[OSGeo-Conf] Fwd: Time to decide on FOSS4G NA 2017
Jérôme St-Louis
jerome at ecere.com
Thu Feb 18 12:53:02 PST 2016
I'm sure the Ottawa OSGeo and overall Ottawa geo-spatial community would
be delighted to host FOSS4G NA 2017 in spring, coinciding with the
celebrations in Ottawa for Canada's 150th anniversary.
On 2016-02-18 3:36 PM, David William Bitner wrote:
> The email is to spur starting a discussion to get community input into
> whether to have an NA specific regional event in Spring 2017 in
> addition to the international FOSS4G in BOS in the fall.
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Guido Stein <guido at guidostein.com
> <mailto:guido at guidostein.com>> wrote:
>
> Other than today's announcement, I don't see any posts in the NA
> google group since December. I am confused to what discussion
> Andrea is referring to in her email?
>
>
> -Guido
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 2:37 PM David William Bitner
> <bitner at dbspatial.com <mailto:bitner at dbspatial.com>> wrote:
>
> If any folks from the OSGeo Conference Committee have thoughts
> or concerns on this, I'd love to hear them on FOSS4G NA
> selection mailing list
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/foss4gna_selection>.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Andrea Ross* <fosslc at gmail.com <mailto:fosslc at gmail.com>>
> Date: Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 1:32 PM
> Subject: Time to decide on FOSS4G NA 2017
> To: "foss4gna_selection at googlegroups.com
> <mailto:foss4gna_selection at googlegroups.com>"
> <foss4gna_selection at googlegroups.com
> <mailto:foss4gna_selection at googlegroups.com>>
>
>
> Dear Everyone,
>
> As many of you know, FOSS4G NA is an important annual
> conference for a number of communities, projects, and
> initiatives. OSGeo & LocationTech are two of the well known
> Foundations participating, but FOSS4G NA spans well beyond both.
>
> In 2015, a number of people participated in crafting
> governance for FOSS4G NA
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WlgmJgtl0LaV0EO0NtDDSnloTgsIvxu9KwddPDwX1WU/edit>.
> Following that governance, the core committee (see below), is
> working on making a decision regarding FOSS4G NA 2017.
>
> The key decision for the short term is whether FOSS4G NA 2017
> should be held in 2017. FOSS4G Global will be held in Boston
> in late August (IIRC), so the decision is not as simple as it
> would have otherwise been.
>
> Discussion is taking place on the FOSS4G NA selection mailing
> list
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/foss4gna_selection>. All
> are invited to participate.
>
> For context:
>
> * FOSS4G NA has grown into a good sized conference in its
> own right, and keeps growing. The next one is taking place
> May 2-5, 2016 in Raleigh North Carolina
> <https://2016.foss4g-na.org/>. FOSS4G NA has done some
> things differently than global such as free passes for
> speakers, registration discounts for committers, and and more.
> * In other regions, the regional conferences have run in the
> same year as FOSS4G Global with no serious issues noted.
> It is likely FOSS4G NA could run anywhere other than the
> North-eastern United states, and both it and FOSS4G Global
> in Boston would succeed.
> * A few groups have expressed some interest in FOSS4G NA
> 2017 being hosted in their region including San Francisco
> and Ottawa. It is now time to decide if we proceed with NA
> 2017, or not.
>
>
> As per the FOSS4G NA governance
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WlgmJgtl0LaV0EO0NtDDSnloTgsIvxu9KwddPDwX1WU/edit#>,
> the committee consists of:
>
> * 3 past chairs of FOSS4G NA (Currently: Eddie Pickle, David
> Bitner, Rob Emanuele)
> * 1 representative for OSGeo (Currently: Mark Lucas)
> * 1 representative for LocationTech (Currently: Jim Hughes)
>
> Sarah Cordivano (chair 2016), will soon join the FOSS4G NA
> core committee as Eddie Pickle (chair 2012) retires from it.
>
> For those interested, the kinds of things the committee is
> looking for in a place to host FOSS4G NA are:
>
> * Good flight links nationally.
> * Appropriate sized venue (500-700 people).
> * A choice of accommodations at various price points.
> * Economical price point for the conference venue.
> * Active community in the region.
> * Downtown location near many points of interest is a big plus
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Andrea
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