<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I agree with Eli<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We should let the process continue, ask questions and then vote on the LoI<br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 26 Feb 2021, at 17:44, Eli Adam <<a href="mailto:eadam@co.lincoln.or.us" class="">eadam@co.lincoln.or.us</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 11:53 PM Vasile Craciunescu <<a href="mailto:vasile@geo-spatial.org" class="">vasile@geo-spatial.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Dear Luca,<br class=""><br class="">Thank you and the entire FLOC for stepping in and submitting a letter of<br class="">intent for hosting FOSS4G2022! We are all aware that this requires a lot<br class="">of courage in these complicated days.<br class=""><br class="">The committee will acknowledge the RfP status and will inform the board<br class="">of directors about your letter.<br class=""><br class="">Dear CC members,<br class=""><br class="">25th of February was the deadline to submit letters of intent for<br class="">hosting FOSS4G 2022 (Europe and North America). Florence LOC was the<br class="">only group that expressed the intention of hosting our international<br class="">event. Of course, the lack of competition is somehow disappointing.<br class="">However, giving the pandemic context, the situation is totally<br class="">understandable.<br class=""><br class="">The received proposal was submitted by one of the strongest communities<br class="">within OSGeo. Therefore, personally, I see no reasons for preventing us<br class="">to move along, inform the board and the community about the RfP first<br class="">stage outcome and declare the questions session open.<br class=""></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Yes, let's continue our process which is now questions. I don't see any reason to involve the Board or community. This is a conference committee process. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><br class="">Please let me know what are you thinking.<br class=""></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">With only one letter of intent, I'm entirely open to voting it down if it does not meet standards and issuing the call again. (I'm not saying anything about the LOI that we did receive, just that I will follow the process and receiving only one LOI does not in any way change anything). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards, Eli</div></div><div class=""> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><br class="">Warm regards<br class="">Vasile<br class="">CC co-Chair<br class=""><br class="">On 24/02/2021 22:44, Luca Delucchi wrote:<br class="">> Dear Conference Committee members,<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> I am really happy to send the letter of intent arranged by GFOSS.it<br class="">> Association, the Italian OSGeo local chapter, and the Italian<br class="">> community to host FOSS4G 2022 in Firenze, Italy.<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> Regards<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> _______________________________________________<br class="">> Conference_dev mailing list<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" class="">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev</a><br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Conference_dev mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" class="">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br class=""><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev</a><br class=""></blockquote></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Conference_dev mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>