[OSGeo-Conf] OSGeo Conference Committee Process

[Cameron Shorter]

Hi Sanghee,
You do raise valid points about being clear about conference committee 
process.
However, no one has volunteered to write such a process. Maybe you would 
like to do so? OSGeo is a "do ocracy".
Without such a process documented, I suggest that we default to OSGeo's 
standard voting process across committees. Questions such as adding a 
new member is put to the committee. The committee votes, and decision 
made based on those votes.
Based on that logic, if no one volunteers to write a process, I suggest 
we continue with the vote to decide if Andrea should join the conference 
committee.

Warm regards, Cameron

On 24/05/2016 11:19 pm, Sanghee Shin wrote:
> Dear Cameron and all,
>
> Before voting on this, I think we need to agree on the governance 
> model of conference committee or how to run the conference committee.
>
> Maxi expressed his wish to join the conference a couple of months ago. 
> However there was no enough discussion whether we should accept him or 
> not or who can be a member of conference committee. And his asking was 
> just dropped.
>
> Now Cameron suddenly has proposed to invite Andrea to the conference 
> even though there was no explicit her wish to join the committee.
>
> Actually I’m ok with inviting any person to the committee who can give 
> fresh mind and contributions to FOSS4G conference. However I think 
> there should at least minimum fair guidance who can be a member of the 
> conference to reduce any other misunderstanding.
>
> Conference Committee is very unique in OSGeo in terms of very closed 
> membership. That’s why we need to be more transparent and fair. To 
> somebody, conference committee can be seen as 'Benevolent Oligarchy’
>
> I’m writing this not because Andrea works at LocationTech but because 
> I feel some unfairness. And there are efforts to increase the 
> communications between OSGeo and LocationTech at the board level.
>
> Cheers,
> 신상희
> ---
> Shin, Sanghee
> Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company
> http://www.gaia3d.com
>
>> 2016. 5. 24., 오후 8:13, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> 작성:
>>
>> Conference Committee,
>> I'd like to propose that we invite Andrea Ross to join the OSGeo 
>> Conference Committee.
>> +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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