Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

Dear list, I can invite everybody, to follow the RfP process for FOSS4G 2019 [1] - including the questions to the teams. This will show, that we as CC have the cost factor always in mind. When discussing about prices, please take into account, that conference fee normally is 1/3 - 1/5 of the total

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections status - day 1

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 4:39 AM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: > > we know that an > important number of members with Gmail e-mail accounts got the invitation in > the spam folder. If you are using an Gmail account in your relation with > OSGeo, please check your spam folder. Thanks a lot for such a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The final FOSS4G 2017 Boston Academic Proceedings are now available online; Future FOSS4G academic track committees -- consider using this system

Thank You Charlie and everyone in Academic Review committee who made this possible. Having the Scholarworks paper review management and publishing system available for future FOSS4G conference academic proceedings (global, regional and local conferences) is a great contribution from the Boston

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

Hi Vasile, On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: > Dear Eli, > > I appreciate your concerns related to OSGeo board elections. However, I have > a few points to make. This year we had 2 CRO people, not just one. In your > message on this topic you always make it sound like t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

Dear Eli, I appreciate your concerns related to OSGeo board elections. However, I have a few points to make. This year we had 2 CRO people, not just one. In your message on this topic you always make it sound like the CRO ended up in a conflict position and this is not entirely true. Actually,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

Hi Eli, With the aim of addressing you concern, the date of nomination and Jeff's involvement, as co-CRO, in the election was verified. Both these points were back to you via the discuss list. My understanding was that the procedures were followed and therefore I did not request for the matter t

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections status - day 1

Dear all, At the end of the first day of voting (I mean, end of the day for me, in Europe) we got exactly 100 votes (25.6%). I guess this is not bad. I encourage everyone to vote ASAP. After a number of reports, we know that an important number of members with Gmail e-mail accounts got the in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

What it says is that "The CRO is not eligible for election to the board while serving as CRO". And that was followed. It doesn't say anything about being nominated. Resigning from the position, allows Jeff to accept the nomination. I'm not speaking for the board, just for myself. But in my opinion,

[OSGeo-Discuss] The final FOSS4G 2017 Boston Academic Proceedings are now available online; Future FOSS4G academic track committees -- consider using this system

Dear FOSS4G 2017 Boston Academic Proceedings authors, Academic Committee [1], and OSGeo and GeoForAll community, The final peer-reviewed, published academic proceedings for FOSS4G 2017 Boston is now available at: *http://scholarworks.umass.edu/foss4g/vol17/iss1/

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Michael Smith wrote: > Frankly, as a current board member, from what I’ve seen, everything was > properly followed. As soon as he was nominated, Jeff stepped down as co CRO. > It was all above board and transparent. > So then perhaps I'm correct in concluding, in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Jody Garnett wrote: > Eli the board did not deliberate, you can see the board email list. I have > been glad for individual such as yourself caring, speaking up, and hopefully > attending the next board meeting. > I thought that this issue might have been of enou

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

Frankly, as a current board member, from what I’ve seen, everything was properly followed. As soon as he was nominated, Jeff stepped down as co CRO. It was all above board and transparent. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 18, 2017, at 1:19 PM, Jody Garnett wrote: > > Eli the board did not delibe

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

Eli the board did not deliberate, you can see the board email list. I have been glad for individual such as yourself caring, speaking up, and hopefully attending the next board meeting. I think we have all learned a lot this election period, and cannot thank the cro enough for keeping up. I trust

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

Just a thought – this year NACIS livestreamed their entire conference to their members. Maybe charging a fee to receive streams of the FOSS4G sessions would allow some people to attend that couldn’t otherwise afford to. I count myself in that num

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Jorge Sanz wrote: > HI Eli, > > If I recall correctly, we answered you that Jeff immediately resigned from > his position as CRO and he has not been involved at all in any Board > elections CRO activity so everything is correctly handled except (and we > apologize

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 3:42 AM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: > Dear all, > > Based on the feedback received from two of our members (thank you Dimitris > and Gert-Jan), I did a small change in the voting system. The change is on > the number of votes than one can cast. The initial system was maximum

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

HI Eli, If I recall correctly, we answered you that Jeff immediately resigned from his position as CRO and he has not been involved at all in any Board elections CRO activity so everything is correctly handled except (and we apologized for that) the lack of a Trac ticket for the alias change. Kin

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

Hi Venka, all, On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Eli Adam wrote: > Hi Venka, > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan > wrote: >> Hi Eli, >> >> First of all, thanks to Jorge for volunteering to be co-CRO >> and fixing the CRO alias promptly. > > Yes, thanks Jorge. > >> >> Regardi

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

I hear your words Ravi, well said. Let's not forget our roots. In fact, just yesterday I began to help a group thinking of hosting their first FOSS4G ever, in Costa Rica. Yesterday and today I've been diving into that. Isn't that what FOSS4G and OSGeo are all about?! Helping spread the pas

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time

Just checked if is possible to reset someone's vote in Limesurvey. It is possible but is a real pain. Because there is no connection between the participants table and the results table (which is normal in a anonymized vote system), I will need to know the way that person already voted. Then I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time

The change was to lower the minimum number of votes to 1. Sorry for not including the information in previous message. -Vasile CRO 2017 On 10/18/17 1:42 PM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: Dear all, Based on the feedback received from two of our members (thank you Dimitris and Gert-Jan), I did a s

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time

Dear all, Based on the feedback received from two of our members (thank you Dimitris and Gert-Jan), I did a small change in the voting system. The change is on the number of votes than one can cast. The initial system was maximum 5, minimum 5, which does not make sense if you want to abstain

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time

Vasile, I think for the new *GDPR*[1] regulation coming into force into Europe for privacy protection, we will have to propose a system where users can see and change their data. The directive becomes active May, 25 2018. This is not only true for OSGeo, but for every organisation working with pe

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time

Dear Harish, Unfortunately, no, there is no such place. We cannot publicly publish the contact details for privacy reasons and we don't have yet a secured system for that. However, it's a good point and we should start a discussion on the mailing list on this topic. I took the liberty to CC t

[OSGeo-Discuss] Please support Presidents of Universities United against Hunger (PUSH)

Dear colleagues, It was World Food Day [1] earlier this week . It is very worring that Hunger levels are increasing globally. We need to promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and the need to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all. On behalf of Pres

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board elections time

Dear charter members, It's time to vote for our new members of the board of directors. Like in the previous years, an electronic voting system was setup. In minutes from now, emails with personal voting links will be sent to all our charter members. If you don't receive your voting link in the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Bruce Bannerman < bruce.bannerman.os...@gmail.com> wrote: > When you look at the costs associated with a person attending a typical > international FOSS4G event, the actual conference fees a small amount of > the actual cost. > > Consider airfares, transportation,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

Hello Ravi, Here are my answers to your questions. 1. To run international FOSS4G we need much money as described by many 2. We have only 2 revenue sources from international FOSS4G to meet the running cost, one is from registration, the other is from sponsors. 3. Now we want to have more aff