[OSGeo-Conf] Proposal: Invite Andrea Ross, from LocationTech to join the OSGeo Conference Committee

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

On 2016/05/24 20:13, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Conference Committee,
> I'd like to propose that we invite Andrea Ross to join the OSGeo
> Conference Committee.

Firstly, we need to decide on the request from Maxi to join
the conference committee which was seconded by me.

Venka

> +1 from me, Cameron Shorter.
>
> My reasoning is that Andrea has a lot of experience running conferences,
> especially through his involvement with LocationTech, and there are
> synergies that could be gained by aligning OSGeo and LocationTech
> effectively.
>
> I note that there have been concerns aired previously about LocationTech
> competing to take over OSGeo's flagship FOSS4G event. I'm of the opinion
> that we should be mindful of this, but we should discuss the options
> openly and I believe we can find a solution favourable for all. An
> effective way to support this conversation is to invite Andrea to be one
> vote among our conference committee.
>
> Warm regards, Cameron
>
> On 24/05/2016 6:31 am, Andrea Ross wrote:
>> Dear Steven, & Everyone
>>
>> I've not been invited to the conference committee, but I will be in
>> Bonn, and I'm always glad to chat/meet.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Andrea
>>
>> On May 22, 2016 3:04:03 AM EDT, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     Who is going to be in Bonn for FOSS4G?
>>
>>     It's an opportunity for the Conference Committee and interested
>> people to meet face to face, we could discuss some of the topics on
>> the 'outstanding
>> list'http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee_2016_Priorities
>> and we could start preparing the call for 2018
>>
>>     Anyone interested?
>>
>>     Steven
>>
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