I am available, let me know how I can help. I love the idea of an interactive session, but be aware you need to cover for a crowd that is too shy for questions.
Your email touched on many topics so I am a bit confused if you are proposing a new thing (interactive session) or combining the two talks I proposed previously? -- Jody Garnett On 22 June 2017 at 08:19, Dirk Frigne <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Jody, > > (and everybody who is interested in welcoming new OSGeo members on the > FOSS4G-Europe conference in Paris) > > I noticed that you will be in Paris for the FOSS4G conference (and > the F2F board meeting). > > May I ask your help to organise a topic talk with me to welcome the > potential new volunteers attending the FOSS4G conference to the OSGeo > Community? > > During the Paris conference Topic Talks[1] are again scheduled on the > agenda, as they form an important backbone for the OSGeo community. > > Your submission was selected to be embedded in a topic talk session 4 > (TT04) together with another submission: > submission 100: Working with the OSGeo Community > submission 99: Welcome to the FOSS4G Community > > The targeted audience are all the newbies who wants to know more about > and eventually become involved into the OSGeo community. > > I want to address also to all the OSGeo volunteers who want to introduce > these newbies into our community (= mentors). > > The idea is to present these two talks together with an interactive > discussion with the audience to exchange experiences. What can we do > better, what was your own experience when becomming an OSGeo volunteeer, > wwhat do you expect from OSGeo, reality check: what can we expect from a > volunteer? How can you contribute, where can you learn more? What is the > next step, .... > > Are you available to help me during this topic talk to make it a success > for these enthusiast new people? Thanks in advance. > > If anybody else want to volunteer, please put your name on the wiki [3] > > Dirk. > > [1] https://europe.foss4g.org/2017/TopicTalks > [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams > [3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Europe#FOSS4G_2017 > > PS. I asked gerald to put following tekst on [3] TT04: > > *FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community* > Jody Garnet (2BD) and Dirk Frigne > > If you are new to the FOSS4G conference and you want to become involved > because you feel the vibes of this vibrant community and the fun and > interactions between all these volunteers. > If you are a software developer and want to contribute to GIS open > source projects. > If you are a manager, a teacher, a professor, a researcher and you want > to know more about OSGeo and how to become part of the DNA, this topic > talk is for you. Don't miss it. > > If you are an OSGeo volunteer and you want to welcome the newbies so > they find there way to the different proejcts, please don't hesitate to > be in our topic talk. We will need you! > > Presentations: > Welcome to the FOSS4G Community > Working with the OSGeo Community > Disussion and interaction > Exchange experience > Best way to start to become a volunteer! > > > > -- > Yours sincerely, > > > ir. Dirk Frigne > CEO @geosparc > > Geosparc n.v. > Brugsesteenweg 587 > B-9030 Ghent > Tel: +32 9 236 60 18 > GSM: +32 495 508 799 > > http://www.geomajas.org > http://www.geosparc.com > > @DFrigne > be.linkedin.com/in/frigne > > > >
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