With a globally distributed, tech savvy community such as ours, I think
that we should avoid using paper for all but the essential legal documents.
Paper can't be machine processed, eg: searched, and requires valuable
man hours to read and processed.
For evaluation forms, I suggest we use a web based system in future.
Dave Patton wrote:
Jeff McKenna wrote:
Hello Dave,
Yes in fact I have been compiling all conference documents through
the years at: http://www.osgeo.org/conference/archives
Please send me all FOSS4G2007 documents, logos, reports, etc. so we
can make sure they are placed on a server for future reference.
Dave Patton wrote:
I'm sorting through the Workshop/Lab evaluation
forms from FOSS4G2007, which we are going to
have scanned into PDF documents. Although these
aren't necessarily a good example, it made me
wonder if OSGeo has a plan or mechanism in place
to archive hardcopy documents?
Jeff - that's good to know, but my question was
about the hardcopies. For example, I see you have
some evaluation form templates for 2004 & 2005
on the server. I can send you the electronic copy
of the Workshop/Lab evaluation forms we used for
2007, but that still leaves the question of what
should happen to the actual evaluation forms.
In this particular example, it's perhaps not a real
issue, as we are going to have all the Workshop/Lab
evaluation forms scanned to PDF, and those PDFs can
be stored on the server. However, there might be
situations where there is "actual paperwork" that
OSGeo may want to keep(e.g. signed contracts, etc.).
--
Cameron Shorter
Systems Architect, http://lisasoft.com.au
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