[OSGeo-Conf] Vote stage 1 on RfP 2025 before 10th of March

[Jonathan Moules]

 > On a secondary note, I would like to raise some very important 
concerns on the very low vote participation rate. 7 from 18 is extremely 
low and is affecting OSGeo credibility.

I'm assuming there are no rules that require a quorum? Is it worth 
creating some?


On 2024-03-14 01:40, Vasile Craciunescu via Conference_dev wrote:
> Dear Codrina and dear Till,
>
> Thank you for your kind work and patience! Also, we must thank so much 
> for the work of the three (from completely different geographically 
> speaking regions) LOCs for proposing their cities to be the potential 
> host of FOSS4G2025: Auckland, Hiroshima and Riyadh. We are grateful 
> and honored for that! Through the vote of the OSGeo Conference 
> Committee we acknowledge that  Auckland and Hiroshima will go forward 
> for the second phase. Congrats for that! In the same way, we 
> acknowledge the work and passion of our friends from Riyadh. As 
> pramsey already said, your work is highly appreciated and would like 
> to consider using your knowledge to apply again for hosting FOSS4G 
> international. For us, it's very important!
>
> The next deadline for the remaining teams, for the final proposals 
> (Stage 2), is May 13 [1]. Please consider the OSGeo Conference 
> Committee as a partner when making/preparing your bid and get back to 
> us for any questions you may have.
> We wish both teams good luck in this endeavor!
>
> On a secondary note, I would like to raise some very important 
> concerns on the very low vote participation rate. 7 from 18 is 
> extremely low and is affecting OSGeo credibility. Somehow, we should 
> understand the reason for that and we should settle this before the 
> second stage of the FOSS4G2025 bid. This is an open question for the 
> Conference Committee and the OSGeo Board. Let's quickly work together 
> on this and find an acceptable solution!
>
> Warm regards,
> Vasile
>
> [1] 
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2025_Bid_Process#CRO.27s_on_RfP_2025
>
>
> On 13.03.2024 23:38, Codrina Maria Ilie wrote:
>> Dear Vasile and Conference Committee members,
>>
>>
>> I apologise if my previous communication of votes was not clear.
>>
>> As per RfP procedure, Auckland and Hiroshima LOCs are kindly invited 
>> to proceed to stage 2 of the bid for organising the global FOSS4G 2025.
>>
>> We are very grateful to Riyadh LOC for presenting their LoI for the 
>> 2025 bid and we hope that this result and the technical hiccups will 
>> not discourage them to apply in the next bid for the flagship 
>> conference of the OSGeo international community.
>>
>> Reiterating the votes received by each LOC:
>>
>> Auckland: (+1) 5 votes; (-1) 1 vote; (0) 0 votes.
>> Hiroshima: (1) 7 votes; (-1) 0 votes; (0) 0 votes.
>> Riyadh: (+1) 1 vote; (-1) 4 votes; (0) 2 votes.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Codrina
>>
>>
>> On 13.03.2024 7:14 PM, Codrina Maria Ilie via Conference_dev wrote:
>>> Dear Vasile, dear CC members,
>>>
>>> At the end of stage 1 of voting for the global FOSS4G 2025, me and 
>>> Till have received the following votes:
>>>
>>> Auckland: 5
>>> Hiroshima: 7
>>> Riyadh: -3
>>>
>>> We have received the votes of 7 CC members.
>>>
>>>
>>> Warm regards,
>>> Codrina
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04.03.2024 6:56 AM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
>>>> Dear CC members,
>>>>
>>>> We got three letters of intend to host FOSS4G 2025 [1]. We kindly
>>>> ask you to cast your vote, in the form of thumb up (+1) / thumb down
>>>> (-1), for each of the received proposals [2][3][4]. Community 
>>>> questions and LOCs answers are available on the wiki [1]
>>>>
>>>> Please send your votes to:
>>>>
>>>> Codrina Ilie
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> Till Adams
>>>>
>>>> before 10th of March 2024.
>>>>
>>>> Voters list:
>>>>
>>>> - Maria Brovelli
>>>> - David Bitner
>>>> - David Fawcett
>>>> - Paul Ramsey
>>>> - Vasile Crăciunescu
>>>> - Michael Terner
>>>> - Peter Batty
>>>> - Sanghee Shin
>>>> - Mark Iliffe
>>>> - Darrell Fuhriman
>>>> - Gavin Fleming
>>>> - Claude Philipona
>>>> - Venkatesh Raghavan
>>>> - Msilikale Msilanga
>>>> - Guido Stein
>>>> - María Arias de Reyna
>>>> - Luca Delucchi
>>>> - Besfort Guri
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Vasile & Msilikale
>>>> co-Chairs FOSS4G Conference Committee
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2025_Bid_Process
>>>> [2]
>>>> https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/FOSS4G2025_Auckland_LoI.pdf
>>>> [3] 
>>>> https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/FOSS4G2025_Hiroshima_LoI.pdf
>>>> [4] https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/FOSS4G2025_Riyadh_LoI.pdf
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