[LGM] Formal Motion on 2018 and 2019 Venues

[Frank Trampe]

Per Lara's suggestion, I have opened an Etherpad document here (
https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/LGM_2018_Venue_Poll ) to record votes
prior to the IRC chat, and I have voted. I encourage others to do so as
soon as possible.

Per Louis's suggestion, I set the deadline for the 2019 question a week
later so that we can focus on 2018 over the next week or so.


On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Louis Desjardins <
louis.desjardins at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2017-05-08 11:15 GMT-04:00 Frank Trampe <frank.trampe at gmail.com>:
>
>> The reason that I'm trying to push this along is that Soenke from
>> Saarbruecken had mentioned that he would probably need to start the formal
>> process on some of the grants by the beginning of June.
>>
>
> Hi Frank,
>
> It’s very much appreciated that you push this.
>
> With no intention of slowing things down, my take is we should stick to
> our voting process. What has become urgent can be treated as such.
>
> Keeping the focus on Saarbruecken for the 2018 decision in a timely manner
> for the host is the way to go, IMO.
>
> Once 2018 has the go, we can concentrate on 2019. Which can happen also as
> quickly as possible.
>
> Thanks for raising the flag!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Louis
>
>
>
>>
>> What sort of additional information would you like to request from the
>> hosts? I already verified that the information in their proposals was still
>> valid, and, since they're already being so generous with their time, I
>> don't want to subject them to any unnecessary repetition.
>>
>> I may be in transit at the time of the proposed meeting next week. Would
>> somebody save a chat log? And could we elaborate in advance what
>> alternative courses of action would be discussed?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 10:03 AM, Joao S. O. Bueno <gwidion at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8 May 2017 at 11:30, Frank Trampe <frank.trampe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > (This is the first time that we've done this on the main list rather
>>> than
>>> > the organization list, I think, so bear with me.)
>>> >
>>> > LGM has received hosting proposals from Saarbruecken and Milan for the
>>> 2018
>>> > and 2019 events. Both proposals are very strong and combine exciting
>>> > locations and facilities with interested and supportive local
>>> communities,
>>> > and so I believe that it makes sense to accept both of them. The
>>> > Saarbruecken team have some significant fundraising opportunities that
>>> may
>>> > only be available for 2018, though, so it makes sense, at least to me,
>>> that
>>> > we meet in Saarbruecken in 2018 and Milan in 2019.
>>> >
>>> > As such, I propose the following motion:
>>> >
>>> > The Libre Graphics Meeting will take place in Saarbruecken in 2018 with
>>> > Soenke Zehle as lead local organizer and in Milan in 2019 with Zoe
>>> Romano as
>>> > lead local organizer.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Frank - I thank you for acting as an embassador to the proponents
>>> of both venues,
>>> but before casting  a "formal vote" - or whatever- I think it would be
>>> nice to have the direct
>>> "voice" of both proponents in an updated e-mail on this list :-)
>>>
>>> Tehn we could do one thing I not do for the 2017 conference and that was
>>> pointed
>>> as the main motive for the small size of this years issue: we do a
>>> live meeting on
>>> IRC to debate the pros and cons of either proposal (or another approach)
>>> - and
>>> settle for that.
>>>
>>> In oder not to stall things, I propose the date-time for this meeting to
>>> be
>>> at 21h00 C.E.T. next Thursday (May, the 11th) on freenode #LGM.
>>>
>>>
>>> (We don't have to decide the venue this week - and we have had more
>>> people
>>> talking here than over the last several months  - but this things
>>> could be discussed
>>> live)
>>> >
>>>
>>>   js
>>>  -><-
>>> >
>>> > It's very important that we resolve this in a timely fashion so that
>>> our
>>> > hosts can begin planning, scheduling, networking, and fundraising.
>>> It's also
>>> > important that we get positive responses here; silence is not a very
>>> > reassuring form of endorsement.
>>> >
>>> >
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