[OSGeo-Conf] Extend 2017 proposal deadline?

[Andrew Ross]

Steven,

Wouldn't lazy consensus make sense here? Assume yes, unless someone speaks up with a good reason for no.

A

On September 25, 2015 5:35:09 PM EDT, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:
>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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