[OSGeo-Conf] Extend 2017 proposal deadline?

[Peter Batty]

I am in favor of granting the extension, and all three teams have now said
they are okay with it. I think it's in our interests to get the best
information possible from the teams in order to make an informed decision.

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Robert Cheetham <cheetham at azavea.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> To be honest, I think it's primarily in OSGeo's interest -- as better
>> bids = better chance of a successful event in 2017.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> (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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