[FOSS4G-Oceania] Next FOSS4G-Oceania location?

Fri Nov 2 02:19:45 PDT 2018

We do need feedback on what we did well vs what we could improve. Feedback
on venue, catering, presentations, keynotes ... etc. is very important.

On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 at 19:48 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm luke-warm re putting too much emphasis on surveys.
>
> Will the community feel like they are adding significant value to our
> decision making based on the effort they need to commit? If not, we are at
> risk of being a burden to the community rather than empowering them, and
> you will likely end up with a low voter turn out rate. (I was disappointed
> by the level of post conference engagement I got from attendees after
> foss4g 2009 compared to pre-conference engagement).
>
> Making a good decision about a conference venue requires a reasonable time
> commitment to consider a large number of factors. Ideally you only burden a
> few trustworthy people to take on the role (such as our conference
> committee).
>
> I said something similar on the international foss4g conference committee
> email list a while back:
>
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2018-October/004976.html
>
> On 2/11/18 6:55 pm, Alex Leith wrote:
>
> Great idea, David. We should set up a survey to go out in the week
> following the conference, for sure. Evaluation is key.
>
> On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 at 18:27 David Dean <ddean at ieee.org> wrote:
>
>> Further to Andrew's point and the other discussions here:
>>
>> We should put this question to the conference attendees (announce it at
>> the opening, and give a report on answers so far at the closing)
>>
>> 1. Should we do a conference next year?
>> 2. Where should we do it?
>> 3. Should we keep FOSS4G and SoTM together?
>> 4. Should we come up with a better name?
>> 5. Whatever else comes to mind.
>>
>> By harvesting names and emails from Q2 in particular we might be able to
>> get some good people who are interested in having (and maybe even hosting)
>> the next event in their area.
>>
>> - David
>>
>> On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 at 18:21 Andrew Harvey <andrew at alantgeo.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Tangential to this, I think after the conference we should evaluate how
>>> well being a joint FOSS4G SotM has worked out as opposed to standalone
>>> events.
>>>
>>> I assume there are some attendees only interested in FOSS4G, others only
>>> interested in SotM and others interested in both.
>>>
>>> Our sponsors, program, community day (and hopefully attendees) are
>>> representative of both camps so I think the committee has done a great job
>>> balancing this, but if we are going to put out a post conference survey
>>> hopefully we could try to find out from attendees how well they thought the
>>> joint nature of the conference worked.
>>>
>>> It's a huge effort to organise a conference though and given the two
>>> overlap there's a big incentive to continue this way.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 2 Nov 2018, at 5:50 PM, David Dean wrote:
>>>
>>> +1 and it would be great to see the next conference in NZ or the Pacific
>>> islands, and try to keep Australia to every second year.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> On Fri., 2 Nov. 2018, 17:14 Alex Leith, <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> +1 from me
>>>
>>> And I’m keen to have some role on the next committee for sure 🙂
>>>
>>> Let’s see those proposals!
>>> On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 at 2:37 pm, adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> +1 to Cameron's suggestions.
>>>
>>> ...and also pre-volunteering to join an organising committee if they're
>>> happy to have me :)
>>>
>>> Only one request: please keep letters of intent absolutely on point, the
>>> committee are flat out!
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> On Fri., 2 Nov. 2018, 14:18 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> And here are my thoughts:
>>>
>>> +1 for running FOSS4G-Oceania in 2019
>>> I think there are two core factors which are setting up FOSS4G Oceania
>>> to be successful this year:
>>> 1. The University of Melbourne has provided a free venue, which has
>>> significantly minimised attendance costs.
>>> 2. We have had a large, very engaged organising committee, led by a very
>>> active chair (thanks John).
>>>
>>> In selecting a future venue, I'd be hopeful that these two criteria are
>>> considered.
>>> With regards to who should decide:
>>> * We haven't defined a decision making process or decided decision
>>> makers for selecting future event venues.
>>> * But, I've seen our existing FOSS4G committee to be committed, ethical,
>>> and competent. I'd suggest selecting our next venue should be delegated to
>>> this committee, and we can refine the process for future years.
>>>
>>> I'd suggest that people wishing to propose a venue for foss4g 2019
>>> discuss their ideas on this email list, paying particular attention to the
>>> two points above.
>>>
>>> I'd think an initial proposal should be of similar depth to the
>>> international FOSS4G "Letter of Intent" stage, with the FOSS4G
>>> international list of questions being used as a something to consider.
>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2019_Bid_Process#Letters_of_Intent
>>>
>>> *“Letters of Intent" are limited to a maximum of two (2) pages, and
>>> should answer the following questions:*
>>> *1. Who is your conference chair?*
>>> *2. Who else is on your local organizing committee (LOC)?*
>>> *3. What is the experience of your committee members with similar
>>> events?*
>>> *4. What is your proposed venue? (include access to Internet, room
>>> sizes, maximum attendees)*
>>> *5. What are your provisional dates for the conference?*
>>> *6. Early thoughts on prices of conference attendance? (indicative
>>> estimates)*
>>> *7. What is the price range and general location of your proposed
>>> accommodations and how is the*
>>> *price-level in your area in general (e.g. costs for food, drinks)*
>>> *8. Are you partnering with other local organizations?*
>>> *9. What makes FOSS4G in your proposed location and with your team
>>> compelling?*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/11/18 2:14 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>
>>> Our FOSS4G-Oceania conference is shaping up to be much bigger than
>>> originally planned. We have attracted significantly more sponsors,
>>> attendees, and committee members than originally anticipated.
>>>
>>> So the question raised at today's committee meeting is:
>>>
>>> * Should we hold this event again next year?
>>>
>>> * If so, where should we hold it?
>>>
>>> * And how should we go about deciding?"
>>>
>>> It would be a bonus if we could announce next years FOSS4G-Oceania event
>>> as we close this year, which doesn't leave much time. Within this email
>>> thread I suggest we discuss these and related questions.
>>>
>>>
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