[OSGeo-Conf] Time to decide on FOSS4G NA 2017

Fri Feb 19 04:07:26 PST 2016

Steven & Venka:
Thanks for your interest in hearing from the Boston team. I am currently
out of the country on school break with my family but I have heard this
news from a variety of parties including members of our BLOC committee, and
I have caught up with all posts to this thread. Our team is conferring and
we will have a longer, more formal post no later than next Monday.

That said, I can share the following:

   - We were extremely surprised to get this news as it goes against the
   NA/Global precedent that has been in place since Denver in 2010; and there
   was no previous chatter about the idea on the North American list.
   - We are definitely opposed to having a FOSS4GNA event earlier in 2017.
   We cannot help but believe there will be people and sponsors who must
   choose one event at the expense of the other, and both events would be
   weaker for that.

Again, we will share our fuller thoughts and assessment no later than
Monday and we thank you all for the attention that is being given to this
proposal and issue.

Sincerely,

MT & the BLOC

PS: This will be co-posted this to the North American list as well.

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 4:42 AM, <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:

> Hi Steven,
>
> that hits the point very well!
> I think at least a coordination of FOSS4G and the continental conferences
> such as -EU or -NA makes sense.
> Not only regarding whether there is one in the same region as the main
> FOSS4G event, but also about the time slots they take place.
> For this, the early allocation of FOSS4G, as it is practised now, really
> helps.
>
> I won't touch the local chapter conferences, as there are too much and
> that'll mean to much loss of freedom of the local chapters.
> I think it's their own interest not to compete with the "major"
> conferences ;-9
>
> Till
>
>
>
>
>
> Am 2016-02-19 09:24, schrieb Steven Feldman:
>
>> This discussion highlights (once again) the lack of control that OSGeo
>> has over the use of the FOSS4G branding and the scheduling of events.
>> Do we need to re-evaluate?
>>
>> Steven
>>
>> On 19 Feb 2016, at 04:07, Helena Mitasova <hmitaso at ncsu.edu [36]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I agree with Steven as well, I believe it would be better to have
>>> just one FOSS4G conference in US in 2017.
>>>
>>> Helena
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 10:07 PM, 신상희 <shshin at gaia3d.com [30]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I agree with Steven’s view also.
>>>>
>>>> I couldn’t recall the case that we run the regional and global
>>>> event at the same year in the same region. As Venka mentioned,
>>>> last year’s FOSS4G Asia was merged to FOSS4G Seoul and we’ll
>>>> not have FOSS4G Europe this year to promote FOSS4G Bonn more
>>>> successfully.
>>>>
>>>> Usually more than two-third FOSS4G attendees are from the same
>>>> region. If we have FOSS4G NA in Spring and International FOSS4G in
>>>> Summer, there could be possible cannibalisation. I'm concerned
>>>> about that.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> 신상희
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> Shin, Sanghee
>>>>
>>>> Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company
>>>>
>>>> http://www.gaia3d.com [26]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2016-02-19 10:46 GMT+09:00 Venka <venka.osgeo at gmail.com [27]>:
>>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree with the views expressed by Steven.
>>>>> More comments below.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2/19/2016 8:09 AM, Steven Feldman wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> A NA regional event and a global event in the same year could
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> different. It may be possible to differentiate the appeal of
>>>>>> the 2
>>>>>> events to different audiences but I would need convincing on
>>>>>> this. I
>>>>>> know that we have a global event in Europe this year and the
>>>>>> community has chosen not to run a regional event in the same
>>>>>> year
>>>>>> (there will be a couple of much smaller country level
>>>>>> events).
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In 2015, the Asian community also chose not to run the
>>>>> FOSS4G-Asia regional event.
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps the Boston team should be asked for their opinions and
>>>>>> at the
>>>>>> very least they should rework their budget to take account of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> potential reduction in sponsorship and delegates that could
>>>>>> result?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> +1 to consulting the Boston team and if possible, also asking
>>>>> FOSS4G and FOSS4G-NA attendees/sponsors (past and 2016) to find
>>>>> out if many would consider attending/sponsoring both events if
>>>>> they are organized in the same year.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>>
>>>>> Venka
>>>>>
>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/optout
>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout [24]>.
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Helena Mitasova
>>>
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>>> Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
>>> North Carolina State University
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>>> Raleigh, NC 27695-8208
>>> http://www4.ncsu.edu/~hmitaso/ [31]
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>>>
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>>
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1] mailto:bitner at dbspatial.com
>> [2] https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/foss4gna_selection
>> [3] mailto:fosslc at gmail.com
>> [4] mailto:fosslc at gmail.com
>> [5] mailto:foss4gna_selection at googlegroups.com
>> [6] mailto:foss4gna_selection at googlegroups.com
>> [7] mailto:foss4gna_selection at googlegroups.com
>> [8] mailto:foss4gna_selection at googlegroups.com
>> [9]
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WlgmJgtl0LaV0EO0NtDDSnloTgsIvxu9KwddPDwX1WU/edit
>> [10] https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/foss4gna_selection
>> [11] https://2016.foss4g-na.org/
>> [12]
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WlgmJgtl0LaV0EO0NtDDSnloTgsIvxu9KwddPDwX1WU/edit#
>> [13] mailto:foss4gna_selection%2Bunsubscribe at googlegroups.com
>> [14] mailto:foss4gna_selection%2Bunsubscribe at googlegroups.com
>> [15] mailto:foss4gna_selection at googlegroups.com
>> [16] mailto:foss4gna_selection at googlegroups.com
>> [17]
>>
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/foss4gna_selection/CAPZBXq%3DgBiXBC_EFH%2Bbn765fCG9U_%2BDSx6BOD-ycT8Bz%3DmoymA%40mail.gmail.com
>> [18]
>>
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/foss4gna_selection/CAPZBXq%3DgBiXBC_EFH%2Bbn765fCG9U_%2BDSx6BOD-ycT8Bz%3DmoymA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
>> [19] http://www.fossgis.de/tel:612-424-9932
>> [20] mailto:Conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>> [21] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev
>> [22] mailto:Conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>> [23] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev
>> [24] https://groups.google.com/d/optout
>> [25] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev
>> [26] http://www.gaia3d.com/
>> [27] mailto:venka.osgeo at gmail.com
>> [28] mailto:Conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>> [29] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev
>> [30] mailto:shshin at gaia3d.com
>> [31] http://www4.ncsu.edu/~hmitaso/
>> [32] http://geospatial.ncsu.edu/
>> [33] mailto:hmitaso at ncsu.edu
>> [34] mailto:Conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>> [35] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev
>> [36] mailto:hmitaso at ncsu.edu
>>
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