[OSGeo-Conf] Vote stage 1 on RfP 2020 before 19th of October

Sun Oct 21 11:31:05 PDT 2018

Dear Conference committee,
after the selection, I pose here some issues I see in the conference
committee and process.
I hope to open a constructive discussion toward an always better FOSS4G.

First, I don't understand why the selection of the FOSS4G hosting team is
restricted to "selected" members only.
Conversely, the selection of the presentations is open to everyone. Why to
select a team it is required, "generally", to be considered an expert in
organizing big events (what is big and what event is still to be defined
well..) while for selecting which topics are interesting and innovative
this expertise is not required and anyone con vote?

I also add that I think is very inappropriate to accept presentation with
"literally" an abstract of two sentences to participate in the
conference? The votes are then obviously based on "brotherhood" and not on
specific contents. For example, why "sponsored" presentations are not
marked as sponsored? Google does it when you do your searches ;-)

Finally, I wonder at how many "big" events the voting members participate
every year. Do they go around to see what other do, or is enough organizing
a conference 10 years ago to be considered at the state of the art in
conference matters?

my 5 cents

Best,
Maxi

Il giorno lun 15 ott 2018 alle ore 23:57 Cameron Shorter <
cameron.shorter at gmail.com> ha scritto:

> OSGeo Conference committee,
> I'm forwarding this email onto the conference committee's public list to
> ensure transparency. It was sent to the following voting members of the
> conference committee:
> Eli Adam
> Till Adams
> Peter Batty
> David Bitner
> Maria Brovelli
> Vasile Craciunescu
> David Fawcett
> Steven Feldman
> Gavin Fleming
> Darrell Fuhriman
> Claude Philipona
> Venkatesh Raghavan
> Paul Ramsey
> Sanghee Shin
> Guido Stein
> Michael Terner
> Msilikale Msilanga
> Mark Iliffle
>
> If you have not received this email, and think that you should, please
> publicly speak up before the deadline.
> I've been responding to people as they send their votes in. If you don't
> receive a response, then feel free to chase me.
> So far, we've received votes from:
> Eli Adam
> Maria Brovelli
> Steven Feldman
> Gavin Fleming
> Venkatesh Raghavan
> Paul Ramsey
> Guido Stein
> Michael Terner
> Mark Iliffle
>
> Cheers, Cameron (acting as one of the FOSS4G 2020 CROs)
>
>
> On 13/10/2018 1:32 AM, Till Adams wrote:
>
> Dear Voting Members of OSGeo's Conference Committee,
>
> I know, it's still some time left today, but as I am on my way back from
> Barcelona home tomorow, I herewith send out the call on voting on the three
> phantastic LoI's for hosting FOSS4G 2020, that we received. Due to our
> timetable in [1] the voting period on the LoI's lasts from 13th to 18th of
> October (last possible time).
>
> So please send your votes to:
>
> Arnulf Christl
>
> and
>
> Cameron Shorter
>
> The voting mechanism for stage 1 is as follows: Please vote on *every
> single* LoI with one thumb up / thumb down each and send your *three*
> votes to the two guys mentioned above - no of the mails to me, neither CC,
> nor BCC.
>
> Your Email can look as follows:
>
> Halifax +1
>
> Calgary +1
>
> Niagara Falls +1
>
> (Of course only in case, that you vote *thumbs up* for all tree ;-). BTW:
> A vote against can be a "-1" and this is not comparable with the "-1" we
> know from OSgeo discussions, because here it does not require any reason
> and/or alternative, it just means "thumb down".... )
>
> Please find all relevant information on the WIKI [1]. The teams that
> receive more +1's than -1's LoI's will pass stage 1.
>
> I hope, that ALL of us will send their voting emails to Arnulf and Cameron
> before the last possibe time on 18th of October 2018 passed - as said, we
> need a strong quorum, especially when there are three teams from one
> country bidding for the same conference.
>
> Regards, Till
>
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2020_Bid_Process
>
>
>
> Am 07.10.2018 um 08:36 schrieb Till Adams:
>
> Dear Voting members of OSGeo's conference committee!
>
> This is just a reminder to be prepared to vote on the LoI's on the RfP 2020.
>
> Please take your time to review the LoI's [1], aks qwuestions on the
> conference committee list until 12th of October and then please vote
> until 18th of October. I just asked two potential CRO's to assist us for
> the voting process, I will send their email-adresses in a seperate email
> once they agreed.
>
> Please remember that choosing the location of future FOSS4G's is your
> only duty in the conference committee and remember that it is important
> to have the opinion of as many of you as possible so that we can choose
> the best location for FOSS4G 2020.
>
> If you now already know, that you will not be able to rate & vote,
> please drop me a note ASAP. After the RfP I will ask the members, that
> did not vote, whether they want to remain as voting members or not.
>
> Regards, Till
>
>
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2020_Bid_Process
>
>
>
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>
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