[OSGeo-Conf] Draft RfP FOSS4G2022

Mark Iliffe markiliffe at gmail.com
Tue Nov 10 09:39:53 PST 2020


Hi All,

I've read the proposal and want to commend the drafting team, it is much
more comprehensive and will provide much more guidance to LOCs heading on
their journey. I agree with the proposal that the 2022 FOSS4G should be
convened in NA, while I am hopeful of heading to Argentina next year (and
have willingly supported it through getting a ticket!), I severely doubt
that we will be in a place to have the FOSS4G experience as we would have
hoped for - but this is my purely personal opinion and offer my
full-throated support and endorsement to the efforts of the 2021 FOSS4G and
the LOC, however, I believe that the uncertainty will still abide.

With this in mind, has the Committee considered the longer-term potential
impact of not 'balancing the books'? Or should we? As the co-Chair of the
Dar es Salaam, our objective was to break even - we scraped it in the final
two weeks. With Calgary 2020 down, we're heading into the next iteration of
the RoW, with the 'break-even' considered (from my current understanding)
as the optimal scenario. Is there a decision point that we need to make
here?

Cheers,

Mark



On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 at 11:45, Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com> wrote:

> Hi all, just looking back on the email threads, in the conversation around
> the cancellation of the Calgary event, there were some suggestions that the
> 2022 event should be held in North America, so we don't go so long without
> having an event there, and also that we should offer the right of
> first refusal to the Calgary team, so if they wanted to run the 2022 event
> we could elect to award it to them without a competitive RFP (probably
> subject to submitting some updated plans for review). At the time
> the Calgary team weren't sure if they would want to do it again,
> understandably due to the situation, but they didn't rule it out. I don't
> know if I missed any subsequent discussion on this front.
>
> Personally I would support first offering the Calgary team the right of
> first refusal on the 2022 event. If they decide they don't want to do it,
> then we need to decide whether the location for 2022 should be North
> America (which means we would go 5 years between NA events, 4 years between
> European events) or Europe (6 years between NA events, 3 years between
> European events).
>
> Cheers,
>     Peter.
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 8:20 AM Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi Vasile,
>>
>> I added just two comments. In general I woulde also suggest to have a
>> WIKI page with just the most important infos about the bidding process,
>> like we had in the past [1]. This in order to keep the process open and
>> transparent.
>>
>> Till
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2021_Bid_Process
>>
>>
>> Am 09.11.20 um 23:31 schrieb Vasile Craciunescu:
>> > Dear CC members,
>> >
>> > It's true, these days the world is holding its breath waiting for a
>> > solution to the current COVID-19 pandemic. It's also true that the
>> > present offers no certainties for the near future (the reason we kept
>> > postponing this message). However, it's time to make some decisions
>> > regarding FOSS4G2022. Therefore, we kindly ask your opinion on the new
>> > proposed draft for the FOSS4G2022 bid. Please take a look at the
>> > document and add your comments/suggestions. The important
>> > additions/changes from the last document editions are highlighted in
>> orange.
>> >
>> >
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P3OJpJeC6LrWR7lpboBEHVdR7tihsid7a6wDIZOixZA/edit?usp=sharing
>> >
>> > Warm regards,
>> >
>> > Vasile & Msilikale - with kind support from Steven.
>> > CC Co-chairs
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