Difference between revisions of "FOSS4G 2025 Bid Process"

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** (WEBSITE COMING SOON) 2024 FOSS4G will be in Belém, Brazil
 
** (WEBSITE COMING SOON) 2024 FOSS4G will be in Belém, Brazil
 
** Where will be FOSS4G 2025 ...?
 
** Where will be FOSS4G 2025 ...?
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* "Letters of Intent" will be accepted from potential Local Organizing Committees (LOC) from all of the world.
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* Regardless whether one or more letter(s) of intent are received, the Conference Committee members will vote. The vote procedure for 2024 is as follows: Every member of CC votes on every LoI. LoI's that receive more than 50% of "thumbs up"-votes will pass stage 1.
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* Selected letters will be invited to prepare a full bid based on the usual RFP process.
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* A proposal outlining budget, potential sponsors, LOC members, and venue costs will be required, even if only one letter is received.
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* Based on experiences from the past years, we would like to stress the following tasks:
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** OSGeo anticipates a Travel Grant program. There is a budget from OSGeo, but we expect the bidder to further collect money for TGP and to offer free or at least reduced passes for grantees.
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** The bid should stress the alignment with OSGeo values as given in OSGeo's CoC and contain hints on a conference CoC

Revision as of 05:45, 15 January 2024

Basics

  • FOSS4G 2023 bid is open for all the countries in the world.
    • FOSS4G 2019 was in Bucharest, Romania
    • FOSS4G 2020 was planed for Calgary, Canada (canceled due to COVID-19)
    • FOSS4G 2021 will be in Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • FOSS4G 2022 will be in Florence, Italy
    • FOSS4G 2023 will be in Prizren, Cosovo
    • (WEBSITE COMING SOON) 2024 FOSS4G will be in Belém, Brazil
    • Where will be FOSS4G 2025 ...?
  • "Letters of Intent" will be accepted from potential Local Organizing Committees (LOC) from all of the world.
  • Regardless whether one or more letter(s) of intent are received, the Conference Committee members will vote. The vote procedure for 2024 is as follows: Every member of CC votes on every LoI. LoI's that receive more than 50% of "thumbs up"-votes will pass stage 1.
  • Selected letters will be invited to prepare a full bid based on the usual RFP process.
  • A proposal outlining budget, potential sponsors, LOC members, and venue costs will be required, even if only one letter is received.
  • Based on experiences from the past years, we would like to stress the following tasks:
    • OSGeo anticipates a Travel Grant program. There is a budget from OSGeo, but we expect the bidder to further collect money for TGP and to offer free or at least reduced passes for grantees.
    • The bid should stress the alignment with OSGeo values as given in OSGeo's CoC and contain hints on a conference CoC