Conference Committee

The Conference Committee is the official committee of OSGeo responsible for operating the annual FOSS4G conferences.

Noteworthy Documents

• OSGeo Conference Committee main page (includes RFP, proposals, and archived files from past conferences)
• http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev - Conference Committee email list
• Motion to form Conference Committee
• Conference website management

Goals

• facilitate the hosting application/decision process
• assist the conference local organizing committees in planning
• make sure OSGeo foundation principles exist in all conferences
• possibly support other affiliated conferences
• 2016 priorities are summarised in Conference Committee 2016 priorities

Other Responsibilities

• The Sol Katz Award is no longer awarded by the Conference Committee. The previous Sol Katz recipients form a committee that does that. The Conference Committee's role is to ensure that the FOSS4G RFP and event includes a prominent space for the presentation of the award.

Current Members

• Steven Feldman (Chair)
• Eli Adam
• Thierry Badard
• Peter Batty
• David Bitner
• Maria Brovelli
• Jachym Cepicky
• Vasile Craciunescu
• David Fawcett
• Gavin Fleming
• Darrell Fuhriman
• Dave McIlhagga
• Helena Mitasova
• Claude Philipona
• Venkatesh Raghavan
• Paul Ramsey
• Cameron Shorter
• Jeroen Ticheler
• Sanghee Shin

Past Members

• Lorenzo Becchi
• Allan Doyle
• Olivier Ertz
• Alain Grignon
• Luc Maurer
• Daniel Rappo
• Dave Patton
• Rafael Medeiros Sperb
• Jeff McKenna
• Arnulf Christl
• Markus Neteler
• Steve Lime
• Frank Warmerdam

Meetings

• Meetings occur in IRC in the #foss4g channel (on irc.freenode.net) or by other means organized on the email list. Meetings are infrequent.
• See the Conference Committee Meetings page for information about the committee's meetings. The meetings page has some historical notes but is not current.

2017 Pages

• 2017 RFP schedule

2016 Pages

• 2016 RFP schedule

2015 Pages

• FOSS4G 2015 Bid Process

2014 Pages

• FOSS4G 2014 Bid Process
• FOSS4G 2014
• FOSS4G Europe 2014
• FOSS4G Handbook (provides guidance to future FOSS4G and FOSS4G related events, based upon the collective wisdom gained during prior events)

2013 Pages

• Main page: FOSS4G_2013
• 2013 Proposal
• Reflections on the event by the LOC (includes lessons learnt and supersedes the old Lessons Learned page): FOSS4G2013_Reflections_by_the_LOC

2012 Pages

Main page: FOSS4G 2012

• RFP (OpenOffice, pdf)
• budget template (OpenOffice)
• Important dates:
  • Letters of Intent (Stage 1) due: 2011-06-30 (23:00 UTC)
  • Stage 1 question period: 2011-06-30 to 2011-07-07
  • Stage 1 decision: 2011-07-07
  • Proposals (Stage 2) due: 2011-08-01 (23:00 UTC)
  • Stage 2 question period: 2011-08-01 to 2011-08-05
  • Final decision: 2011-08-05

2011 Pages

• RFP and Letters of Intent
• 2011 Bid Process
• Initial thoughts on 2011 required changes

2010 Pages

• RFP and Proposals
• Bid Questions
• Voting Process

2009 Pages

• FOSS4G 2009 Governance
• All FOSS4G 2009 pages.

2008 Pages

• RFP and Proposals
• Voting Process
• FOSS4G 2008 Governance
• FOSS4GLOC matters
• Workshop and lab evaluations

2007 Pages

• Pages in category "FOSS4G2007"
• FOSS4G2007 - wiki page
• http://www.foss4g2007.org/ - Conference Site
• Proposals and RFP
• requirements Wiki page
• Naming results
• Victoria 2007 Proposal
• FOSS4G 2007 Governance
• FOSS4G2007 Lessons Learned

2006 Pages

• Pages in category "FOSS4G2006"
• http://www.foss4g2006.org/ - Conference Site
• FOSS4G2006 information

Event Policy Pages

• OSGeo Event policy (in review)
• Board notes regarding event policy
• OSGeo Code of Conduct