[OSGeo-Conf] Extend 2017 proposal deadline?

Tue Sep 29 09:25:25 PDT 2015

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
> With deferral or support from the three LOCs (assuming that Dave is
> speaking on behalf of Javed or Jerome for Ottawa), I declare the
> motion (modified to Oct 19th) passed with +1 support from committee
> members Steven, Helena, Peter, Cameron, Darrell, Venka, Thierry,
> David, and Vasile, as well as additional community support.
>
> I've updated http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp and
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2017_Bid_Process.  I've also

Please carefully proofread those pages and ensure that they are
correct and logical.  Are there other things that need updating?

Thanks, Eli

> arbitrarily extended the subsequent dates, feel free to bring a motion
> to reverse that if you want.  I think in subsequent years, the
> question period for Stage 1 could be shorter.
>
> Best regards, Eli
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 7:35 AM, Vasile Craciunescu
> <vasile at geo-spatial.org> wrote:
>> +1
>>
>> Vasile
>>
>> Sent from my mobile device
>>
>> On 28 Sep 2015, at 17:16, David William Bitner <bitner at dbspatial.com> wrote:
>>
>> +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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