[OSGeo-Conf] Extend 2017 proposal deadline?

[Steven Feldman]

With respect Andrew it is for the committee not the bidders to decide whether to delay the deadline for FOSS4G 2017 proposals until 17th October

I'll  start the voting with a +1

Steven 


> On 25 Sep 2015, at 22:30, Andrew Ross <andrew.ross at eclipse.org> wrote:
> 
> Thank you Robert, Michael, & Dave.
> 
> If anyone is opposed, please speak up in the next 24 hours otherwise we'll call it lazy consensus and make-it-so. The committee should not need to vote on something so trivial. No one has argued against the extension.
> 
> And thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts.
> 
> A
> 
>> On 25/09/15 17:12, Robert Cheetham wrote:
>> The Philadelphia team would welcome an additional week.
>> 
>> Robert
>> 
>> ------------------
>> 
>>> 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.
>>>  
>>> To be honest, I think it's primarily in OSGeo's interest -- as better bids = better chance of a successful event in 2017.
>>>  
>>> Dave
>>>  
>>>  
>>> -----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?
>>> 
>>> (I’d suggest the deadline be extended only be allowed if all three LOCs also agree to the extension.)
>>> 
>>> -mpg
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> > On Sep 25, 2015, at 10:08 AM, Andrew Ross <andrew.ross at eclipse.org> wrote:
>>> > 
>>> > 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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