[OSGeo-Conf] some decisions in the pipe

[María Arias de Reyna]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 8:30 PM, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 3:33 AM, Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:
> > Hi Conference comittee,
> ...
> > 3. Bid process
> > I do not know, how you felt in the last RfP. I had problems in comparing
> > the two proposals, because one of them was very close to the draft we
> > gave out and the Sevilla one was, let's say, "freely interpreted" ;-).
> > I don't want to limit the teams' individual imagination, but perhaps it
> > would be easier for comparing the proposals, if all proposals would have
> > the same agenda. This also would save the teams from spending money on a
> > marketing agency for layout things (I do not want to impute, that this
> > happened in 2019, but this *might* happen in the future in order to put
> > one proposal in a better light). I wil call for a vote on this issue
> > soon as well.
>
> On this topic, I don't think that it matters.  It is easier to compare
> two proposals that are in a vary similar format.  And sticking to the
> template format may indeed be an advantage.
>


As an interested party for the last process....I don't agree. Unless we
want to make FOSS4G something static that doesn't evolve and adapt to new
needs. We have been talking about adding new sections like User specific
space, Business to business, etc. If we stick to a fixed template with
fixed sections it becomes very difficult to introduce experimental stuff.
There was a lot of new things we introduced in the proposal that just
didn't fit on any of the sections of the RFP.

What we did on the Sevilla proposal was introduce new sections not included
on the RFP. But all the information required by the RFP was there. Does
this mean we should have cut the parts that didn't fit on the RFP? I am not
part of the conference committee, but I think that is a huge mistake.

We already have an economic template, but for the "what do you plan to do"
and "how do you plan to do it" I think we should allow and foment
creativity.
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