The latest update after nearly two hours of today's webex meeting, which featured Mark Iliffe sounding like he was in a call centre, a dog barking somewhere, and for the first time my microphone actually working.
First order of business was pricing - there were some fine adjustments to the costings but the committee is still confident of running an affordable, enjoyable conference and returning a lump of cash to OSGeo for the greater good. The registration system will go live next week. The final signing of the contract with the venue edges closer, and we will have plenty of internets. The timetable was discussed, and the days of hackathons and workshops were sorted out. Updates will be appearing on the web site soon. Those interested in participating in the hackathon should look out for some Google Hangout sessions that our hackathon organisers will be publicising soon to get your ideas on what should be hacked on. The deadline for academic track papers has been pushed back to Feb 22nd. Our reviewers will have to work a little bit quicker, but we should still be on track for publications by the conference start. We now have 19 sponsors, paid up and displayed on the wall of sponsors on the web page. Slashgeo is our single media partner sponsor at this stage. Please direct potential sponsors to our site, 2013.foss4g.org We are happy to announce Paul Ramsey, the Co-founder of PostGIS, as our first confirmed keynote speaker. Perhaps he will tell us how many legs that perspicacious pachyderm really has. [see: http://www.cleverelephant.ca/index.html ]. We have some other keynote speakers almost ready to announce, but that will have to wait... For our next conference call in two weeks time, Steven may well be chairing the meeting from a chairlift in between high-speed adventures on the snow! Barry _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
