[OSGeo-Conf] Poll: Change FOSS4G structure to have some continuity of organization and management

[Mark Iliffe]

I'd vote for 2. I'm all for not changing things that are working well - but
our world has changed over the past few years and with 16 months until
'theoretically' the next FOSS4G, we must consider why we're at this point
and recognise that 16 months is perhaps not enough time anyway. My two
cents.

On Fri, 18 Feb 2022 at 16:30, David William Bitner <bitner at dbspatial.com>
wrote:

> I would vote for some modest changes. I think that the LOC is what drives
> the the vibrancy and unique nature of the event. I do think that added
> support that does not change year over year in the form of staff or
> contracted services to provide consistency and professional organization
> support would be of huge benefit.
>
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2022, 8:04 AM Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
>
>> Hi all (particularly voting committee members),
>>
>> The current FOSS4G structure has a new LOC every year starting more or
>> less from scratch (some things like mailing lists and seed money are passed
>> on).  Over the years, many people have commented on the load of work this
>> creates for the LOC, the general inefficiency, the risk, and the burnout.
>>
>> If you consider yourself a voting member of the committee (
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members),
>> please indicate your preference on this.
>>
>> This is an informal poll to see if the conference committee wants to:
>> 1. Keep it the way it is and not change anything
>> 2. Change the FOSS4G organizing structure to something else (discussion
>> of what we change it to can come later if people want to pursue this).
>>
>> As I've expressed several times, I prefer option 2, changing the FOSS4G
>> organizing structure.
>>
>> Thanks for your time and participation.
>>
>> Best regards, Eli
>>
>>
>>
>>
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