Dear Everyone,
(x-posted to OSGeo & LocationTech discussion lists, please fwd to all
interested parties)
As a fairly new conference, FOSS4G North America has lacked a formal
selection process in terms of how to select which city/venue, who was
organizing, and more. Until now...
A team of concerned people from the community including many past chairs
of North American FOSS4G events have collaborated to draft a proposal
for how FOSS4G North America will be governed.
On behalf of the team, we would like to invite you to review the draft
and participate in the process. The review period will last until April
29th. After which, we will enact the process for FOSS4G NA 2016.
The governance document is available publicly here
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WlgmJgtl0LaV0EO0NtDDSnloTgsIvxu9KwddPDwX1WU/edit#>.
Anyone can comment. All discussion takes place via. a Google group here
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/foss4gna_selection>.
A brief summary is as follows:
The city & venue selection process will be conducted by a committee
consisting of:
* The 3 most recent FOSS4G NA chairs
* One appointed representative from OSGeo
* One appointed representative from LocationTech
The committee will select the next conference location factoring their
votes, plus votes from attendees & sponsors from the previous
conference. The same committee will also select the organization to run
the logistics for the conference. The conference chair will be elected
at the previous conference by conference attendees.
If you're interested, please do join the Google group to discuss and
participate. Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Andrew
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