[OSGeo-Conf] Chair for the conference committee

[Eli Adam]

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 6:37 AM, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:
> 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.

I also tend to think that the Conference Committee is already large
enough and slated to already grow.

> 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.

I don't think that the Committee a) needs a chair but do b) support
you doing it if you want to.

> 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 think that you would do a great job using that approach.  I would
strive to hold you or any other chair to our process,
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Decisions.

>
> 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.

I think that if Venka or others want to pursue this they should
probably start another email thread discussing it and depending on
discussion start a clearly marked separate thread for the motion,
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Decisions.  After some
reasonable amount of time, if that hasn't happened or concluded,
continue with the chair issue.

Best regards, Eli

>
>
> 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> 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> 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
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