[OSGeo-Conf] Announcement: Call for Location global FOSS4G 2023

[Eli Adam]

On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 12:01 AM Luca Delucchi <lucadeluge at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 at 19:20, Vasile Craciunescu <vasile at geo-spatial.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear conference committee members,
> >
> Dear all,
>
> > We do have a bit of a problem. Unfortunately, until 2022 February 1st
> 24:00 UTC, no letter of intent for the organization of FOSS4G 2023 was
> received. This is somehow understandable given the pandemic context and the
> difficulty in predicting how the next period will  be. However, we need to
> work together (perhaps also with the OSGeo board) to find a solution.
> >
>
> I agree to extend the period but I don't think someone will stand up.
> The same happened with SotM 2022 but none appeared, so we as Italian
> group (a little bit different from FOSS4G one) applied at the end of
> December and we were alone again.
>
> > All opinions are welcome.
> >
>
> my2cent
> I think we need to change FOSS4G "infrastructure", we need a stable
> working group representing OSGeo and the local committee join this
> stable group (this is like SotM and HOT summit are working). This
> should not solve the problem of no bid but could help in future to get
> more proposals since the local chapter has no more pressure about all
> the management.
>

I agree with this and many people have voiced this for years.  Most
recently I opined on whether we want to do anything about it,
https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2022-January/005720.html

Although related, it is also separate from the current call.

Best regards, Eli


> Without proposals, an online version is the only way I can see.
>
> > Warm regards,
> > Vasile
> > Co-CRO Conference Committee
> >
>
> --
> ciao
> Luca
>
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