[OSGeo-Conf] Time to decide on FOSS4G NA 2017
Cameron Shorter
cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Fri Feb 19 12:22:27 PST 2016
+1 to comments so far.
Two major FOSS4G events in the same country would weaken both events.
Companies sending delegates or presenters would almost certainly need to
select one over the other, and sponsors will therefore target one over
the other, but not both.
What might work is clearly providing one main, and one minor city event.
Eg: Hold a 1 day FOSS4G event in Ottawa, which targets just people
within Ottawa area.
Andrea, I'm not on foss4g-na list, nor intending to join. Feel free to
forward my comments.
Warm regards, Cameron
On 19/02/2016 2:40 pm, Andrea Ross wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> If you would, please participate in the discussion on the NA list too,
> as Steven did.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Andrea
>
> On February 18, 2016 10:07:04 PM EST, "신상희" <shshin at gaia3d.com> 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 <http://www.gaia3d.com/>
>
>
> 2016-02-19 10:46 GMT+09:00 Venka <venka.osgeo at gmail.com
> <mailto:venka.osgeo at gmail.com>>:
>
> 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
>
>
> On 18 Feb 2016, at 19:37, 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>
> <mailto: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
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> 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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