I think that we should avoid arbitrary limits such as a July 1st deadline. We should open up any credible proposal that includes financial backing to discussion and a vote closing seven days after the proposal is posted to this list.
Cary > On Jun 15, 2016, at 12:05 PM, Brian Rogers <pqb...@mocs.utc.edu> wrote: > > Greetings once more from the Chattanooga Local Planning Committee - > > We come with another update regarding the annual Code4Lib conference. After > the announcement of our survey, two other groups immediately reached out > about the possibility of hosting the conference. Of those two, the one that > is the most confident about being able to secure a fiscal host and still pull > off everything within the existing timeframe, is the LA-based C4L-SoCal. We > spoke with three of their members earlier in the week - Gary Thompson, > Christina Salazar, and Joshua Gomez. After discussion, we collectively > envision a collaboration between the two groups, given the effort, energy and > commitment the Chattanooga group has already invested. The LA group would > handle more of the venue and local arrangements, with the Chattanooga group > helping spearhead other planning elements. > > Thus, the idea is to host the annual conference in the greater LA area. > > However, even though Chattanooga's proposal was the only one put forth for > next year, since this suggestion does reflect a significant change, and > because LA is still working on securing a fiscal host, we are proposing to > the community the following: > > - Since a handful of individuals came forth w/alternative cities subsequent > to my last update, any group who now wishes to put forth a proposal, do so by > July 1st. > - Given the specter of timecrunch, we ask anyone, including LA, who would put > forth another city, to only do so with written confirmation of a fiscal host > by that same deadline. > - If more than one city has put forth a proposal and secured a fiscal host > within that window of time, we will put it to a community vote, with polls > being left up through July 15th. > > As always, comments and suggestions welcome. Thanks for all the existing > feedback, dialogue, various offers people have come forth with, and the > patience while we try to wrangle up a physical home for 2017. > > - Brian Rogers
