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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Arnulf,<br>
I agree that we need a forum for coordinating conference activity,
and the conference committee is the logical place for that
coordination.<br>
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I am willing to help building a FOSS4G Cookbook, but it will grow
slowly if I'm the only one.<br>
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Steven,<br>
Please don't be shy in writing FOSS4G Cookbook sections and
incorporating your lessons learned into the Cookbook. You are
probably the most qualified of all of us, having just completed a
FOSS4G conference.<br>
The process for adding a section is:<br>
0. Optionally discuss idea on list first<br>
1. Write as draft<br>
2. Ask for comment from this list and tweak based on feedback<br>
3. Vote to have draft changed to final<br>
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The Cookbook and resourcing of the conference committee should be
something that organising committees from all FOSS4G events should
be taking responsiblity for. I'd suggest that a criteria for
running a FOSS4G event should be that the organisors commit to
joining the conference committee for at least a year leading up
to, and a year following their event.<br>
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On 25/11/13 23:01, Steven Feldman wrote:<br>
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I said that I would offer to serve on the conference committee
once the 2013 wrap up was completed and we are nearly there!
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<div>I don't think it would be appropriate for me to do the
merging of the 2013 Reflections into the "official" cookbook as
I am too close to the 2013 event but I am happy to offer support
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<div>IMHO (and I know some may disagree strongly) we need
coordination of the regional and local events program with the
annual event and management of the FOSS4G brand. If this is the
route that the conference committee chooses I am up for helping
out.<br>
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Folks,<br>
there is work to do for the Conference Committee:<br>
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But I am not sure whether it has the vigor to actually get
them done. So<br>
I have a few questions aiming to take the committee's pulse
so that we<br>
can decide whether things will get done or what else we need
to do to<br>
get them Done Done.<br>
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* Who is going to take the lead to merge the great input
from the FOSS4G<br>
2013 Reflections into the FOSS4G Cookbook? Or maybe they
are fine side<br>
by side?<br>
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I, Cameron Shorter will help.<br>
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* Is the conference committee the right place to coordinate
events all<br>
around the world?<br>
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Yes. +1<br>
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This explicitly includes regional events - not only FOSS4G
global. As<br>
said before we need a place where all this comes together
for simple<br>
reasons:<br>
* avoid conflicts<br>
* get better coverage<br>
* help events spread word by adding them to global and
localized events<br>
in the OSGeo calendar<br>
* add news for CfP and similar<br>
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+1<br>
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* Take ownership of FOSS4G (this seems to be so contentious
that I am<br>
going to bring it up again and again, maybe it is time for a
blog on the<br>
topic?)<br>
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+1<br>
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The Conference Committee currently "only" seems to issue a
yearly CfL<br>
for the global FOSS4G event and manage the selection
process. If so who<br>
is going to address the above - and probably more issues as
we go? Can<br>
we move these decision processes to the Local Chapters list
- which is<br>
not even a committee?<br>
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-0. Coordinating conferences between regions is an international
activity, and should have an international list. Moving to local
lists will fragment the discussion. I'd suggest better would be to
ask volunteers on a local list to join the international list.<br>
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Please answer with +1 to any and each of the above if you
feel this is<br>
in your remit (and you are going to invest some time!). And
if we get<br>
less than x +1 we know there is a need for something else -
whatever<br>
that may be.<br>
<br>
This call is open for a week or so.<br>
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Have fun,<br>
Arnulf<br>
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