[OSGeo-Conf] Chair for the conference committee

[Till Adams]

Dear list,

I agree with Stevens proposal: 16 mostly FOSS4G-experienced members,
that care for selection and accompany future FOSS4G teams are quite
enough for that single task.
Also: The bigger the committee, the larger the email discussions .. ;-)

Just one word to Camerons proposal: He asked me before and I agreed to
chair the committee, IF the committee a) needs a chair and b) if the
committee wants me to do the job.
In my eyes the "chair" is more the person, that cares for a standard
operating procedure of the selection process, but has no power itself.

I have no opinion whether to vote the number of members or a chair
first, but would like to get that clarified before the next selection
process starts.


Regards, Till


Am 10.02.2017 um 15:09 schrieb Steven Feldman:
> Answering for myself only, as Venka named me in his mail
>
> We currently have 16 members of the committee of which 10 or 11 are
> past chairs of Global events
>
> IMO that is a large, experienced and well resourced committee to
> review and choose the team for the next FOSS4G. 
>
> Our newly adopted rules would allow for some additional members (2 or
> 3?) who weren’t past Global chairs but I don’t see any benefit from
> increasing the size of the committee further.
>
> My vote would be to elect a chair from the existing members and then
> let the chair propose increasing the size of the committee or not.
>
>
> ______
> Steven
>
>
>> On 10 Feb 2017, at 07:21, Venka <venka.osgeo at gmail.com
>> <mailto:venka.osgeo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Steven and all,
>>
>> Are we planning to fill the CC vacancies
>> as a result of Helena and Jeroen retiring?
>>
>> If we are, maybe we could discuss about electing a chair
>> after these vacant positions are filled.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Venka
>>
>> On 2017/02/10 7:31, Steven Feldman wrote:
>>> If Till was prepared to step up and take the role he would be a
>>> great candidate but I would understand if he was still chilling
>>> after Bonn
>>>
>>> We should open this up and encourage anyone who has not chaired CC
>>> to also put their hand up. Anyone?
>>> ______
>>> Steven
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 9 Feb 2017, at 11:02, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> At the moment, we don't have a chair for the conference committee,
>>>> and I think that it would be good to address that.
>>>>
>>>> Would committee members like to make suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to suggest Till Adams. Till has run a successful FOSS4G
>>>> conference, I've seen him listen to people, be diplomatic, and help
>>>> move ideas along. I think he'd make a good chair.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>> M +61 419 142 254
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