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

[Andrea Ross]

Thank you Eli. I appreciate the support.

For what it's worth, yes, I am a strong believer in recusing oneself 
from voting if there's potential for conflict of interest.

Kind regards,

Andrea

On 27/05/16 02:30, Eli Adam wrote:
> Andrea,
>
> You've been around on this list for years productively contributing to
> discussion on various topics.  In my mind, that is what really makes a
> committee member; meaningful participation (even if I don't always
> agree with your suggestions).
>
> +1 to formalizing your voting and official membership on the
> committee.  Thanks for the previous years of contributions and looking
> forward to future work.
>
>  From time to time members recuse themselves from votes due to real or
> apparent conflict of interest.  This practice has been both argued for
> and against.  I assume that you'll follow whatever the norm is on that
> (i.e. thinking of last year where you were involved with 2/3 bids).
>
> Best regards, Eli
>
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> +1
>>
>>
>>
>> Steven
>>
>> On 24 May 2016, at 13:13, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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