[OSGeo-Conf] Conference committee members

[Steven Feldman]

At the moment I can see 4 statements or votes in favour of Maxi being included on the conference committee (Venka, Eli, Cameron and Dave P) and one rains some reservations (Till).

No one else has expressed an opinion. 

Maxi, welcome to the Conference Committee. Would you update your details on the conference committee page of the wiki.

A couple of people have raised the topic of whether membership of the conference committee is synonymous with eligibility to vote in the FOSS4G selection process. I intend to add this to my list of topics for the conference committee to consider over the next couple of months.

Cheers
______
Steven


> On 9 Mar 2016, at 21:51, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 4:46 AM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It seems I am out of step with the majority of opinions expressed.
> 
> My opinion is that committee participation should be open to anyone
> who shows up and competently and constructively does the needed work.
> Substantial portions of this committee's work has been completed on
> this email list by non-voting participants of the Conference
> Committee.
> 
> One can show up and do the work without being a voting member the
> committee as well.  Once you are doing the work, then someone can
> motion for you to be added as a voting member.  Presumably,
> international FOSS4G chairs and maybe some regional chairs will have
> interacted with the committee enough to have already established this
> baseline of work and can skip straight to a motion at the conclusion
> of the conference.
> 
>> 
>> Do we need a formal motion and vote or do we just invite Maxi to join the conference committee?
> 
> I prefer formal motions for any non-trivial decision with a subject
> line like, "Motion: whatever" or even "MOTION: whatever" so that when
> looking here, http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/ or
> searching nabble for motion, I can find our history.  Also, so our
> history is clear, motions should end in definitive conclusion.
> 
> 
> Eli
> 
>> ______
>> 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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