Introduction
This document is intended to serve both as an aide-memoire for the Open Repositories organization and as a loose guide for each year's conference organisers. It is offered as guidance only and is provided "as is" without any warranty as to accuracy or completeness.
Following the overview, the middle sections of the document are essentially a walk through of the conference "creation" process whilst the Appendices contain related documents that will be useful in the process.
Overview
OR conferences past, present and future
Preparing a bid
The annual cycle
Appointment of Program Chairs and Interest Group Chairs
Timetable and annual procedures
And now that it's all over
Appendices and Links to Related Content
OR 2013 and OR 2014 Code of Conduct
DRAFT Revision of membership policies 2013
How to run the developer challenge
Exhibition space for Open Source Projects
Rationale for Sponsoring OR Conferences
Conference Knowledge Base and document archive
ConfTool (Conference and Event Management Software)
Sample: Call for Proposals to Host the Annual Open Repositories Conference
Sample: Response to potential host organizations
Sample: Acknowledgement of receipt of EOL
Sample: Invitation to submit a detailed proposal to host
Sample: Thank you for your interest in hosting (not selected to submit detailed proposal)