[OSGeo-Conf] Extend 2017 proposal deadline?

Thierry Badard Thierry.Badard at scg.ulaval.ca
Mon Sep 28 06:52:35 PDT 2015


+1 for deadline extension.

Regards,

Th.

Le 15-09-25 19:40, Venkatesh Raghavan a écrit :
> +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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