[OSGeo-Conf] Priorities for Conference Committee
Michael Terner
mgt at appgeo.com
Sun Mar 20 09:20:58 PDT 2016
While not formally a part of Conference Dev, the BLOC team has read this
thread with great interest and I thought it might be useful to hear a
perspective from our team as we continue to go through the "onboarding
process" for full partnership in producing the Global 2017 FOSS4G
Conference.
1. First and foremost, we have been overwhelmed by the assistance that
has been offered to our team throughout the proposal, selection and now
onboarding process. It is amazing to consider that all this help has been
offered and provided on a strictly volunteer basis.
2. In spite of the handbook and the willingly shared institutional
knowledge, Cameron's point #7 is very important. It does *feel* like we
are starting anew and that there may be some lost opportunities for a more
streamlined onboarding and knowledge transfer process, potentially aided by
professional help.
3. We have also seen that there is a good deal of very important but
more routine work involved with things like agreements and formalizing
relationships with PCO's and again it is amazing that this process is as
smooth as it is with the variety volunteers involved and the volume of
email discussion. The notion of having some kind of professional help that
"plays point" and tee things up for the committees seems worth considering
going forward. This too was brought up in the Bob Basque initiated thread
on thumb-drives in the context of supporting smaller events and marketing
opportunities.
4. With the start of the 2018 process in sight, we also believe that
Cameron's point #8 on the "relationship with Location Tech" is very
important. Although we were successful in the bid process, we did find the
process somewhat bruising and we honestly did not expect or anticipate this
competition to be so much about the Location Tech relationship. Indeed, all
three cities put in extremely strong proposals that we believe would have
delivered successful conferences. From my personal vantage point there
should be a workable long term, positive and supportive relationship
between these two foundations. Indeed, there are many more interests that
are shared between to the two organizations than might be disagreements.
The BLOC wants to work with LT for the strongest possible North American
event in 2016 and we look forward to their support for a strong Global
event, on North American soil, in 2017. It would appear there is a very
strong basis for collaboration and partnership.
We believe these Conference Dev discussions are of the utmost importance.
Indeed, we all feel that FOSS4G continues to be on the rise with ever
increasing interest. We hope that more and more successful conferences -
including Bonn and Boston - will help create further financial stability
for OSGeo and that this stability may be able to lead to things like
professional staff to support the vibrant volunteer committee and Board
ecosystem.
Regardless, we will watch these discussions carefully and we stand at the
ready to share our experiences and viewpoint if helpful. And, thanks again
for your assistance in getting our agreements produced and signed last week.
Sincerely, MT
On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have pulled together an initial list of priorities or topics for
> discussion at
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee_2016_Priorities it is
> based on the emails in this thread. Feel free to add to the list or to
> reorder (the order is currently just the sequence in which topics were
> posted i.e. no prioritisation)
>
> Once we have the agreement between the board and the Boston LOC completed
> I will kick off discussion asking members which topic they wish to take
> first.
>
> Cheers
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 14 Mar 2016, at 07:41, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 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>
> 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
>
>
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>
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor
> Politecnico di Milano
>
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>
> Il giorno 08 mar 2016, alle ore 11:16, Steven Feldman <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> wrote:
>
> +1
>
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Cameron Shorter <
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>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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