[OSGeo-Conf] Conference committee members

[till.adams at fossgis.de]

Hi Steven,

my email wasn't only directed to new members (like Maxi) - I already 
knew that there are some CC members, that are also on the board.
I just wanted to point to that potential "double function" and problems 
arising from that.

Regards, Till


Am 2016-03-06 19:59, schrieb Steven Feldman:
> We already have 3 board members on CC:
> Venka, Vasile & Sanghee
>
> Regards
> Steven
>
>
> +44 (0) 7958 924101
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 6 Mar 2016, at 18:25, till.adams at fossgis.de wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> just my 2 Cents: I'd say, that belongong to both, board and 
>> conference committee might be kind of strange. Just regard the 
>> election process on FOSS4G locations:
>>
>> CC assesses the proposals, votes and then proposes the best bidder 
>> to the board. Then the board is asked to accept the CC proposal.
>>
>> Not really seeing any wrangling here, but imagine, there are people 
>> in both and they voted against that proposal in CC, that nevertheless 
>> won the vote. They have the chance to block this proposal again in the 
>> board...
>>
>> As said, not assuming anybody really will do this, but it offers the 
>> chance and smells in my opinion little dingy.
>>
>> Till
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 2016-03-06 13:46, schrieb Steven Feldman:
>>> It seems I am out of step with the majority of opinions expressed.
>>>
>>> Do we need a formal motion and vote or do we just invite Maxi to 
>>> join
>>> the conference committee?
>>> ______
>>> Steven
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 6 Mar 2016, at 12:42, Venkatesh Raghavan 
>>>> <venka.osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2016/03/05 1:47, massimiliano cannata wrote:
>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>> I would like to remind you that on the 21 December 2015 I asked 
>>>>> what is the
>>>>> procedure to became a member of the conference committee because 
>>>>> I would
>>>>> have liked to take part of the decisional processes and willing 
>>>>> to help.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, and I had voted +1 [1] for welcoming Maxi as a new member
>>>> to the conference Committee.
>>>>
>>>> Maxi has been active in organizing committee's at several
>>>> national, regional and internal FOSS4G conferences. Further
>>>> he is presently on the OSGeo Board too and would be an asset
>>>> to the conference committee
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>>
>>>> Venka
>>>>
>>>> [1] 
>>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2015-December/003518.html
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm still waiting for a clear answer, even if Steven stated that 
>>>>> there is
>>>>> no way to enter in the commitee unless you have been invited from 
>>>>> because
>>>>> you chair a FOSS4G event.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you please clarify this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> maxi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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