[Sotm-asia] Fwd: SOTM Asia Decision Making

Fri Sep 13 07:16:15 UTC 2013

Thanks all:

I'm back from SotM Birmingham!
Just now, I'm making a committee mailing list on the Googlr groups.

wait a moment!!

from Taichi

2013/9/12 Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com>

> In Bogor, we will NOT do it this year, we WILL do it Next SOTM ASIA. It is
> a compromise. We can do it this year, but, Thailand will not back down. The
> whole initiative is suffering, so, we back down and aim for Indonesia next
> year.  Full support for Thailand this year.
>
> My team will join to develop common infrastructure. We may even ask some
> grants to help with website for sessions from this year and next year, and
> really hope to do that.
>
> At this moment I feel it is important to work on what can be done for
> Thailand.  I am resigned to see through a transition to a more formal
> process for SOTM Asia in general.
>
> I sense that Thailand has potential to prototype some re-usable
> infrastructure for next SOTM Asia. Regarding revenue, that is a discussion
> for a leadership group, and should be couched in longer term thinking.
>  This discussion seems to be about short term. SO, better left for a
> different thread.
>
> --
> Alex
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Sarawut Ninsawat <sarawut.ait at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  Hi,
>>
>> In last two months, I thought that the decision were made for Bogor.
>> However, I were wrong.
>>
>> My answer for Daniel is "We want to do it" Even it will make a difficult
>> situation since there is no proper way in SoTM Asia for its. However, it is
>> a good starting point to establish a proper way for future situation. I
>> would strongly support with Taichi to forming a formal committee.
>>
>> Also, we need to clarify from last discussion issues on ticket
>> fee/benefit and so on to make clear. what to do with the money. I would
>> support idea as it is a risk of organizer then they must get/lost its.
>>
>> From my side, there is no more progress after proposal in the wiki since
>> there is no final decision yet. I can revise the proposal if we know more
>> criteria for venue selection.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Sarawut
>>
>>
>> On 12/9/2556 9:39, fabian wrote:
>>
>>    Hi,
>>
>>  I would like to help organize SotM. I've been waiting for a decision on
>> the venue for a long time.
>>
>> I have no problem with either venue. Although I would prefer Thailand,
>> but looking at how much delay the venue selection have cause, I'll go with
>> which ever venue that had the most progress.
>>
>>  Can we list the progress of the both venue and choose based on that?
>>
>>
>>  Regards,
>> Fabian
>>
>>
>>  On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Daniel Kastl <daniel at georepublic.de>wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi all,
>>>
>>>  I'm trying to provide a short summary of the recent posts:
>>>
>>>    - Daniel proposes to have SotM Asia 2013 in Indonesia
>>>    - Taichi and Kate propose to have SotM Asia 2013 in Thailand
>>>    - Alex proposes a committee for the next years
>>>
>>> Looking at the Wiki page (
>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Asia_2013#Interested_in_Organizing) and
>>> the names listed there, there are 13 people listed, but roughly half of
>>> them haven't shared their opinion on SotM Asia 2013 yet ;-)
>>>
>>>  About SotM Asia 2013 I see now these possibilities:
>>>
>>>    1. Bangkok says "we will do it" and Bogor says "we won't do it this
>>>    year" -> easy decision
>>>     2. Bangkok says "we won't do it this year" and Bogor says "we will
>>>    do it" -> easy decision
>>>    3. Bangkok says "we will do it" and Bogor says "we will do it" ->
>>>    same difficult situation as before
>>>    4. Bangkok says "we won't do it this year" and Bogor says "we won't
>>>    do it this year" -> there won't be a SotM Asia 2013
>>>
>>> Would it be OK to get some "unambiguous" statement from both candidates?
>>> ;-)
>>>  I haven't heard from Bangkok for quite some time, and while my first
>>> impression was that there will be a SotM event in Bogor anyway, I'm now not
>>> sure anymore.
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Taichi Furuhashi <taichi at osmf.jp>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Hi Alex and all:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Thanks for your comment.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I think so.
>>>> We should form executive committee of SotM Asia.
>>>>
>>>>  Main members are below list.
>>>>
>>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Asia_2013#Interested_in_Organizing
>>>>
>>>>  If other people want to work us, please add your name on the wiki.
>>>> And next step, we have to make new closed mailing list for committee.
>>>>
>>>>  Should we make sotm-asia-team at groups.google.com ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Regards,
>>>>
>>>>  from Taichi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  2013/9/7 Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>>   I wonder if we should form a committee of those active on the list
>>>>> in the last couple of months to take the issue further.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Discussion?
>>>>>
>>>>>  --
>>>>> Alex
>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>
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