[OSGeo-Conf] Tweaked conference committee processes

[David William Bitner]

+1, great job with the compromises!

On Dec 26, 2016 6:28 PM, "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Conference committee,
>
> Maria, Venka, Steven, Eli and I have revisited the proposed conference
> committee processes, addressing previous concerns from Maria and Venka.
> After some adjustments, we are all now happy with the text [1].
>
> Could all please run your eyes over this and comment on whether you think
> it is ok, or whether you think there is something extra needing to be
> changed.
>
> Once we have heard from the majority of the committee (preferably all),
> and any comments raised have been addressed, I'll start a motion as a
> separate email thread to finalise these processes. I'll leave up to 2
> weeks, till 10 Jan for people to comment).
>
> The changes include:
>
> * There is no set number of people on the committee, just a requirement
> that global FOSS4G chairs/co-chairs make up more than 50% of the committee.
>
> * Major decisions will have a minimum of 1 week for people to vote to try
> and ensure there is sufficient time for most (if not all) committee members
> to vote.
>
> * A number of other minor tweaks to the text.
>
> Note: We currently have 11 global foss4g chair/co-chairs on the conference
> committee. Based on proposed rules, we have space for 10 more people on the
> committee (totaling 21). We currently have 16 members [2] listed.
>
> Jeroen, Helena, you both recently volunteered to step down from the
> committee. I'm hopeful that you might reconsider and rejoin.
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee_Policy_Disc
> ussions#Motion_3:_adjusted_based_on_feedback_by_Cameron_Shorter
>
> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members
>
>
>
>
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