[OSGeo-Conf] Draft RfP FOSS4G2022

[Peter Batty]

Hi all,

I decided to email Jon Neufeld directly, just in case he wasn't following
the mailing list closely these days.

He replied and thanked me for checking in with him, but said that they
would pass on the possibility of hosting in Calgary in 2022. He said that
in addition to the team drifting apart, he was concerned that traditional
conferences may well still be struggling in 2022.

So anyway, we can take the Calgary option off the table. I still have a
slight leaning towards doing 2022 in North America, but don't have overly
strong opinions on it. I just wanted to make sure the question had been
discussed.

Cheers,
    Peter.

On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 1:55 AM Till Adams <till.adams at fossgis.de> wrote:

> Dear Peter,
>
> as far as I understood, we discussed this also during a meeting we had
> with CC and the board some weeks ago. I think we agreed on keep our cycle
> "as is", which means, that 2021 will be held in Europe.
>
> The Calgary team denied to re-organize the event in 2022 as they feared
> not to keep their team together, but maybe I remember wrong.
>
> I re-put this topic also on the agenda of our board meeting we will have
> on friday.
>
> Till
>
>
> Am 10.11.20 um 17:44 schrieb Peter Batty:
>
> 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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