[OSGeo-Conf] OSGeo Conference Committee Process

Fri May 27 08:27:30 PDT 2016

Committees operate much like many of our psc.  Documentation available
here, https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Committee_Guidelines

Process is also on the conference committee agenda for the foss4g meeting.

Best regards, Eli

On Friday, May 27, 2016, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl <
gert-jan at osgeo.nl> wrote:

> Sanghee, others,
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> I think you can take this point even broader.
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> After browsing through almost all the OSGeo wiki pages related to our 13
> (?) committees I was surprised to see that we don't seem to have a process
> description of how a new committee is supposed to be established, run,
> linked to the board and -last but not least- disbanded.
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> Given the list of committees [1] I can see a distinction between at least
> 2, possibly 3 categories:
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> 1. Committees with a specific responsibility in keeping the OSGeo
> organisation up-and-running: conference, finance, marketing, sysadmin,
> website, code-of-conduct, incubation;
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> 2a. Committees that should act as a linking pin between OSGeo and other
> organisations: geo-for-all, UN, open geoscience, Inspire (proposed);
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> 2b. Special interest groups: public geospatial data, SDI committee;
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> Since the committees are part of the official structure [1] I suppose they
> have -on their own domain- the freedom to act as the official OSGeo
> representative, without interruption of the Board
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> Therefore I'd expect to have:
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> a) a linking pin between each committee and the Board (through a Board
> member, who preferably is not the chair of the committee)
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> b) a clear description of the tasks of the committees: no gap, no overlap
> please
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> c) a clear governance model. Not necessarily the same for each type of
> committee
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> [1] http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/committees.html
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> Cheers,
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> Gert-Jan
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> *Van:* Conference_dev [mailto:conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org');>] *Namens
> *Sanghee Shin
> *Verzonden:* vrijdag 27 mei 2016 10:10
> *Aan:* Andrea Ross
> *CC:* conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
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> *Onderwerp:* Re: [OSGeo-Conf] OSGeo Conference Committee Process
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> Hello all,
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> Thanks Steven and Andrea. I’ll also gladly join to draft the process soon.
> I will try to find a slot for this, I’m quite busy these days though.
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> Cheers,
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> 신상희
> ---
> Shin, Sanghee
> Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company
> http://www.gaia3d.com
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> 2016. 5. 27., 오전 3:02, Andrea Ross <andrea.ross at eclipse.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','andrea.ross at eclipse.org');>> 작성:
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> For what it's worth, I have no formal standing at the moment, but I'd be
> glad to help.
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> Cheers!
>
> Andrea
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> On 26/05/16 12:44, Steven Feldman wrote:
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> I'm away at the moment and then have a FOSS4G UK to help organise 14-16
> June. If no one steps up to draft something I will do it after our uk event
>
> Steven
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> On 26 May 2016, at 01:04, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cameron.shorter at gmail.com');>> wrote:
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> 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
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> On 24/05/2016 11:19 pm, Sanghee Shin wrote:
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> Dear Cameron and all,
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> Before voting on this, I think we need to agree on the governance model of
> conference committee or how to run the conference committee.
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>
> 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.
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> Now Cameron suddenly has proposed to invite Andrea to the conference even
> though there was no explicit her wish to join the committee.
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> 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.
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> 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’
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> 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.
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>
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> Cheers,
>
> 신상희
> ---
> Shin, Sanghee
> Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company
> http://www.gaia3d.com
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> 2016. 5. 24., 오후 8:13, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cameron.shorter at gmail.com');>> 작성:
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> Conference Committee,
> I'd like to propose that we invite Andrea Ross to join the OSGeo
> Conference Committee.
> +1 from me, Cameron Shorter.
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> 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
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> On 24/05/2016 6:31 am, Andrea Ross wrote:
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> 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
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> On May 22, 2016 3:04:03 AM EDT, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','shfeldman at gmail.com');> wrote:
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> Who is going to be in Bonn for FOSS4G?
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> 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
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> Anyone interested?
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> Steven
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