[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSDEM 2015: proposal for a geospatial devroom
Hello everyone, FOSDEM[1] is a free open source event bringing together about 5000 developers together in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source software developers and communities a place to meet to. The next edition will take place the weekend 31/1 - 1/2/2015. Last edition (in february this year) both Osgeo and Openstreetmap had a stand and there was a lot of interest in geospatial technologies. That is why the idea was coined to organise a geospatial devroom the next edition. Since the call for participation for developer rooms and main tracks is now open [2], I would like to start writing a proposal [3], so hopefully we can have a geospatial devroom next year. Rather than organising the devroom organised by one project FOSDEM really prefers joint organisation Proposals involving collaboration across project or domain boundaries are strongly encouraged. That's why I'm sending this mail to Osgeo, OSM and locationtech. If you would like organising the devroom (writing the proposal and selecting the presentations) and will be present, please get in touch or add your name to my current draft proposal [3]. Note that one can also propose main track presentations. For main track speakers travel expenses and accommodation will be covered by the organisation. This is not the case for the devroom. Finally a reminder that we are only sending a proposal for a devroom - We are not sure it will be accepted. Competition will be fierce. Cheers, Johan [1] http://fosdem.org [2] https://fosdem.org/2015/news/2014-07-01-call-for-participation/ [3] https://titanpad.com/GptTJKIKJB ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSDEM 2015: proposal for a geospatial devroom
Hello Johan, thanks for you initiative. Would be great to get an OSGeo devroom on FOSDEM 2015. Astrid Am 06.08.2014 09:11, schrieb Johan Van de Wauw: Hello everyone, FOSDEM[1] is a free open source event bringing together about 5000 developers together in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source software developers and communities a place to meet to. The next edition will take place the weekend 31/1 - 1/2/2015. Last edition (in february this year) both Osgeo and Openstreetmap had a stand and there was a lot of interest in geospatial technologies. That is why the idea was coined to organise a geospatial devroom the next edition. Since the call for participation for developer rooms and main tracks is now open [2], I would like to start writing a proposal [3], so hopefully we can have a geospatial devroom next year. Rather than organising the devroom organised by one project FOSDEM really prefers joint organisation Proposals involving collaboration across project or domain boundaries are strongly encouraged. That's why I'm sending this mail to Osgeo, OSM and locationtech. If you would like organising the devroom (writing the proposal and selecting the presentations) and will be present, please get in touch or add your name to my current draft proposal [3]. Note that one can also propose main track presentations. For main track speakers travel expenses and accommodation will be covered by the organisation. This is not the case for the devroom. Finally a reminder that we are only sending a proposal for a devroom - We are not sure it will be accepted. Competition will be fierce. Cheers, Johan [1] http://fosdem.org [2] https://fosdem.org/2015/news/2014-07-01-call-for-participation/ [3] https://titanpad.com/GptTJKIKJB ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Astrid Emde GIS-Consultant FOSS Academy Sommerschule 2014 GDI in 5 Tagen! | 1.-5.9.2014 in Berlin http://www.foss-academy.eu/sommerschule_2014 Astrid Emde WhereGroup GmbH Co.KG Eifelstraße 7 53119 Bonn Germany Fon: +49(0)228 90 90 38 - 19 Fax: +49(0)228 90 90 38 - 11 astrid.e...@wheregroup.com www.wheregroup.com Folgen Sie der WhereGroup auf twitter: http://twitter.com/WhereGroup_com Amtsgericht Bonn, HRA 6788 --- Komplementärin: WhereGroup Verwaltungs GmbH vertreten durch: Olaf Knopp, Peter Stamm --- pgp-public key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x06DA52D72D515284 Signierte und/oder verschlüsselte Nachrichten sind sehr willkommen Signed and/or encrypted mail is highly appreciated ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSDEM 2015: proposal for a geospatial devroom
