[OSGeo-Conf] Draft RfP FOSS4G2022

Mon Nov 16 03:07:16 PST 2020

Hi,

I agree with Eli. I see the point, that of course the turn for NA might
be long - on the other side, I know at least about one team from europe,
that already prepare their bid for 2022 since a year now.

Nevertheless I like the idea of keeping our cycle, as the above might
also be the case for other potential bidders.

If we discuss this or vote on that point, I would suggest to hurry up,
as we are already little late with our call or 2022.

Regards, Till

Am 13.11.20 um 20:32 schrieb Eli Adam:
> Skipping a year means that it will be longer to return to *some*
> region.  Sticking with the existing rotation keeps things going the
> same and returns the rotation back to "normal" soonest.
>
> I slightly favor keeping 22 a Europe year, 23 a NA year, and 24 an
> Other Regions year.  I'm open to other rotations too, particularly if
> someone has a good argument for it or strong feelings.  If finances
> require, skipping Other Regions in 24 would make the most sense but we
> are a long ways away from that decision.
>
> Do we want to discuss further? Vote by email?  Plan a meeting to
> discuss and decide?  Defer to Vasile & Msilikale as co-chairs?  Just
> let things continue on the same path and without having taken action
> otherwise, the same rotation continues?
>
> Best regards, Eli
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 7:08 AM Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I can see benefit in making 22 a North America year, should we consider opening 22 to both Europe and NA and seeing which offers the best proposal?
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>> On 12 Nov 2020, at 19:35, Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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