If there is no interest from the geospatial projects, I am not sure we want to commit resources to this event. Adding them to this thread to bump this issue back to their attention.
BKP Brian Proffitt VP, Marketing & Publicity VP, Conferences On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM Martin Desruisseaux via press <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello ASF press > > Last year, I asked if ASF agreed to participate to a new edition of a joint > code sprint with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and another open-source > organization (OSGeo), and the response was positive [1]. Unfortunately, the > last year event could not be organized. However, ASF participated to the 4 > precedent editions. Would ASF accepts to participate to a new edition in > 2026? The context would be similar to the previous editions: > > OGC and the host do the organization work. > The even is both virtual and in person. > Participation is free for all. > Press material mentioning ASF are submitted on this mailing list before to be > published. > > The target audiences are contributors to open source geospatial projects, > data scientists, designers or tech enthusiasts. The sessions emphase agile > workflows and quick iterations. > > I posted an email on [email protected] about this event and got no reply > [2], but the question was about the preferred location rather than whether > there is an interest. In the four precedent editions, we had participation > from a few ASF projects (at least Apache SIS, Sedona and Baremap from my > memory). > > Would ASF agree to participate to a fifth edition? > > Martin > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/ow3wns2v11d75r0hljoqtfqck0004brj > [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/2qd690kq7hjd0rjtd0dy56xccspmzkp8 >
