Forwarding for David. He mentioned he wasn't allowed to email these two
lists. Most likely he's not subscribed.
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Subject: Re: [location-iwg] [OSGeo-Discuss] 2015 North American
conference
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 16:06:05 -0400
From: David Dubovsky <ddubov...@boundlessgeo.com>
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Andrew,
I echo David's appreciation for stepping up to take this on. My
organization (Boundless) sees a lot of benefit to a co-hosted event,
potentially raising the profile of FOSS4G significantly.
I did have a few thoughts on location. Before 2015 there will have been
five FOSS4G Events in North America:
2007: FOSS4G Victoria
2011: FOSS4G Denver
2012: FOSS4G-NA Washington DC
2013: FOSS4G-NA Minneapolis
2014: FOSS4G Portland
Given the distribution it looks like FOSS4G is due for an east coast
event. I know DC would work out, but we did have the first NA event
there. I'd like to float the idea of having the event in Philadelphia.
It has a major airport and is easily accessible by train. DC and NYC
attendees can easily come for one or multiple days via amtrak. I don't
think travel restrictions would be too bad for Philly either.
That said I defer to those more familiar with the city and the other
conferences.
David
David Dubovsky
Marketing Manager |Boundless
ddubov...@boundlessgeo.com <mailto:ddubov...@boundlessgeo.com>
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On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Andrew Ross <andrew.r...@eclipse.org
<mailto:andrew.r...@eclipse.org>> wrote:
David,
Thank you. Our team is always glad to support the ecosystem.
Personally, I'm jazzed at the potential and looking forward to
having a lot of fun with this.
You're spot-on. We recognize the branding is a crucial bit of this.
It's not simple, but I think we should be able to figure out a way
to do it that works for everyone. For those that have ideas or want
to participate, please speak up ASAP.
Cheers!
Andrew
On 07/04/14 13:50, David William Bitner wrote:
Andrew,
First of all, thank you for stepping up as willing to take on
FOSS4G NA 2015.
Having made two calls to the broader community over the last
several months looking for folks to express interest in hosting
the NA event for 2015 with no response, I am excited to see
someone with your experience stepping forward. Unless this thread
spurs on another bid, at this point, I would not envision
necessity for a competitive bid for this event.
I think that co-hosting the event with Eclipse and LocationTech
can both help boost the profile and the make this event
logistically easier. I think the most critical piece in joining
these events this year will be in making sure that we can keep the
FOSS4G and OSGeo branding prominent.
Keep in mind as well (anyone else here too that might want to
provide a competing bid!), that we have earmarked ~$20K from the
Minneapolis event to help bootstrap a 2015 NA FOSS4G.
David
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Andrew Ross
<andrew.r...@eclipse.org <mailto:andrew.r...@eclipse.org>> wrote:
Hello Everyone,
Please excuse the cross post between OSGeo's discuss &
conference_dev lists as well as LocationTech's discussion
list. I'm hoping to enable inclusive discussion about an idea.
Bit of background, this coming May (19-21), LocationTech
Summit is co-hosted with Location Intelligence in Washington
D.C. <http://www.locationintelligence.net/>. Travel
restrictions for Federal Government employees for instance
meant holding this in D.C. was important in 2014.
We have started planning for 2015, and I wanted to reach out
and see if an idea might be of interest to the greater community.
The idea is to co-host LocationTech Summit, FOSS4G North
America, and EclipseCon next year in the spring.
For those that haven't been:
* EclipseCon is a great developer conference & covers
topics that I feel may be a really nice complement such as
Science, Internet of Things, Automotive, Software
development best practice, and more. While there are some
awesome talks in the area, it's not just about the IDE. :-)
* FOSS4G NA is the regional sibling of FOSS4G Global, also a
great developer conference, and focused on geospatial
technologies. It is a must attend event if you're into web
mapping or looking for open source GIS solutions.
* LocationTech Summit is new (first one this May), similar
to FOSS4G however perhaps has a stronger focus on high
performance geoprocessing technologies and new
technologies like GeoGit for instance.
* My feeble attempt at contrast aside, I think these last
two will see a lot of the same speakers & audience.
A few thoughts:
* We believe a combined event could likely be done to
prioritize camaraderie which is so important for open
source projects & community. i.e. avoid anyone feeling
lost in a huge event.
* We feel the mutual outreach to people across communities
would be really useful, interesting, and spark wonderful
ideas we can't predict.
* The logistical work can be done by full time conference
organizers who organize EclipseCon each year. The program
is up to the communities to set.
* For those seeking suppliers, partners, & customers, this
should make for more opportunities.
* Profit sharing with significant participating groups is
doable. We're glad to help figure out a fair and amicable
solution.
* Ensuring each group are well served is a priority of
course. We think this combined event might attract people
who might not otherwise come to any of them. But we'll
have to try and see.
Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Is this a good idea? Interested?
Kind regards,
Andrew
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