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

[Alex Leith]

+1 supported on all counts. Well spotted!

On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 at 20:32 Trisha Moriarty <moriar1y at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> +1 to shift the deadline
> +1 to shortening vote period.
>
> Trish
>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:17 PM Daniel Silk <dwsilk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +1 to shift the deadline
>> +1 to announce on the day because it's so common that presentation
>> deadlines are extended
>> +1 to shorten to 10 days .. we'll need to put a final program together,
>> and we shouldn't eat into that time - 10 days is plenty
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:57 PM adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> +1 to the deadline shift, no preference about how to announce it. And
>>> again, well spotted!
>>>
>>> I think we could still keep 14 days for review, we’re not pushing for
>>> early bird deadlines anymore.
>>>
>>> -0 for me the proposal to shorten community review.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 30 July 2018 at 18:20, Edoardo Neerhut <ed at mapillary.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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