Hi Pieren, Randy, all, 2014-11-12 11:14 GMT+01:00 Pieren <pier...@gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Randy Meech <randy.me...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > It's that the US org has a demonstrated track > > record of running large conferences very well, and it seemed like a > better > > partner for this. > > I'm sure other countries can organize large conferences as well. The > location inside the country is more important than the country itself > (all large conferences have the same needs). > +1 > For context, during this submission process the Buenos > > Aires event didn't post a schedule until the last minute, had sponsorship > > issues with logos not correct, not up on time, etc. > > For such issues, I would expect some support from the foundation. To > my mind, since OSM is a worlwide project, the SOTM's should play like > all international events and should happen around the world, not > excluding any one. And like football world cup or olympic games, it > should target a kind of "continents rotation policy" and not > exclusively "Europe or US" (idealy). > +1 > > > This conference will be > > very visible and we can't have stuff like that happening, so we opted for > > the US group. > > Visible... in US. This is always the same. The conference is mostly > visible in the country where it is organized. Your request and > arguments sound a bit too much US centric and will probably hurt a > large part of the community. Yes, IMHO we could have the chance for a great visibilty, but I can not see the NY bid here anymore ... http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2015/Call_for_venues/Toronto,_Canada it was there, but withdrawn, so it is pointless to discuss about SoTM 2105 in NY. -- ## Manfred
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