based on history who will manage the domain, and what is the different between global FOSS4G event vs country's chapter FOSS4G?
and how a local chapter event can be show in foss4g.org On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Venkatesh Raghavan < [email protected]> wrote: > Mori-san, > > Nice to relive the 2004 Bangkok nostalgia! > > And FOSS4G related papers that we co-authored back in 2004 that can be > viewed at the links below; > > > http://dlisv03.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/infolib/user_contents/kiyo/DB00011169.pdf > http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/viewpaper.php?id=35 > > And the more about the history of foss4g.org domain in thread below; > > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2007-October/000405.html > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2007-August/000379.html > > Best > > Venka > > > On 2011/11/18 15:20, "Toru Mori (森 亮)" wrote: > > Bruce, > > Venka used the word "FOSS4G" in 2004 in Bangkok Thailand first time ever on > globe, 2 years before the international conference in Lausanne. (Please see > attached photo) > As a person co-working with Venka (inventor of "FOSS4G") for many years, I > know > he says that FOSS4G can be used by everybody who promotes "foss4g tools". So > there is no restriction in using "FOSS4G" brand as long as promoting foss4g > tools. > It has been already used by many local chapters, conferences and communities. > FOSS4G belongs to wider community, not to just only one "regal organization". > > If you think "FOSS4G" should be used for only "international conference", I > would suggest you come up with another naming, instead of FOSS4G. > > Toru Mori > OSGeo Japan/ Organizer of FOSS4G 2008-2011 Tokyo/Osaka > > On 2011/11/18, at 14:13, Bruce Bannerman wrote: > > > I don’t like the idea of having multiple variants to the FOSS4G name. > > > > I believe that it weakens and detracts from the value of FOSS4G as **the** > > international event that brings open source spatial people together in a > > ‘gathering of the tribes’. > > > > As a former organiser of FOSS4G-2009, if I was faced with the opportunity to > > again host the prestigious FOSS4G event, as things stand at present I would > > not get involved. This is due to the weakening of the brand and confusion in > > the marketplace. For example, do I go to FOSS4G, FOSS4G.AU, FOSS4G.US, > > FOSS4G.UK, FOSS4G.ID etc etc? What is the difference between them? > > > > > > We have colleagues who are trying to organise FOSS4G-2012. All of this > > discussion is making their job much, much harder than it needs to be. > > > > Lets get behind them and support their hard work. It is certainly not easy > > to > > organise such an event and takes considerable effort and devotion. > > > > > > By all means hold regional events. These are very important for spreading > > information. > > > > But please let’s find a different name. > > > > > > Bruce Bannerman > > > > > > > > On 18/11/11 3:38 PM, "Frans Thamura" > <[email protected] > > <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]>> > > wrote: > > > > got another idea > > > > should we buy foss4g.or.id <http://foss4g.or.id> <http://foss4g.or.id> for > > indonesia, and foss4g.jp > > <http://foss4g.jp> <http://foss4g.jp> for japan? > > > > but i love have a consolidation work together > > > > F > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Frans Thamura <[email protected]> > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > i want to bring FOSS4G to bigger one, all related to GIS.. but based on > > > Open. > > > > I definitely second this. > > Without this concept, we would be isolated ourself from whole geospatial > > ocean. > > > > > > thx toru-san .. > > > > that will be honour for me to create FOSS4G Indonesia, i believe can start > > next year.. :) > > > > this is bigger scope and better value to conduct it > > > > but i still get unanswer question regarding to FOSS4G.org, why tokyo and > > osaka > > & korea are not in the website. > > > > which venka said that open to anyone to create local event using FOSS4G > > name. > > > > I think that will be cool, if here we can have subdomain, like jp.foss4g.org > > <http://jp.foss4g.org> <http://jp.foss4g.org> or id.foss4g.org > > <http://id.foss4g.org> <http://id.foss4g.org> (indonesia) > > > > so all consolidated there.. > > > > any idea for this request > > > > and i see also foss4g.org <http://foss4g.org> <http://foss4g.org> main > > website need touch to make > > it better, to bring wave to the world. > > > > any idea all? > > > > F > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing > [email protected]http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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