[OSGeo-Conf] Tweaked conference committee processes

[Eli Adam]

Hi all,

I think that this discussion more properly belongs on this Conference
Committee process thread and RFP tweaks on the RFP tweaks thread.
Have Committee members read it over and thought about it and done all
the discussion they desire?

On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
> Before I put this to formal vote (on 10 Jan), are there any further comments
> on Conference Committee process?
>
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee_Policy_Discussions#Motion_3:_adjusted_based_on_feedback_by_Cameron_Shorter
>

Thanks for working on this Cameron.

Eli

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 7:30 AM, David William Bitner
<bitner at dbspatial.com> wrote:
> +1, great job with the compromises!
>
> On Dec 26, 2016 6:28 PM, "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Conference committee,
>>
>> Maria, Venka, Steven, Eli and I have revisited the proposed conference
>> committee processes, addressing previous concerns from Maria and Venka.
>> After some adjustments, we are all now happy with the text [1].
>>
>> Could all please run your eyes over this and comment on whether you think
>> it is ok, or whether you think there is something extra needing to be
>> changed.
>>
>> Once we have heard from the majority of the committee (preferably all),
>> and any comments raised have been addressed, I'll start a motion as a
>> separate email thread to finalise these processes. I'll leave up to 2 weeks,
>> till 10 Jan for people to comment).
>>
>> The changes include:
>>
>> * There is no set number of people on the committee, just a requirement
>> that global FOSS4G chairs/co-chairs make up more than 50% of the committee.
>>
>> * Major decisions will have a minimum of 1 week for people to vote to try
>> and ensure there is sufficient time for most (if not all) committee members
>> to vote.
>>
>> * A number of other minor tweaks to the text.
>>
>> Note: We currently have 11 global foss4g chair/co-chairs on the conference
>> committee. Based on proposed rules, we have space for 10 more people on the
>> committee (totaling 21). We currently have 16 members [2] listed.
>>
>> Jeroen, Helena, you both recently volunteered to step down from the
>> committee. I'm hopeful that you might reconsider and rejoin.
>>
>> [1]
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee_Policy_Discussions#Motion_3:_adjusted_based_on_feedback_by_Cameron_Shorter
>>
>> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members
>>
>>
>>
>>
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