<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Helena<div><br></div><div>I have to take issue with you when you say </div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><i>"<span style="font-size: 12px; ">2. Given the continuing complaints about the selection of workshops </span><span style="font-size: 12px; ">and presentations </span><span style="font-size: 12px; ">how do you plan to handle the submissions so that everybody feels welcome </span><span style="font-size: 12px; ">and participating rather than turned down and ignored."</span></i></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></div><div>To my knowledge there have been no complaints about the selection of presentations or academic papers for FOSS4G 2013, nor have people been made to feel unwelcome or ignored. There have been a small number of people who have raised concerns regarding the selection of workshops and I and the LOC have acknowledged that the process did not work as well as it could have. </div><div><span style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></div><div><div>
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<br><div><div>On 16 May 2013, at 18:17, Paul Ramsey <<a href="mailto:pramsey@cleverelephant.ca">pramsey@cleverelephant.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Here's two questions from Helena Mitasova:<br><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Helena Mitasova <<a href="mailto:hmitaso@ncsu.edu">hmitaso@ncsu.edu</a>><br>Date: Wed, May 15, 2013 at 4:36 PM<br>Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2014 LOI Question & Answer Phase<br>To: conference <<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>Cc: Paul Ramsey <<a href="mailto:pramsey@cleverelephant.ca">pramsey@cleverelephant.ca</a>><br><br><br>Eddie, Darrell,<br><br>I have two questions about your proposals:<br><br>1. How do you plan to distinguish this global conference from the very<br>successfull<br>international regional conferences such as FOSS4G-CEE and FOSS4G-NA?<br>Or, in another words - what are your plans to make this truly global,<br>main FOSS4G<br>conference?<br><br>2. Given the continuing complaints about the selection of workshops<br>and presentations<br>how do you plan to handle the submissions so that everybody feels welcome<br>and participating rather than turned down and ignored. Do you have ideas<br>for accomodating presentations/posters by many students and new<br>developers who may<br>have great ideas but are unknown in the community and may not get<br>enough votes for a regular talk.<br>Do you have any innovative ideas about the presentations and participation<br>that will distinguish this conference?<br><br>Thank you, Helena<br><br>Helena Mitasova<br>Associate Professor<br>Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences<br>2800 Faucette Drive, Rm. 1125 Jordan Hall<br>North Carolina State University<br>Raleigh, NC 27695-8208<br><a href="mailto:hmitaso@ncsu.edu">hmitaso@ncsu.edu</a><br><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>