Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: 2022 Board elections

2022-12-29 Thread María Arias de Reyna via Discuss
Congratulations! On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 6:24 PM Vicky Vergara via Board < bo...@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > > > -- Forwarded message - > From: Jorge Gustavo Rocha > Date: Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 5:19 PM > Subject: 2022 Board elections > To: OSGeo Board > Cc: OSGeo Chief Returning Of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Conference resources working group

2022-08-29 Thread María Arias de Reyna via Discuss
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 wrote: > Hi Luca and all, > > That sounds like a great idea! > > Best regards, Eli >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Conference selection transparency (Was Announcement: Call for Location global FOSS4G 2023)

2022-01-13 Thread María Arias de Reyna via Discuss
On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 1:13 PM Jonathan Moules via Discuss wrote: > I don't think there's any need to reinvent the wheel here; a number of > open-source initiatives seem to use scoring for evaluating proposals. Chances > are something from one of them can be borrowed. > > Apache use it for scor

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Announcement: Call for Location global FOSS4G 2023

2022-01-12 Thread María Arias de Reyna via Discuss
On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 10:50 PM Jonathan Moules via Discuss wrote: > On the surface, this is a good idea, but unfortunately it has a fundamental > problem: > There are no "criteria for selection" of the conference beyond "the committee > members voted for this proposal". There's zero transparen

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Announcement: Call for Location global FOSS4G 2023

2022-01-12 Thread María Arias de Reyna via Discuss
Hi, This is my personal opinion as co-chair of FOSS4G 2021 and not any official OSGeo statement. Take it with a grain of salt. I am still recovering from the burnout of organizing it, so I may be very biased :) On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 3:42 PM Jonathan Moules via Discuss wrote: > Why? If it can b

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] 2021 OSGeo Board of Directors election results

2021-12-30 Thread María Arias de Reyna via Discuss
Congratulations to all the candidates! This was not an easy voting :) On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 10:41 AM Anne Ghisla via Board < bo...@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > Dear OSGeo members and friends, > > Thanks to all candidates for going through the election process and > thank you all for your participa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Facebook Page?

2021-10-20 Thread María Arias de Reyna via Discuss
Not really our call, we couldn't find who was behind that one either. El mié., 20 oct. 2021 17:53, Michele M Tobias escribió: > Thanks! That's helpful to know that there are pages for specific > conferences, which is totally fine. > > Michele > > Michele Tobias, PhD > Geospatial Data Specialist

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Facebook Page?

2021-10-19 Thread María Arias de Reyna via Discuss
Hi Michele, FOSS4G 2021 LOC has no idea, we used this one: https://www.facebook.com/foss4g2021ba On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 10:45 PM Michele M Tobias via Discuss wrote: > > Does anyone know who owns or manages the FOSS4G page on Facebook > https://www.facebook.com/FOSS4G/ ? I tried messaging the

[OSGeo-Discuss] [FOSS4G] OSGeo Projects swag

2021-07-05 Thread María Arias de Reyna via Discuss
Hi everyone! As this year we will not be able to give any kind of swag or merchandise in person, we want to add a virtual "swag bag" for attendees. We were toying with the idea of offering things from the projects. Like the instant classic joke of giving free QGIS licenses. So I want to ask you,

[OSGeo-Discuss] [FOSS4G] Schedule released!

2021-07-01 Thread María Arias de Reyna via Discuss
Good news everyone! We have published a first version of the schedule![1] Note that you can change the timezone using the drop-down selection at the top left of the schedule. Default timezone shown is Buenos Aire's timezone. The schedule is still subject to change, as we are still tweaking minor