Helena,
We're in the process of registering the sessions right now(should be
done by friday), but the plan is to have 3 sessions. We can always
shrink it if we don't get enough papers but I have the suspicion that
the AAG paper sorting people will find some we missed so we should give
them a place to put them.
* Session 1:Introduction to FOSS in Geography
* Session 2:FOSS Case Studies - What you did, what you used and why.
* Session 3:Technical FOSS - talks that throw in the technical talk.
At the moment I think we have about 3-4 talks in the works but thats
mostly people I know and see on a regular basis.
The details are/will be on http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/AAG_2009
Suggestions on what to call the sessions is also up for discussion.
Thanks,
Alex
Helena Mitasova wrote:
Alex,
what sessions are you organizing? I will be probably teaching but I may
be able to come or my colleague who plans to attend could present if I
cannot come. I was planning to submit to GIS and geomorphology but if
there is an open source GIS related session I can submit there,
best regards, Helena
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Helena Mitasova
Associate Professor
Department of Marine, Earth
and Atmospheric Sciences
1125 Jordan Hall, Campus Box 8208
North Carolina State University
Raleigh NC 27695-8208
http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/
On Oct 8, 2008, at 12:19 AM, Alex Mandel wrote:
Was there any resolution on this proposal at the conference. We need
to move fast to at least get the deposit($500) for a booth down in the
next 8 days.
I'd just like to reiterate that the AAG should not be considered a
local event as it changes location every year (the US is quite large)
and draws an international crowd.
Alternate funding suggestions are welcome, but we need to at least get
the booth deposit down before the deadline to have something to work
with.
Regardless we are moving ahead with organizing sessions, although the
response on EDU and General list has been quite low compared to last
year. Suggestions for where to send the Call for Papers?
Thanks,
Alex
Cameron Shorter wrote:
This does look like an excellent opportunity for OSGeo and I'd love
to see OSGeo present.
However, it does bring up a bigger question about whether OSGeo
should fund local events.
If OSGeo funds events in the US, then should all 100+ other countries
expect the same level of funding? Do we have budget to support this?
Here in Australia the OSGeo local chapter have been setting up
conference stands, giving presentations and workshops and funding
ourselves. Local industry has been coughing up for travel expenses
fliers and registration fees and often OSGeo friendly delegates help
man the stand. We often get free registration often based on us being
Non-Profit and a highly desirable act.
We have some good presentations you are welcome to use at:
http://www.lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/Company/Presentations.html
Mark Leslie's summary of the Open Source Gespatial Stack
and my Business Case for using Open Source.
Alex Mandel wrote:
Marketing Committee,
I would like to propose that Osgeo commit to exhibiting at the
Association of American Geographers meeting in late March, 2009 in
Las Vegas, Nevada. The AAG annual meeting is the largest meeting of
geographers in the United States and includes many international
academics and government employees in geography. The last 2
conferences have had over 7000 attendees.
I've put together a preliminary budget proposal at
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/AAG_2009
At minimum we need to commit to $1000 to reserve the booth in the
exhibit hall very soon, there are less than 8 spots left for
non-profits with a deposit of $500 at booking.
I can guarantee 4 volunteers for the booth on top of the request to
send at least one top Osgeo member(board?).
In conjunction with the exhibit I'm attempting to organize paper
sessions around FOSS software which I will be proposing to the Edu
and general lists shortly.
Thank you,
Alex Mandel (wildintellect)
Geography Graduate Group
University of California, Davis
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