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Dear Everyone,<br>
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I wanted to reach out to make sure you have an opportunity to
participate & provide feedback on the proposed FOSS4G NA
governance. (see below)<br>
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Also, and very important, I would like to initiate a discussion
about how we might mesh the process when FOSS4G Global comes to
North America. If you would, please have a look and share your
thoughts, we'd be grateful. Thank you in advance.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
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<td>FOSS4G North America selection process</td>
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<td>Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:37:19 -0400</td>
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<td>Andrew Ross <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:andrew.ross@eclipse.org"><andrew.ross@eclipse.org></a></td>
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<td>Eclipse Foundation</td>
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<td>OSGeo Discussions <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org"><discuss@lists.osgeo.org></a>,
Location IWG <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:location-iwg@locationtech.org"><location-iwg@locationtech.org></a></td>
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Dear Everyone,<br>
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(x-posted to OSGeo & LocationTech discussion lists, please fwd
to all interested parties)<br>
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As a fairly new conference, FOSS4G North America has lacked a
formal selection process in terms of how to select which
city/venue, who was organizing, and more. Until now...<br>
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A team of concerned people from the community including many past
chairs of North American FOSS4G events have collaborated to draft
a proposal for how FOSS4G North America will be governed.<br>
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On behalf of the team, we would like to invite you to review the
draft and participate in the process. The review period will last
until April 29th. After which, we will enact the process for
FOSS4G NA 2016.<br>
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The <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WlgmJgtl0LaV0EO0NtDDSnloTgsIvxu9KwddPDwX1WU/edit#">governance
document is available publicly here</a>. Anyone can comment. All
discussion takes place via. a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/foss4gna_selection">Google
group here</a>.<br>
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A brief summary is as follows:<br>
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The city & venue selection process will be conducted by a
committee consisting of:<br>
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<li>The 3 most recent FOSS4G NA chairs</li>
<li>One appointed representative from OSGeo</li>
<li>One appointed representative from LocationTech</li>
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The committee will select the next conference location factoring
their votes, plus votes from attendees & sponsors from the
previous conference. The same committee will also select the
organization to run the logistics for the conference. The
conference chair will be elected at the previous conference by
conference attendees.<br>
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If you're interested, please do join the Google group to discuss
and participate. Thanks in advance.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
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