize but few volunteer to do, and I appreciate
>>> all of Elis
>>> >> work through this process.
>>> >>
>>> >> Talk soon,
>>> >>
>>> >> -jeff
>>> >>
>>>
>>> [0]
>>>
>>>
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2015-June/003078.html
>>
>>> [3]
>>> [1]
>>>
>>>
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2014-February/002457.html
>>
>>> [4]
>>>
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>>
>> --
>>
>> MASSIMILIANO CANNATA
>>
>> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
>>
>> Responsabile settore Geomatica
>>
>> Istituto scienze della Terra
>>
>> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
>>
>> Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
>>
>> Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio
>>
>> Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14
>>
>> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09
>>
>> massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch [8]
>>
>> www.supsi.ch/ist [9]
>>
>> Links:
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>> [1] mailto:mgt at appgeo.com
>> [2] mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>> [3]
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2015-June/003078.html
>> [4]
>>
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2014-February/002457.html
>> [5] mailto:Conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>> [6] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev
>> [7] mailto:eadam at co.lincoln.or.us
>> [8] mailto:massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch
>> [9] http://www.supsi.ch/ist
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