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

[Cameron Shorter]

+0, I don't have a strong opinion.


On 30/07/2018 8:52 PM, Alex Leith wrote:
> +1 supported on all counts. Well spotted!
>
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 at 20:32 Trisha Moriarty <moriar1y at gmail.com 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>                     <mailto: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
>                     <mailto: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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