[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America selection process

[Andrew Ross]

Dear Everyone,

For those interested in participating, the team has now called for 
approval on the governance for FOSS4G North America. Thus far, 7 people 
have voted, and support is unanimous so far.

Voting is taking place on the FOSS4G NA selection list 
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/foss4gna_selection>. The 
deadline is end of day this Wednesday, May 6th.

Since we came into this without a formal way of making decisions & 
approving, we're going to us a rough consensus process to ratify the 
first version. We're hoping that a good number of people weigh in.

If you feel so inclined, please communicate your feelings by voting on 
the above list as follows:
+1, you support it
0, you abstain
-1, you cannot support it

Just in case you cannot support it, please be kind to share why & 
hopefully we can address.

Kind regards,

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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