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
• FOSS4G Reboot 2011

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

Other Responsibilities

• Sol Katz Award

Current Members

• Jeff McKenna (Chair)
• Thierry Badard
• Arnulf Christl
• Gavin Fleming
• Steve Lime
• Dave McIlhagga
• Helena Mitasova
• Markus Neteler
• Dave Patton
• Claude Philipona
• Venkatesh Raghavan
• Paul Ramsey
• Rafael Medeiros Sperb
• Frank Warmerdam

Past Members:

• Allan Doyle
• Olivier Ertz
• Alain Grignon
• Luc Maurer
• Daniel Rappo

Meetings

• Meetings occur in IRC in the #foss4g channel (on irc.freenode.net)
• See the Conference Committee Meetings page for information about the committee's meetings.

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