Hi Guido, I don't understand why you are frustrated and disheartened by this conversation. We're not discussing on climate changes :-D
To All of you, (i swear it is my last mail in the tread - maybe -) My point of view is very simple: OSGeo is not a sponsor of the event, is the "owner" which selected you great team and proposal for organizing the conference. Thus is not correct list OSGeo in the sponsor list. Try to open this link: http://2017.foss4g.org/sponsor/ and honestly tell me if you understand OSGeo is the host, or do you get the impression it is just one of the 20 sponsors? Since this fact has been part of discussions in the past, I believe it is very important to be underlined and communicated to avoid misunderstanding, also for the future FOSS4G conferences. I believe that details and communication are important (otherwise, for example why spend time and money in marketing and site re-branding?). And it has nothing to do with the great work you are doing in bringing another wonderful foss4g (big big thanks). These are small (but not negligible) details.. I just requested the board to take a position on this, without entering in details of when, what and why it happened. Then I will be happy whatever is the decision and will go on on doing my contribution and work for OSGeo ;-) Ciao, Maxi 2017-07-03 14:29 GMT+02:00 Ian Turton <ijtur...@gmail.com>: > I have to disagree here, to me it is clear that OSGeo is presenting > ("owns") the conference while by listing the contributions the OSGeo > provides (seed money etc) formally on the Sponsors' page/list it makes it > clear just how much money (and time) the OSGeo is putting it into the > event. > > By formally listing as a sponsor it probably makes it easier to handle > things like remembering to allocate booth space, passes etc as it is > already on the spreadsheet when those tasks are carried out. > > Ian > > On 2 July 2017 at 09:22, Massimiliano Cannata < > massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote: > >> Dear community and board members, >> Today I found out that OSGeo is a a SPONSOR of the FOSS4G-2017 Boston >> conference. >> >> This is disappointing me ! >> >> At least for two reasons: >> >> 1- foss4g is the OSGeo's conference, so OSGeo is the host not a guest >> (have you ever seen AGU sponsoring it's annual event?) >> >> 2- OSGeo is already providing seed and risk exposure money so it >> shouldn't need to pay for get exposure or being listed in the sponsor page. >> >> So, as an OSGeo charter member, I formally ask the board to remove OSGeo >> from the sponsor list ! >> >> Regards >> Maxi >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > > -- > Ian Turton > -- *Massimiliano Cannata* Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica Responsabile settore Geomatica Istituto scienze della Terra Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch *www.supsi.ch/ist <http://www.supsi.ch/ist>*
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