[LGM] Formal Motion on 2018 and 2019 Venues

Mon May 8 18:54:09 UTC 2017

Good call on adding the links.

We ought at least to build out a branding-compatible template for next
year's website before handing off to local organizers, so I've started a
new thread to get a web team together and to find our branding elements.

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Jehan Pagès <jehan.marmottard at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 8:04 PM, Frank Trampe <frank.trampe at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I have read both propositions and voted yes to both.
> Also I added the links to the proposals on the pad as well, so that
> people don't have to dig in the ML history to find these.
>
> > 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.
>
> Good. A week is ok. But there is no reason to delay much more. So
> that's a good delay choice. :-)
>
> What would be really good as the next step for the 2018 LGM
> (Saarbruecken if we agree on this, which seem like it will be the
> case) will be that as soon as the vote is over, a new Wordpress is
> installed under 2018/ on the web server, not public yet (or at least
> not the default redirection) and an admin account could be given to
> the local team for them to design it. Ideally in the next few months,
> a brand new website at Saarbruecken colors could be up and publicly
> visible with the basic information (the kind of information from the
> proposal is a start). This should also help for funding to have a web
> presence.
>
> Jehan
>
> P.S.: thanks Frank for making this all in the public mailing list. As
> you know, I really much appreciate this! :-)
>
> > 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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