[OSGeo-Conf] Extend 2017 proposal deadline?

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

+1 for extended deadline.

Venka

On 2015/09/26 8:13, Peter Batty wrote:
> And a +1 from me just in case. I think it may be easier just to have a
> vote, we will probably spend more time discussing whether "lazy consensus"
> is okay than it will take to get sufficient votes :). We have 3 already,
> plus an implicit one from Helena.
>
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 3:35 PM, 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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