Hi! This has been largely discussed for years and never implemented (well, Steven Feldman did his part on the sponsorship team in 2021) so I am all for it! Thanks Luca!
On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 4:24 PM Eli Adam <ea...@co.lincoln.or.us> wrote: > Hi Luca and all, > > That sounds like a great idea! > > Best regards, Eli > ------------------------------ > *From:* Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Astrid > Emde (OSGeo) via Discuss <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > *Sent:* Sunday, August 28, 2022 11:15 PM > *To:* Luca Delucchi <lucadel...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* OSGeo-Conf <conference_...@lists.osgeo.org>; OSGeo Discussions < > discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Conference resources working > group > > Hello Luca, hello all, > > thanks Luca for the idea. I support it strongly. We have such a > structure for the FOSSGIS conference too and it helps a lot. > > I added my name to the page and I am happy to support FOSS4Gs. > > See you Astrid > > Am 29.08.2022 07:33 schrieb Luca Delucchi: > > Dear Conference committee, OSGeo friends; > > > > working on the FOSS4G and SotM 2022 organization I was able to see two > > different types of organization for the two conferences. I really like > > the idea of having a working group helping the LOC team that OSM > > foundation has, this helps a lot to simplify the work of LOC. > > So in these days I spoke with some people about my idea to create a > > working group in helping the different LOCs to have a successful > > FOSS4G (mainly the international one but it could also be done with > > regional if needed, for example setting up or helping with pretalx). > > Most of the people I spoke with really liked the idea so I added it to > > the board meeting and all the members supported the idea. I already > > found some people interested in being part of this working group. > > > > This new group is not a replacement of the Conference Committee > > because they have two different purposes: > > - the Conference Committee has to put out the bid and choose the best > > candidate > > - the Conference resources (final name has to be decided but this is a > > good proposal of Michael) has to help the chosen candidate to set up a > > good FOSS4G and simplify the work and it is a operative entity > > > > I started a wiki page [0] and I'll be working on that in the next > > weeks, if you are interested to be part of and support this working > > group please add your name. > > > > I would like to have the first meeting by the end of September, after > > having a call with FOSS4G 2023 team. > > > > [0] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Resources > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Conference_dev mailing list > conference_...@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev >
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