Dear Everyone,
For those interested in participating, the team has now called for
approval on the governance for FOSS4G North America. Thus far, 7 people
have voted, and support is unanimous so far.
Voting is taking place on the FOSS4G NA selection list
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/foss4gna_selection>. The
deadline is end of day this Wednesday, May 6th.
Since we came into this without a formal way of making decisions &
approving, we're going to us a rough consensus process to ratify the
first version. We're hoping that a good number of people weigh in.
If you feel so inclined, please communicate your feelings by voting on
the above list as follows:
+1, you support it
0, you abstain
-1, you cannot support it
Just in case you cannot support it, please be kind to share why &
hopefully we can address.
Kind regards,
Andrew
On 22/04/15 20:37, Andrew Ross wrote:
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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