Thanks for all of the responses. Landon
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 7:38 AM, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>wrote: > Hi Landon, > > I think your idea of starting with a one day addition to the existing > land surveyors event is great, this is a great way to introduce FOSS4G > to a new community. > > Also don't be afraid to 'just do it', if your chapter is interested in > hosting their own event, excellent! It's very very important that we > spread our passion at the local level. > > > -jeff > > > > On 2013-05-07 10:54 PM, Landon Blake wrote: > > I've been tossing around the idea of organizing an open source GIS > > conference on the USA West Coast. I'd thought it would be good to bounce > > that idea by this general discussion list. > > > > I think the organization of a conference could be spearheaded by the > > California Chapter under my lead. I know the PDX chapter is also on the > > West Coast and may be interested. > > > > If we couldn't swing a self-hosted event I think there is a good change > > I could get a day on the program of the California/Nevada land surveyors > > conference, which is usually in Reno every spring. This would greatly > > reduce the cost, and would have the added benefit of bringing in some > > extra revenue to the surveying conference. I have some connections with > > the California surveying organization that puts on the Reno conference > > and I serve on their GIS Committee. I would be able to explore this > > option with them. > > > > Please let me know if you would be interested in helping me organize a > > one or two day event on the West Coast. If there is enough support, I'll > > open a more detailed discussion on the California Chapter mailing list, > > and will try to see if there are enough volunteers to form a West Coast > > conference committee. > > > > My employer might be willing to help sponsor some of the costs for a > > smaller self-hosted event for 50 to 100 people. > > > > I don't want this to take the steam out of a national USA FOSS4G > > conference. But I think there is a good opportunity to capture the > > interest of local folks that won't attend a national conference, > > especially in the Silicon Valley. Perhaps we could coordinate with the > > USA FOSS4G folks to have an event in California every two or three years? > > > > Please share your thoughts. > > > > Landon > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > Jeff McKenna > MapServer Consulting and Training Services > http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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