Dear Johan, Thank you for reaching out the great idea. For what it's worth, I really like seeing cross-organization collaboration like this. For some reason the message didn't seem to x-post to the LocationTech discussion list (at least that I can see). Hopefully this email might reach all the lists. I'll make sure the LocationTech community knows about it in any case. I may be able to make it there myself. And I've heard good things from my colleagues who have gone to past FOSDEMs. Andrew On 06/08/14 03:11, Johan Van de Wauw wrote: Hello everyone, FOSDEM[1] is a free open source event bringing together about 5000 developers together in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source software developers and communities a place to meet to. The next edition will take place the weekend 31/1 - 1/2/2015. Last edition (in february this year) both Osgeo and Openstreetmap had a stand and there was a lot of interest in geospatial technologies. That is why the idea was coined to organise a geospatial devroom the next edition. Since the call for participation for developer rooms and main tracks is now open [2], I would like to start writing a proposal [3], so hopefully we can have a geospatial devroom next year. Rather than organising the devroom organised by one project FOSDEM really prefers joint organisation Proposals involving collaboration across project or domain boundaries are strongly encouraged. That's why I'm sending this mail to Osgeo, OSM and locationtech. If you would like organising the devroom (writing the proposal and selecting the presentations) and will be present, please get in touch or add your name to my current draft proposal [3]. Note that one can also propose main track presentations. For main track speakers travel expenses and accommodation will be covered by the organisation. This is not the case for the devroom. Finally a reminder that we are only sending a proposal for a devroom - We are not sure it will be accepted. Competition will be fierce. Cheers, Johan [1] http://fosdem.org [2] https://fosdem.org/2015/news/2014-07-01-call-for-participation/ [3] https://titanpad.com/GptTJKIKJB ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSDEM 2015: proposal for a geospatial devroom
Hi Johan, Good idea. You might want to weave in concepts of an OSGeo Code Sprint, and/or OSGeoLive event? Maybe start with an OSGeo-Live lightning presentation, followed by specific project development. For general techies, we are always looking for testers for our OSGeo-Live quickstarts. On 6/08/2014 5:11 pm, Johan Van de Wauw wrote: Hello everyone, FOSDEM[1] is a free open source event bringing together about 5000 developers together in Brussels, Belgium. The goal is to provide open source software developers and communities a place to meet to. The next edition will take place the weekend 31/1 - 1/2/2015. Last edition (in february this year) both Osgeo and Openstreetmap had a stand and there was a lot of interest in geospatial technologies. That is why the idea was coined to organise a geospatial devroom the next edition. Since the call for participation for developer rooms and main tracks is now open [2], I would like to start writing a proposal [3], so hopefully we can have a geospatial devroom next year. Rather than organising the devroom organised by one project FOSDEM really prefers joint organisation Proposals involving collaboration across project or domain boundaries are strongly encouraged. That's why I'm sending this mail to Osgeo, OSM and locationtech. If you would like organising the devroom (writing the proposal and selecting the presentations) and will be present, please get in touch or add your name to my current draft proposal [3]. Note that one can also propose main track presentations. For main track speakers travel expenses and accommodation will be covered by the organisation. This is not the case for the devroom. Finally a reminder that we are only sending a proposal for a devroom - We are not sure it will be accepted. Competition will be fierce. Cheers, Johan [1] http://fosdem.org [2] https://fosdem.org/2015/news/2014-07-01-call-for-participation/ [3] https://titanpad.com/GptTJKIKJB ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Cameron Shorter, Software and Data Solutions Manager LISAsoft Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf, 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009 P +61 2 9009 5000, W www.lisasoft.com, F +61 2 9009 5099 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSDEM 2015: proposal for a geospatial devroom
Cameron, Good idea. You might want to weave in concepts of an OSGeo Code Sprint, and/or OSGeoLive event? I've been thinking about doing a codesprint friday before the conference (should we have devroom).With presentations in 15 parallel sessions [1] in other rooms I think we will not attract anyone for a codesprint during the conference. I should also add that the technical level of most participants of FOSDEM is *very* high (eg open source companies as Red Hat and Mozilla fly in hordes of engineers). I think you are more likely to find new developers for projects than translators. Or for OsGeo live packagers (lots of debian developers are present). For everyone reading this: this should be a very good reason to present *your project or idea* there :-) Johan [1]to get an idea, the schedule for last edition: https://archive.fosdem.org/2014/schedule/roomtracks/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
