[FOSS4G-Oceania] FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2019 Committee Roles

Thu Mar 14 14:38:19 PDT 2019

Hey Cameron

Absolutely agree. From the do-ocracy that we have all experienced last
year, to the principles of 'disagree and commit
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disagree_and_commit>' when decisions don't
go one's way, I think that we know that we can make better decisions and
get a lot done by working together.

Cheers,

On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 at 08:30 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Great to see people step up, and as I'm mentioned numerous times before,
> I'm super impressed with the quality of people in our team.
>
> Some thoughts on the subtle differences between leaders/despots/managers.
> Great leaders are really good at capturing the collective opinion of the
> team, helping each member in the team shine and reach their personal goals
> and potential. It often involves creating space for people to step up. It
> sometimes involves stepping back from an opinion you might have. It also
> involves stepping in and taking up the slack and doing the dirty work when
> no one steps up.
>
> Adam, Alex, I see these characteristics in you both (as I do with the rest
> of the team), and expect you would make use of these principles?
>
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 at 08:19, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Adam
>>
>> I'm happy to co-chair/sub-chair with you, if you take the Program Lead
>> role on.
>>
>> I've got some strong opinions about the format. I think what we did last
>> year worked really well, aside from the panel session, which was good, but
>> was the weakest link.
>>
>> I think the key components of the program are:
>>
>>    1. Keynotes - we did well here last year, so let's try to do at least
>>    as good this year!
>>    2. Program - Sessionize sounds like the way to go regarding
>>    logistics, and hopefully, again, we have a strong pool of talks to choose
>>    from.
>>    3. Format - again, my opinion, but the format
>>    <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tmqjTjK2w6qmbpGJo9_zZVkduPAYU4qTJm2x7K-TY7Q/edit>
>>    worked well last year. If we can work out how to make the panel session
>>    shine, that will round it off!
>>
>> Also a note that Stephen Lead did an incredible job organising the
>> lightning talks, and I'd suggest we approach him again for this year. He'll
>> probably be ok to be involved from an earlier point too.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 at 08:11 adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Daniel
>>>
>>> Apologies for a slow response, I’ve been turning this over a lot. ...and
>>> thanks Ed for the great example of what to write! I add one extra item -
>>> ‘risks’.
>>>
>>> *Role*
>>> I’ve self-nominated to chair the program committee
>>>
>>> *Why*
>>> I’m passionate about making OSGeo SotM Oceania different from ‘another
>>> industry/science meeting’. The 2018 event is a fantastic base to build on;
>>> and will be a hard act to follow. I don’t have any preset ideas about what
>>> a program should look like; aside from some loose concepts around embracing
>>> the whole community as much as possible, open-mindedness, raising new
>>> voices, trying to avoid default options where we can, being open to how the
>>> world changes between last time and now; and keeping that heady mix of
>>> technical excellence and community-mindedness bubbling away!
>>>
>>> The programme committee also has a great set of resources (including
>>> everyone reading this right now) to help figure out what will work and what
>>> won’t; as well as seeing what boundaries we can push to engage people in
>>> new ways (if we need to).
>>>
>>> My aim as chair is to more or less draw on all those resources; and do
>>> the legwork which helps other people shine. Help keep barriers to
>>> participation as low as possible, keep the programme committees life sane,
>>> and support the delivery of a conference that is a success - which in turn
>>> supports the main game: promoting, strengthening and building the open
>>> geospatial community in Oceania.
>>>
>>> *Responsibilities I’m uncertain about*
>>> From my view the responsibilities of the program chair seem pretty clear
>>> - one of which is to delegate as much as possible to, for example, the good
>>> mojo/community day team or the academic subcommittee (if one exists); and
>>> another of which is to gather as much support as possible for putting the
>>> actual program together. There are heaps of uncertainties about how it will
>>> all work right at this point, there is no clear idea of what a program
>>> might look like - we’ll work it out together!
>>>
>>> *Risks*
>>> I’m waiting to hear about a job move which would see me wind my OSGeo
>>> Oceania activities back a lot after about May 2019. I should know this
>>> week, but may not find out until later in the month. In the event that
>>> happens; I’ll work with the LOC to replace myself/hand over ASAP.
>>>
>>> …or another move which would do the opposite and land me right in ground
>>> zero for 2019. So uncertainty abounds.
>>>
>>> With that in mind it’d be awesome to have someone nominate themselves as
>>> committee co-chair; which there has been some out-of-list discussion about
>>> already. From what I saw in 2018 there’s definitely enough work to share
>>> around.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dr. Adam Steer
>>> http://spatialised.net
>>> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer
>>> http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer
>>> http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0046-7236
>>> +61 427 091 712 <+61%20427%20091%20712>
>>> skype: adam.d.steer
>>> tweet: @adamdsteer
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