<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>With respect Andrew it is for the committee not the bidders to decide whether to delay the deadline for FOSS4G 2017 proposals until 17th October</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I'll start the voting with a +1<br><br>Steven <div><br></div></div><div><br>On 25 Sep 2015, at 22:30, Andrew Ross <<a href="mailto:andrew.ross@eclipse.org">andrew.ross@eclipse.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thank you Robert, Michael, & Dave.<br>
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If anyone is opposed, please speak up in the next 24 hours
otherwise we'll call it lazy consensus and make-it-so. The
committee should not need to vote on something so trivial. No one
has argued against the extension.<br>
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And thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts.<br>
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A<br>
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On 25/09/15 17:12, Robert Cheetham wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">The Philadelphia team would welcome an
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 10:29 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca" target="_blank">dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca</a>></span>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;word-wrap:break-word">The
Ottawa group would certainly feel we could bring
forward a higher quality bid with the extra time,
primarily due to FOSS4G having landed right in the
middle of the response period.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;word-wrap:break-word">To
be honest, I think it's primarily in OSGeo's interest
-- as better bids = better chance of a successful
event in 2017.</p>
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] Extend 2017 proposal
deadline?<br>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;word-wrap:break-word">(I’d
suggest the deadline be extended only be allowed
if all three LOCs also agree to the extension.)<br>
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-mpg<br>
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> On Sep 25, 2015, at 10:08 AM, Andrew Ross
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> Hey Everyone,<br>
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> I observe that some people involved with
bids for Ottawa, Philadelphia, and Boston were
also involved with FOSS4G 2015 in Korea, FOSS4G
NA 2016 in Raleigh, FedGeoDay in D.C., and other
activities all within a couple of weeks. This is
on top of their daily lives, day jobs, and
family obligations.<br>
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> Would it be unreasonable to push the
proposal deadline for 2017 to a slightly later
date such as October 17th?<br>
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> The folks involved are some very active
people in the community and it'd be a shame to
needlessly push them towards burn out. There is
plenty of time between now and 2017 to afford
this small extension.<br>
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> Thoughts?<br>
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> A<br>
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