[OSGeo-Conf] [Board] FOSS4G 2018 Draft Request for Proposals document for comment

[Steven Feldman]

Daniel

You caught me out! I had thought at the last minute too. You are right and I will change all dates to yyyy-mm-dd to avoid any potential misunderstanding.

Cheers
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Steven


> On 15 Sep 2016, at 14:50, Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at mapgears.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Steven,
> 
> Thanks a lot for leading this on behalf of OSGeo.
> 
> A small technical comment: since this is a document with an international audience, may I suggest that all dates be in ISO-8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)?
> 
> Maybe it's just me, but I find that the alternative formats such as DD-MM-YYYY which you used or the MM-DD-YYYY used by other countries are nearly impossible to decode without scanning the full document to find at least one date with a day value larger than 12 to identify which format was used by the author.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
> On 2016-09-15 6:47 AM, Steven Feldman wrote:
>> All
>> 
>> After several early drafts and wise advice from Cameron and Eli, here is
>> the final draft of the RfP document for FOSS4G 2018.
>> 
>> A little background to the changes:
>> 
>> 1) The old RfP ran out at 58 pages with some long appendices. I have
>> reduced the document to 12 pages by pushing the appendix of past reports
>> to a page on the wiki and by cross referencing as much stuff as possible
>> to the wiki (which also ensures that it is more likely to remain current)
>> 
>> 2) The document is designed to be as generic as possible. It should need
>> little change for 2019 etc unless we change major policy or processes.
>> 
>> 3) The document is structured with all key information and dates in 2
>> tables at the beginning which are cross referenced throughout the doc
>> 
>> 4) References to delegate prices and concessions have been left
>> sufficiently open to allow/encourage bidders to suggest innovative models
>> 
>> 5) There is specific reference to the availability of seed finance and
>> the expectations of return to OSGeo if we provide funding.
>> 
>> 6) In the past we had a complex voting system which required committee
>> members to rank all proposals. We did not actually use that voting
>> system and each member voted for one proposal. I have proposed a 1st and
>> 2nd choice system (2nd choices are only used if there is a tie at the
>> 1st vote stage)
>> 
>> Please comment on the RfP by 18.00 GMT on Wednesday 21st, I need to
>> integrate any changes before publishing the RfP on 23rd.
>> 
>> Board members if you have any comments could you please post into this
>> thread on Conference list rather than the board list.
>> 
>> Potential FOSS4G bidders should be aware that this draft is subject to
>> community comment and possible revision
>> 
>> May the FOSS be with you
>> ______
>> Steven
>> 
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