FOSS4G 2012 Meeting 2012-06-26

Present :

From China LOC:

From International Volunteer Group:

Date & Time:

Log:

Agenda:

Website progress?
Progress on selecting a conference organizer?
Have LOC made decisions re keynote speakers? (We need not discuss specific speakers in public until they are announced, rather that the process is moving forward)
Consolidating the program.
Refining our schedule and checklist of tasks to take us to completion

Minutes:

Ang discussed about contacting 3SNews, a PCO, for help. Ang forwarded the letter to Cameron
3SNews is a media company in GIS, who recently organized this meeting: http://wgdc2012.3snews.net/
We currently do not have a PCO. Ang suggested bring people from 3S News for our next meeting.
Ang will contact 3SNews in the morning on PCO arrangement.
Important functions of the conference website is still buggy or missing. Mymova fixed some bugs but could use help from for testing.
Tanner and Bo both volunteered to conduct test. Bo thought changing web maintainer at this point is risky.
Bo recommended to have tester direct access to the developer could speed up the bug fix process. Xun will be responsible for contacting Mymova web maintenance related issues frequently.
Cameron stated that need to break the project down into tasks and start active and constant management.
Ang indicated difficult to assign tasks to LOC members, such as responding to emails, sending invitation letters to participant for visa applications.
It was decided to use collaborative cloud site for tasks list maintenance. Bo and Tanner will set it up as a start.

Wrap-up Tasks:

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