Difference between revisions of "FOSS4G 2014 Bid Process Board Voting"

Revision as of 11:06, 23 July 2013

The OSGeo Conference Committee votes for the 2014 hosting resulted in a tie. A re-vote did not change the outcome. The following is the process used to solve the tie breaker, through a vote by the OSGeo Board.

Board Vote

Voting for where to host the global FOSS4G event is very important, and I hope each Board member takes this responsibility seriously. This means of course reviewing each proposal and budget closely, and reviewing the excellent Q/A already done by the Conf Comm (http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/OSGeo-Conference-Committee-f3721662.html).

Thanks Cameron for getting the ball rolling with suggestions.

Proposal Documents

I also see the proposals in svn at: http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/proposals/2014/

Board members should also review the 2014 RFP (http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/2014/), specifically the "Evaluation Criteria" section, on page 9. (as the Conf Comm did, the OSGeo Board must also vote according to the Evaluation Criteria as specified in the RFP)

Abstension

Vote Process

We should keep the same voting process as the Conf Comm: please send your city selection to Paul as CRO privately.

Vote Deadline

Votes should be sent to Paul by end of next Monday, the 29th.

Tie Breaker

We have 9 Board members, so we should be ok. But in the case of a tie, I agree that the President's vote should count as 1.5 votes.

Board Q/A

Can occur openly on the Board mailing list.

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 The OSGeo Conference Committee votes for the 2014 hosting resulted in a tie.  A re-vote did not change the outcome.  The following is the process used to solve the tie breaker, through a vote by the OSGeo Board.
-Board Vote
+== Board Vote ==
-***********
 Voting for where to host the global FOSS4G event is very important, and
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 Thanks Cameron for getting the ball rolling with suggestions.
-Proposal Documents
+=== Proposal Documents ===
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-Paul: would you mind updating http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp so we
-can all quickly access the docs?
 I also see the proposals in svn at:
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 specified in the RFP)
-Abstension
+=== Abstension ===
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-I don't believe any of the OSGeo Board members are involved in either of
-the Portland or DC bids; but please identify yourself if so.
-Vote Process
+=== Vote Process ===
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-We should keep the same voting process as the Conf Comm: we send our
+We should keep the same voting process as the Conf Comm: please send your
 city selection to Paul as CRO privately.
-Vote Deadline
+=== Vote Deadline ===
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-I agree with Cameron on giving a week for voting.  Let's actually say
+Votes should be sent to Paul by end of next Monday, the 29th.
-votes should be sent to Paul by end of next Monday, the 29th.
-Tie Breaker
+=== Tie Breaker ===
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 We have 9 Board members, so we should be ok.  But in the case of a tie,
 I agree that the President's vote should count as 1.5 votes.
-Board Q/A
+=== Board Q/A ===
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-Paul would you ask the bidding teams to follow communications on the
+Can occur openly on the Board mailing list.
-Board list this week?  (I really want to avoid cross-posting questions
-on multiple mailing lists)  I see no need for any offline discussions,
-let's do this openly on the Board list.
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