[FOSS4G-Oceania] Motion: shift presentation deadline by 4 days

[Edoardo Neerhut]

Good insight John.

I'm all for the shift in deadline. No preference on whether we announce it
now or on the day.

On 30 July 2018 at 18:06, Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:

> Can we call it an extension,  announced just on the day,  so to not have
> to make another extension?  People always count on that :)
> M.
>
> On 30 Jul. 2018 5:59 pm, Sarah Goodwin <sarah.goodwin at monash.edu> wrote:
> This sounds sensible to me! Good spot!
>
> On Mon., 30 Jul. 2018, 17:42 John Bryant, <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I realised a couple of days ago that this year's global FOSS4G 2018
>> <https://2018.foss4g.org> ends on 31 August, followed by a couple of
>> days of code sprints & community events. Our presentation submission
>> deadline (not the workshop deadline, which is tomorrow) is on 31 Aug.
>>
>> It occurred to me that this isn't quite ideal for a couple of reasons.
>> First, some potential presenters from our region may be in attendance at
>> FOSS4G, and our deadline comes at a time when they'll be busy & distracted.
>> Second, there will be great content coming out of FOSS4G to inspire
>> potential presenters, and it would be nice to take advantage of this
>> inspiration.
>>
>> *So, I propose:*
>>
>>    - *We shift our presentation deadline from 31 Aug (Fri) to 4 Sep
>>    (Tues)*
>>    - *We begin our community vote on 5 Sep instead of 1 Sep, compressing
>>    the voting period from 14 days to 10 days*
>>
>> This will also give people the advantage of having a weekend right before
>> the deadline to work on submissions.
>>
>> Thoughts?
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