[OSGeo-Conf] Extend 2017 proposal deadline?

[Robert Cheetham]

The Philadelphia team would welcome an additional week.

Robert

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On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 10:29 AM, <dmcilhagga at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:

> The Ottawa group would certainly feel we could bring forward a higher
> quality bid with the extra time, primarily due to FOSS4G having landed
> right in the middle of the response period.
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> To be honest, I think it's primarily in OSGeo's interest -- as better bids
> = better chance of a successful event in 2017.
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> Dave
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Michael Gerlek" <mpg at flaxen.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 10:11am
> To: "Andrew Ross" <andrew.ross at eclipse.org>
> Cc: "conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org" <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] Extend 2017 proposal deadline?
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> (I’d suggest the deadline be extended only be allowed if all three LOCs
> also agree to the extension.)
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> -mpg
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> > On Sep 25, 2015, at 10:08 AM, Andrew Ross <andrew.ross at eclipse.org>
> wrote:
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> > Hey Everyone,
> >
> > I observe that some people involved with bids for Ottawa, Philadelphia,
> and Boston were also involved with FOSS4G 2015 in Korea, FOSS4G NA 2016 in
> Raleigh, FedGeoDay in D.C., and other activities all within a couple of
> weeks. This is on top of their daily lives, day jobs, and family
> obligations.
> >
> > Would it be unreasonable to push the proposal deadline for 2017 to a
> slightly later date such as October 17th?
> >
> > The folks involved are some very active people in the community and it'd
> be a shame to needlessly push them towards burn out. There is plenty of
> time between now and 2017 to afford this small extension.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > A
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