<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p>I found the phrase "global conference that rotates between different regions" interesting. That said, I am confident we are promoting FOSS4G in various regions around the world, including having hosted the first in-person FOSS4G in South America.</p><p>I understand the perspective of needing a larger audience and ensuring necessary profits, but before repeating any city, we should aim to cover the entire world, reaching all regions—that is, "rotate between different regions."</p><p>I support considering the direct concession proposal for Hiroshima. +1</p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Em seg., 16 de dez. de 2024 às 03:30, Maria Antonia Brovelli via Conference_dev <<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>> escreveu:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 16, 2024 5:41:21 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2026 & more</font>
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<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 7:23 AM michael terner via Conference_dev <<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">That said, it would seem important for Conference Dev to talk about the future, heading into 2027. Should we be striving to have a global conference that rotates across different regions (e.g.,
how the North America, EMEA and "other regions" rotated)? How can we find/incentivize interested teams in different regions? There hasn't been a global FOSS4G in North America since 2017 (largely due to the bad luck of COVID for the 2020 Calgary team). In
some ways, having the New Zealand and Hiroshima conferences take place in 2025 and 2026 gives Conference Dev
<i>time </i>and some room to assess how we look for conference teams and the potential for developing a future, sustainable plan.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 3:14 PM María Arias de Reyna via Conference_dev <<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Unless some other potential LOC says now they have been working already for 2026 and their work would be lost too, I would not bother with an RFP.</div>
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We should be (a bit late) in the stage of announcing the RfP for hosting FOSS4G2026 (actually,. the RfP document was already prepared by me and Msilikale some time ago). However, you all remember that for 2024 we had one of the closest competitions for hosting
our beloved event in 2025. The Auckland team got it by just one vote in front of Hiroshima LOC. I/we got countless messages about the great quality of both proposals and how pitiful it is to waste such hard work of one of the competitors in times when not
so many teams have the courage to step in and aim for the organization of the global FOSS4G.<br>
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The subject of how hard work is lost after an unsuccessful bid was discussed many times in the past. But, at that time, it was not a problem of not having multiple bids for the next year's conference. Well, if you take a good look at the landscape of the last
4 years, you will see that we are not in the same position.<br>
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In this context, the Hiroshima LOC, represented by Nobusuke Iwasaki (in CC) expressed the will to extend their proposal to 2026. In today's economy, this is not something small. To keep it short, last week, in Belem, at FOSS4G 2024, me and Luca met with the
OSGeo board to discuss this situation. The board is all in favor of directly awarding Hiroshima LOC to host FOSS4G 2026 and just to proceed with the RfP for 2027, giving more time for teams to prepare.<br>
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With all my recent experience, I'm also all in favor (Luca as well). So, dear CC members, please let us know what you think about this. Another idea from the discussion in Belem was that, when submitting the RfP, to have an option (optional) to say that your
offer will stand for two consecutive years instead of one, like in the past.<br>
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Warm regards,<br>
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