<div class="gmail_quote"><div>Hi Conf team, </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im"></div>
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It is indeed a good time to step back, take a breath, be proud of what<br>
we accomplished, and make some changes for the future.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Personally I think the most important thing the conf team and board should jointly be deciding on right now is how, or if, OSGeo can financially support two or more events. David Bitner and Steven Feldman have both asked this question a couple of times and it seems to have got lost in the noise. </div>
<div><br></div><div>For FOSS4G 2013, we're extremely keen that our partner organisation, the AGI, don't have to take on any additional risk for helping us with FOSS4G, and that was the basis under which we agreed to go forward with the proposal, but that was before there was a decision to hold FOSS4GNA again, and for OSGeo to potentially provide financial cover for that event too.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm not trying to say that other events shouldn't be covered- but should you be establishing a protocol for moving forward, such as an amount which you will cover, or a plan for what happens if both events need a helping hand, and what you'd do in a year when there was a FOSS4GEU or similar?</div>
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