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

[Jonah Sullivan]

+1 sounds good to me.

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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