[OSGeo-Conf] Standing down as Conference Committee Chair

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Hi Steven,

Many thanks for all the effort you put in
Chairing the Conference Committee.

Look forward to your continued contributions
to the committee.

Best wishes,

Venka

On 12/22/2016 10:42 PM, Michael Terner wrote:
> Steven:
> An enormous +1 to all the deserved kudos that have been tossed your way.
> You have been both incredibly helpful to our team, and also inspiring in
> your leadership of the committee. We are truly sad to see you leave this
> post, but are gratified that you will remain on the committee and available
> for counsel.
>
> All the very best and hope to see you in Boston, if not sooner!
>
> MT
>
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 3:10 AM, Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Steven,
>>
>> To echo Till’s thoughts, many thanks for your time as the good captain of
>> the conference committee. May the FOSS be with you and live long and git
>> commit :)
>>
>> Happy new year and beers on me the next time we meet!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>> On 22 Dec 2016, at 10:32, till.adams at fossgis.de wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Steven,
>>>
>>> also from my side many thanks for your work in this committee but also
>> for being ready to help us for FOSS4G 2016 at any time!
>>> It is great to know, that you are not "gone", but only step back as our
>> chair.
>>>
>>> From me also congratulations on all the accomplishments although I think
>> it is still an open issue, that your move towards a more regulated
>> membership process in the ConfComm is still blocked by two uncommented "-1"
>> votes.
>>> But it's not up to you to clear that up, you invested enough energy on
>> that.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks again and best wishes for next year! Happy to meet you again (and
>> have a beer or two ;-))
>>>
>>>
>>> Till
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 2016-12-21 16:55, schrieb Steven Feldman:
>>>> Conference Committee
>>>>
>>>> Now that the FOSS4G 2018 selection process is complete it is time for
>>>> me to stand down as chair of the conference committee. I will remain a
>>>> member of the committee and continue to contribute wherever I can for
>>>> as long as I fulfil the eligibility criteria (whatever they may become
>>>> in the future) for membership.
>>>>
>>>> I took over from Eli when he needed to stand down and steered the
>>>> 2017 selection to a conclusion. In the last 18 months we managed to
>>>> formalise the basis for seed funding for FOSS4G’s by OSGeo and that
>>>> has assisted Bonn and Boston, we have updated and redrafted the RfP
>>>> process and documents to make it easier to use for future years and we
>>>> have evaluated and awarded 2018 to Dar es Salaam.
>>>>
>>>> I burnt a lot of energy (mine and yours) trying to introduce some
>>>> committee membership eligibility criteria and formalising our voting
>>>> processes. With hindsight that was probably misguided and I apologise
>>>> to you for that.
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure that the committee needs a chair. Our main task (if not
>>>> our only task) is to run the process to select the team to host the
>>>> global FOSS4G, we have a good process (recently updated) and a team of
>>>> past chairs who know what to look for and are willing to commit time
>>>> to diligently review LoI’s and proposals. A volunteer can put their
>>>> hand up to steer the process when the time comes round to start the
>>>> 2019 selection, until then I expect we will be pretty much in
>>>> hibernation except for answering questions from the 2017 and 2018
>>>> teams (and we don’t need a chair for that). Of course, it is up to the
>>>> committee members to decide whether they wish to elect a new chair.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to all of you for your contributions to the committee whilst I
>>>> have been chair.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes to you and yours for the holiday season and may 2017 be
>>>> filled with FOSS4G goodness
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ______
>>>> Steven
>>>>
>>>>
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