[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2026 & more

[Gavin Fleming]

Thanks Vasile and Luca

I fully support a direct award to Japan for 2026 as well as encouraging
bidders to make their bids valid for an additional year.

Gavin

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024, 20:03 Narcélio de Sá via Conference_dev, <
conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> *Subject:* Support for Awarding FOSS4G 2026 to Hiroshima LOC
>
> Dear Vasile and Conference Committee members,
>
> Having been part of the FOSS4G 2024 organization in Belém, I understand
> firsthand the complexity involved in hosting such an important event.
> Witnessing the exceptional proposal from Japan to host FOSS4G 2025 and now
> learning of the team's willingness, under Nobusuke Iwasaki’s leadership, to
> extend their bid to 2026, I cannot help but agree with Vasile and Luca's
> recommendation.
>
> Moreover, I want to highlight the remarkable dedication of our colleagues
> from Japan, who traveled across the globe to actively participate in our
> edition of the conference here in Brazil. Their commitment and enthusiasm
> are clear indicators of their capacity to deliver an outstanding FOSS4G
> event.
>
> I fully support the proposal to directly award FOSS4G 2026 to the
> Hiroshima LOC.
>
> Best regards,
> Narcélio de Sá
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> Em qui., 12 de dez. de 2024 às 21:42, Vasile Craciunescu via
> Conference_dev <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org> escreveu:
>
>> Dear Conference Committee members,
>>
>> We should be (a bit late) in the stage of announcing the RfP for hosting
>> FOSS4G2026 (actually,. the RfP document was already prepared by me and
>> Msilikale some time ago). However, you all remember that for 2024 we had
>> one of the closest competitions for hosting our beloved event in 2025. The
>> Auckland team got it by just one vote in front of Hiroshima LOC. I/we got
>> countless messages about the great quality of both proposals and how
>> pitiful it is to waste such hard work of one of the competitors in times
>> when not so many teams have the courage to step in and aim for the
>> organization of the global FOSS4G.
>>
>> The subject of how hard work is lost after an unsuccessful bid was
>> discussed many times in the past. But, at that time, it was not a problem
>> of not having multiple bids for the next year's conference. Well, if you
>> take a good look at the landscape of the last 4 years, you will see that we
>> are not in the same position.
>>
>> In this context, the Hiroshima LOC, represented by Nobusuke Iwasaki (in
>> CC) expressed the will to extend their proposal to 2026. In today's
>> economy, this is not something small. To keep it short, last week, in
>> Belem, at FOSS4G 2024, me and Luca met with the OSGeo board to discuss this
>> situation. The board is all in favor of directly awarding Hiroshima LOC to
>> host FOSS4G 2026 and just to proceed with the RfP for 2027, giving more
>> time for teams to prepare.
>>
>>   With all my recent experience, I'm also all in favor (Luca as well).
>> So, dear CC members, please let us know what you think about this. Another
>> idea from the discussion in Belem was that, when submitting the RfP, to
>> have an option (optional) to say that your offer will stand for two
>> consecutive years instead of one, like in the past.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Vasile
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