[OSGeo-Conf] Extend 2017 proposal deadline?

Mon Sep 28 07:16:37 PDT 2015

+1 to the extension deadline

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Thierry Badard <
Thierry.Badard at scg.ulaval.ca> wrote:

> +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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