[FOSS4G-Oceania] FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2019 Committee Roles

Thu Mar 14 15:04:37 PDT 2019

hey all

Emma Hain also expressed interest in co-chairing (on both the gdrive doc
and off-list) - perhaps I should have written that into the proposal! And
Alex - of course your input is welcome and given the risks identified with
my ‘chairdom’ I think you should also propose to chair.

to follow due process; if both Alex and Emma have a strong interest as
committee co-chair, we should gather proposals and vote as a community.

we didn’t really define what should happen if there are multiple interests
in co-chairing - I think we just assumed that a chair would handpick a team
more or less undemocratically (which is also fine) - but I can be, and
often am, wrong!

And I agree with Cameron. I’d hoped to express that I’d aim to develop the
programme with input from everyone (including 2018’s successful model and
feedback from it); and as chair, the key roles are herding the cats and
picking up slack (with respect to the fact that everyone is a volunteer
here, and everyone has busy other lives).

Cheers

On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 at 08:38, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>
> Alex Leith
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>

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