Dear OSGeo/FOSS4G Community,
The deadline for proposals to host our beloved global conference was extended.
Please take a look at the information package and, *please*, dare to bid! It's
very very important for our community.
May the FOSS4G be with everyone,
Vasile & Msilikale, on behalf of
Hi Jonathan,
I fully agree with Maria. I find your accusation very serious and I would like
to ask you to provide more information to support this. Maria's answer
described very well how the evaluation process goes. Please let us know what we
can do to improve the transparency.
Warm regards,
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Il gio 13 gen 2022, 07:46 Jeroen Ticheler via Discuss <
discuss@lists.osgeo.org> ha scritto:
> +1 Very well said Mark!
>
> Jeroen (fellow idiot)
>
> Op 13 jan. 2022 om 03:14 heeft Mark Iliffe via Discuss <
> discuss@lists.osgeo.org> het volgende geschreven:
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> I would
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
+1 Very well said Mark!
Jeroen (fellow idiot)
> Op 13 jan. 2022 om 03:14 heeft Mark Iliffe via Discuss
> het volgende geschreven:
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> I would like to start this email with the caveat, statement, and admission
> that "I am an idiot" to ensure all are provided with the
Hi Everyone,
I would like to start this email with the caveat, statement, and admission
that "*I am an idiot*" to ensure all are provided with the requisite
informed context.
The environmental concerns of holding a conference are immense, that we
would be reticent not to consider. I for one love
The problem with the social interaction arguments is the massive
environmental cost.
It's about 22,000 km round trip from either NW USA or West Europe to
Buenos Aires, Argentina for example.
Depending on the calculator you use, that's about 4 tonnes of CO2 for
the round trip. The world target
Dear OSGeo/FOSS4G Community,
Although the fight against COVID-19 is not over yet, we need to think and act
to keep the FOSS4G spirit alive and to have our beloved global conference
hosted in 2023. That's why OSGeo's Conference Committee is happy to announce
that the call for location for the
