Apologies, if I left anyone out - please add yourself to the list if QGIS HF sounds good to you (we should probably start a wiki page).
Thanks, Alex On 10/12/2012 11:03 AM, Alex Mandel wrote: > Gary and I have chatted about this. The west coast is somewhat ideal and > the further north the better (in terms of shorter/cheaper flights, > especially for the Alaska crew). > > The main characters that I know of to involve would be: > Larry - Dakotas > Aaron Racicot - Oregon > Gary Sherman - Alaska (+ a couple of people Gary works with) > Alex Mandel (me) - Davis, CA > Bob M.(cgsbob) - Sacramento, CA > Jctull - Reno, Nv > > Seattle or Portland seem like good candidates with CUGOS and PDX-OSGeo > chapters. OSGeo Sprint was outside Seattle last year. Also there is the > OSGeo North America in Minnesota this April. > > Of course I'm willing to host at UC Davis if it helps, since I can get > rooms relatively easily but we need help organizing donations to keep us > fed. > > Thanks, > Alex > > On 10/12/2012 10:55 AM, Larry Shaffer wrote: >> Hi >> >> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Paolo Cavallini <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Hi all. >>> This HF is over - only three Italians stranded in Essen, waiting for >>> their flights back. >>> I personally want to deeply thank Horst, Otto, and all those who helped >>> organize this very successful event. The location is simply ideal, no >>> waste of time, maximum concentration on coding and discussing (OK, apart >>> from the bad influence of IT Crowd, damned), a beautiful and quiet >>> place, a friendly atmosphere, and efficient infrastructure. >>> In my personal opinion, Villa Vogelsang is the best place we've ever >>> had, and I would suggest coming back here more or less regularly (e.g. >>> we could have one itinerant HF per year, and another one here). >>> Another thing I'd like is to make it easier for people from other >>> continents to participate (we are too Eurocentric at the moment), >>> without incurring in too high flight costs. Perhaps we could have >>> simultaneous HFs in each continent, and be constantly connected in audio >>> and video? >> >> Thanks for bringing this up Paolo. >> >> I would like to go to a QGIS hackfest, but the European venues are not >> financially feasible for me (and probably not for others as well). The >> hackfests seem to generate very positive momentum for the project, as >> well as code. >> >> I am definitely in favor of attending one here (in the US). If it >> could coincide with another going on in another part of the world, >> that would be very cool. >> >> If one were to be in the US, obviously having it in a locale with an >> international airport seems logical. How were accommodations for >> FOSS4G in Denver (2011)? >> >> How many are interested in a sister hackfest in the US, ideally one >> video- or audio-linked to another in Europe (or elsewhere)? >> >> Regards, >> >> Larry >> >> >>> Thanks again to all for contributing to this success, that marks another >>> step in the history of QGIS. >>> >>> -- >>> Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia >>> www.faunalia.eu >>> Full contact details at www.faunalia.eu/pc >>> Nuovi corsi QGIS e PostGIS: http://www.faunalia.it/calendario >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-developer mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
