[OSGeo-Discuss] Conference selection transparency (Was Announcement: Call for Location global FOSS4G 2023)

[Jeroen Ticheler]

My philosophy is and hopefully will always be that we have trust in the committee members that do the voting. They all put in their time and more importantly their heart. Whatever method you come up with, bias and personal preferences come into play. I trust in the people/members + the guidelines as we already have them. Sometimes the result is unfavorable for myself, most of the times it fits what the majority of the community (of like minded people working on FOSS) is happy with. Which one is more important?!
Merit is what a lot of trust within the FOSS community is based on. It is a core value of OSGeo and FOSS4G from my point of view. 
Cheers, Jeroen

> Op 13 jan. 2022 om 15:32 heeft Jonathan Moules via Discuss <discuss at lists.osgeo.org> het volgende geschreven:
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> > And cognitive bias suddenly does not play a role anymore when you score a good friend vs a hated enemy against a "list of requirements"....? It might look transparent but is not the tiniest bit more fair.
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> Sure the biases will still be there, but the justification for the score is written down for all to see. Hence: Transparent. It'll be available for the entire community to then read; if it's a rationalisation it'll be there for all to see (and call out). 
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> Suggestions for even more fairness are welcome.
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