<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Maxi<div><br></div><div>The old rotation of NA, Europe, Rest of World was based on demand from attendees and finances.</div><div><br></div><div>The surpluses from the NA and Europe events were the majority of the funding that OSGeo received. While the Rest of World events made little surplus in the third year, they supported our desire to promote open source geo in places that we had not reached. That seems to me like a reasonable balance between financial prudence and evangelism.</div><div><br></div><div>Recently we have not had a queue of people wanting to organise a FOSS4G whether from NA, Europe or RoW. That is a challenge that we need to address by offering encouragement and support to potential organising committees wherever they are based. It may be that we have to recognise that conferences will not be a source of income for OSGeo in the future and the board will need to plan for that.</div><div><br></div><div>Re the large NGO’s or international agencies funding FOSS4G/OSGeo - several of us have worked hard to try and secure sponsorships from World Bank, UN and EU, the best we have achieved is short term commitment to one or at most two events and the levels of support are often much less than you might expect. I doubt that these organisations are the answer to funding FOSS4G or OSGeo.</div><div><br></div><div>Mappy New Year<br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 30 Dec 2022, at 12:52, massimiliano cannata <massimiliano.cannata@gmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="auto">Dear Adam,<div dir="auto">Not sure to get what you are meaning...</div><div dir="auto">You don't like the support from global organizations? Like those that defines SDGs and humanitarian missions?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Back to the discussion... What is the reason for the current rotation rule that favorite EU-NA?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have always pragmatically tough (but I'm maybe wrong) that is because:</div><div dir="auto">- most of developers and members are from those part of the world </div><div dir="auto">- this guarantee an higher number of participants which is good for the community and the finances</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Any other points?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As an equitable and global community I strongly believe we should promote the spread of open source geospatial in every corner of the world.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The fact is that in my opinion to make it effectively happen we should have a well defined strategy and resource plan... </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Maxi</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il ven 30 dic 2022, 12:54 Adam Steer <<a href="mailto:adam.d.steer@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">adam.d.steer@gmail.com</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Luca, Maxi<br>
<br>
I am sure you didn't really mean to suggest that global FOSS4G events<br>
held outside of EU / NA states need to get support from EU / NA based<br>
organisations...<br>
<br>
I think the right place for this discussion is here, in trackable<br>
public archives. Perhaps in a new thread, it has hijacked Vasile's<br>
work on getting the 2024 RfP done.<br>
<br>
Adam<br>
<br>
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On Fri, 30 Dec 2022 at 06:57, Luca Delucchi <<a href="mailto:lucadeluge@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">lucadeluge@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> On Thu, 29 Dec 2022 at 18:21, massimiliano cannata<br>
> <<a href="mailto:massimiliano.cannata@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">massimiliano.cannata@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Dear all,<br>
> > My 2 cents...<br>
> ><br>
> > Foss4g is the main conference of osgeo and provide:<br>
> > - funding for the function of osgeo<br>
> > - visibility and credibility to the community<br>
> ><br>
> > I'm 100% for having often outside EU-NA but then we should have strong financial and political support by third parties: e.g. Europe Community, United Nations, World Bank, etc...<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Yes, this should be important.<br>
> Right now it seems that it works mainly if someone of the LOC knows<br>
> someone of the agency, instead OSGeo should be able to retain them<br>
> somehow<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> > Maxi<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Luca<br>
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