[OSGeo-Conf] Draft RfP document FOSS4G 2020
Cameron Shorter
cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Thu Sep 13 13:18:45 PDT 2018
Thinking about this overnight, I realised that it is probably important
to provide a freedom index to reference back to. I found this:
https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index
I'd be happy to reference some other index if someone knows of one?
On 13/9/18 10:04 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>
> Some comments added, in particular, suggest we request:
>
> "Comment on alignment of local laws and customs in relation to the
> Code of Conduct."
>
> This was a potential issue with our last conference hosting country.
>
>
> On 13/9/18 7:59 pm, Steven Feldman wrote:
>> I have worked through the comments and suggested changes to the RfP
>> and accepted most and commented back on others. I have taken some
>> exec/personal decisions on this doc to try and get it finished,
>> apologies if I have misinterpreted your wishes.
>>
>> Main items outstanding:
>>
>> 1. Blind submission of proposals. This doesn’t need to be in the RfP
>> doc - we can decide to implement the process later and notify
>> when we start stage 2
>> 2. We need to agree the length and positioning of the AGM relative
>> to other activity. I think a mandatory 2 hour AGM with no other
>> activities running in parallel is too long. Either keep to 1 hour
>> and run straight after the plenary session on day 2 or run for 2
>> hours but allow other activities in parallel.
>> Personally I find the long series of slides and speakers on every
>> chapter and project tedious, the AGM needs to be more focussed
>> and punchy and reaching out to both existing and potential members.
>> The Annual Report should be published as a slide deck or document
>> for everyone to read regardless of whether they are at FOSS4G
>> 3. Are we going to run a member meeting as well as an AGM? If so is
>> it a parallel session or a plenary type activity.
>> 4. I have tried to improve the Diversity and Inclusion section, are
>> you happy with that?
>> 5. The section on video (and streaming) needs approval. It currently
>> reads “Video - /OSGeo may provide loan funding of up to $30,000
>> towards the cost of recording the conference proceedings. If
>> there is surplus from the conference, OSGeo requires this funding
>> to be repaid in full to OSGeo before any calculation and
>> distribution of the conference surplus/.” The important word is
>> the “may” (Maria has OK’d and I have linked the requirement to
>> the section on possible funding)
>>
>> Nearly there
>>
>> ______
>> Steven
>>
>>
>>> On 13 Sep 2018, at 07:25, María Arias de Reyna <delawen at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:delawen at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Added some more comments to the RFP.
>>> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 8:49 PM Guido Stein <guido at guidostein.com
>>> <mailto:guido at guidostein.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I would be happy to work on setting up a location where the files
>>>> can be placed. If possible, I would make it so that when the file
>>>> is posted an email goes out to the conference list and the
>>>> conference committee would have access to the files.
>>>>
>>>> -Guido
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 2:00 PM Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for this all. I've added a section regarding commitment to
>>>>> diversity and inclusion, with the addition of whether LGBTQ+/other
>>>>> groups are legally discriminated against with the country- this is
>>>>> considering the experience of the Dar team and efforts that we
>>>>> went to.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 at 11:06, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No objection but it makes a little more work for the chair
>>>>>> ______
>>>>>> Steven
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12 Sep 2018, at 16:04, Guido Stein <guido at guidostein.com
>>>>>> <mailto:guido at guidostein.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FYI - I added some edits and comments.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Most importantly to me and perhaps should be discussed here is
>>>>>> that I think that we should make the collection of the full
>>>>>> proposals private until we are ready to release them all on the
>>>>>> wiki. This would make it possible for people who turned their
>>>>>> proposals early to feel secure that their competitors are not
>>>>>> using the information from their publicly shared proposal in the
>>>>>> competitive bid.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone have an objection to this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Guido
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 9:28 AM Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de
>>>>>> <mailto:till.adams at fossgis.de>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear CC!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We have a draft of the RfP document for the 2020 call now:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The draft RfP is
>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/14ltOnAoiFSTl7ERdlFKUvx-Jh9eDpVQgEn4AoCIp4SE/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Due to Steven, this is an open document, anyone with the link
>>>>>>> can view
>>>>>>> and comment.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know we are little late, but the document is based on the RfP
>>>>>>> of the
>>>>>>> past years. Feel free to comment on this document until *this*
>>>>>>> friday
>>>>>>> (14.09.2018) 12h CET, after that I will kick out the call for
>>>>>>> 2020 and
>>>>>>> we have to finalize the document and resolute all comments.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Special thanks to Steven and Michael, who did the main work and
>>>>>>> improvements on this document!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Till
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