[OSGeo-Discuss] [location-iwg] FOSS4G North America selection process

[Andrew Ross]

Hey Everyone,

(again, x-posted to LocationTech & OSGeo lists, please do forward to any 
with interest)

A quick update on this. It looks like all concerns raised have been 
addressed. If there's anything outstanding that hasn't been raised yet, 
please do raise it by end of day today, Wednesday April 29, 2015.

After which, we'll resolve anything outstanding and then move to ratify 
this first version by rough consensus & calling for those that support 
it to add their names. A good number of people participated including 
many past chairs, so we're hoping support will be strong.

The process details how updates can be made after that.

Deep thanks to the many people who participated in this. Thank you!

Andrew

On 22/04/15 20:37, Andrew Ross wrote:
> Dear Everyone,
>
> (x-posted to OSGeo & LocationTech discussion lists, please fwd to all 
> interested parties)
>
> 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...
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> The governance document is available publicly here 
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WlgmJgtl0LaV0EO0NtDDSnloTgsIvxu9KwddPDwX1WU/edit#>. 
> Anyone can comment. All discussion takes place via. a Google group 
> here <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/foss4gna_selection>.
>
> A brief summary is as follows:
>
> The city & venue selection process will be conducted by a committee 
> consisting of:
>
>   * The 3 most recent FOSS4G NA chairs
>   * One appointed representative from OSGeo
>   * One appointed representative from LocationTech
>
> 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.
>
> If you're interested, please do join the Google group to discuss and 
> participate. Thanks in advance.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Andrew

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