[OSGeo-Conf] Priorities for Conference Committee
Cameron Shorter
cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Mon Mar 14 00:41:53 PDT 2016
Seems this email of mine never made it to the conference list, before,
sending again. ...
I'd add to Steven's list to include (longer term needs):
5. Fleshing out our handbook:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook and aligning with FOSS4G bid
documentation
6. Resolving our current issue of having more detailed review of
conference proposals than we have volunteer time
7. Addressing our loss of collective knowledge between FOSS4G events,
with each new event starting with a new team. Ideas have floated in the
past about having a single person dedicated to FOSS4G events. This might
be a paid position
8. Considering our relationship between OSGeo and LocationTech, both of
which host Open Source Geospatial events, both of which bring unique but
slightly different value propositions. 3 cities bid for FOSS4G from
North America for 2017, two teamed with LocationTech. Debate about which
city to select was dominated by whether OSGeo should work with
LocationTech, which resulted in these cities potentially being
disadvantaged. This is something the conference committee should resolve
before calling for bids.
9. Understanding and formalising our position related to FOSS4G regional
and local events and working out how we can support and help them better
Cheers, Cameron
On 9/03/2016 12:06 am, Steven Feldman wrote:
> Maria
>
> We currently don’t have a schedule of formal meetings. Most business
> is transacted through the CC mailing list with ad hoc calls or IRCs
> when needed (e.g. to discuss FOSS4G bids). If the view of the members
> is that we should have more formal meetings then we could institute.
>
> Summary of current business (others may want to chip in with
> additional topics or corrections):
>
> 1. We have a vote closing today on the motion to provide seed funding
> of up to $70k to the FOSS4G 2017 team.
> 2. We have an outstanding request for membership from Maxi with Venka
> and Cameron’s support. I asked whether we should vote and no one
> else has replied. Once that is resolved, we may want to consider
> whether we need criteria for committee membership and eligibility
> for voting for the selection of global FOSS4Gs
> 3. We await a proposal from FOSS4GNA as to whether there will be a
> North American regional event in 2017 in addition to the global
> event. Once that is resolved, we may want to consider whether
> there should be a formal policy or process to manage potential
> competing events under the FOSS4G or OSGeo banners
> 4. We will start the RfP process for FOSS4G 2018 immediately after
> 2016 closes, it will probably be a good idea to review the RfP
> documentation and requirements before issuing again as there have
> been several suggestions for improvements.
>
> Cheers
> ______
> Steven
>
>
>> On 8 Mar 2016, at 12:52, Polimi <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> wrote:
>>
>> Many thanks to All of you! As I'm new in this committee please can
>> you let me know when are next meetings and what are next decisions?
>> I look forward to collaborating with you!
>> Best.
>> Maria
>>
>>
>> *----------------------------------------------------*
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/137617942@N02/
>>
>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor
>> Politecnico di Milano
>>
>> ISPRS WG IV/5 "Web and Cloud Based Geospatial Services and
>> Applications"; OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa
>> Challenge; SIFET
>>
>> Sol Katz Award 2015
>>
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>> e-mail1: maria.brovelli at polimi.it
>> e-mail2: prorettrice at como.polimi.it
>>
>>
>> Il giorno 08 mar 2016, alle ore 11:16, Steven Feldman
>> <shfeldman at gmail.com <mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>> ha scritto:
>>
>>> We have 5 votes in favour and none against - a unanimous vote in
>>> favour of Maria joining the conference committee :)
>>>
>>> A big welcome to Maria
>>>
>>> I have added Maria to the list of conference committee members on
>>> the wiki
>>> ______
>>> Steven
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 5 Mar 2016, at 05:23, David Fawcett <david.fawcett at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:david.fawcett at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Cameron Shorter
>>>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> +1 Cameron
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5/03/2016 1:59 am, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to nominate Prof. Maria Brovelli [1]
>>>> as new member of the Conference Committee.
>>>>
>>>> Apart from her numerous contributions to OSGeo,
>>>> she has successfully organized the FOSS4G-Europe
>>>> event in 2015 [2] . Her knowledge and experience will
>>>> be an asset to our committee.
>>>>
>>>> I have already sounded the idea to Maria and she has
>>>> kindly consented to join the conference committee.
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>>
>>>> Venka
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria
>>>> [2] http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/
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