Add banner for FOSSGIS 2017 conference #1435
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I know I added this last year but I kind of wish I hadn't and I think I only did so because it was very short notice and there wasn't time to get a policy in place. We really need a proper policy on who is allowed to have a banner as I'm not really comfortable making that decision myself on an ad-hoc basis. |
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I think I don't fully understand why you are reconsidering now as we had a banner for kind of every local OSM conference. Does this stem from the fact that FOSSGIS is not (yet) an official local chapter, is there a problem with the banner design or is it by accident just now that we need a policy first? Where would be an appropriate place to start a policy discussion? The Issue tracker? |
The need for a policy isn't new, it goes back to at least OSM PLUS. |
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Well the kind of questions a policy would address are (a) who gets a banner (b) how often can they have one and (c) how long in advance of an event. Obviously "affiliated chapters get a banner" would be one possible answer to the first question but it's by no means the only one. The point is currently I get to make those decisions entirely by myself, and it seems easy while things are normal and there is an obvious group in a country, but what happens if a rival group springs up in a country? Do they both get a banner? |
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The event's over for a long time. |
FOSSGIS is a not-yet-official local OSM chapter and its conference is a big OSM event for the German-speaking part of the world. Would be nice to get this on the main page to advertise our event. On the same go I cleaned up the list of banners and removed past events.