Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] regional conferences
Charter members are able to join the conference committee right? I would invite those interested in helping with this decision to join the committee. A vote that is not backed by effort does not reach very far. -- Jody Garnett On Tuesday, 19 June 2012 at 4:14 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote: Maybe this is off-topic for the subject, but, here's a thought: I propose to let OSGeo Charter members vote for the location of the annual FOSS4G event. Background points: - OSGeo Charter members deserve more say in the organization, this vote will give them more control - I initially created the OSGeo Conference committee years ago, it is made up of many past organizers from different areas of the globe, but really only contains less than 15 people - the OSGeo Conference Committee would still be overlooking the process, but the final vote will go to the OSGeo Charter members What do you all think? -jeff ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org (mailto: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] regional conferences
Ah, how come I always had the impression it was for old conference organizers only... Funny how such idea just sticks in ones head. But I guess you have a point here. I'm considering joining if there's a need for new people? Cheers, Jeroen Op 19 jun. 2012 om 15:21 heeft Jody Garnett jody.garn...@gmail.com het volgende geschreven: Charter members are able to join the conference committee right? I would invite those interested in helping with this decision to join the committee. A vote that is not backed by effort does not reach very far. -- Jody Garnett On Tuesday, 19 June 2012 at 4:14 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote: Maybe this is off-topic for the subject, but, here's a thought: I propose to let OSGeo Charter members vote for the location of the annual FOSS4G event. Background points: - OSGeo Charter members deserve more say in the organization, this vote will give them more control - I initially created the OSGeo Conference committee years ago, it is made up of many past organizers from different areas of the globe, but really only contains less than 15 people - the OSGeo Conference Committee would still be overlooking the process, but the final vote will go to the OSGeo Charter members What do you all think? -jeff ___ 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] regional conferences
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 16/06/2012 22:58, Angelos Tzotsos ha scritto: I totally agree with Stefano and Maria. We should try to join forces and learn from each other. Especially smaller groups like the Greek Chapter can benefit a lot in experience and promotion through such procedures and grow faster. Hi all. In Italy we have a long history of successful meetings; we (the GFOSS community at large) started with GRASS meetings, and in the last 4 years we (the GFOSS.it association) have also added (at 6 months interval) a GFOSS Days meeting. The two have different aims, the first more academic, the second more targeted towards Public Administration and business, even though many key people attend both. My suggestion for a Mediterranean (or whatever) meeting: focus clearly on a target, do not try to catch everybody: business meeting should be organized differently form, say developer ones. If you think we can be of help,just ask. All the best. - -- Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia www.faunalia.eu Full contact details at www.faunalia.eu/pc Nuovi corsi: http://www.faunalia.it/calendario -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk/e2zYACgkQ/NedwLUzIr4F6QCfXkqmhu9TRSQ0Lp1XYwZsTNdR R/YAn3+Yq85RFeccHdk1wjJCzooqkjeJ =sHb1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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Hi, not sure, if this proposal is the best for the scope of FOSS4G. As I already wrote in one of previous mails, we have to try to find the balance between global, semi-regional (approx. continent level) and regional (GFOSS, FOSSGIS, ...) events. Another working (not sure, if better) model could be: * Global event as it is - every year * Semi-Regional events (NA, E, Asia, ...) - every year too, of course not on the continent, where the global event is going be organized * Regional events (GFOSS, FOSSGIS, Geoinformatics, ...) every year but in e.g. spring Having global event every second year means implies, that OSGeo meeting will take place only every second year? And what about people, who would like to meet other people, but for some reason (usually financial) are not able to travel to other part of the world? Any opinion to this? Jachym Dne 16.6.2012 13:42, Maria Brovelli napsal(a): +1. I will be happy to help Greek friends in organizing the meeting. Anyway I'm wondering if sooner or later is possible to organize a Mediterranean conference Maria 2012/6/15 Dimitris Kotzinos kotz...@csd.uoc.gr Dear all, I saw with great pleasure the call for organizing the 1st Latin America FOSS4G conference. Congrats to the friends there and let me add my offer to help in any possible way to those who preceded me. The purpose of my e-mail though is a bit different. Taking into account the fact the this year we had the North America regional conference, the central European regional conference and now the Latin America Regional Conference I feel that it is due time to move to a mixed scheme of an international and regional conferences. Thus I propose that we have the odd years (starting from 2013) ONLY the international event (our very successful FOSS4G conference) and the even years (starting from 2014) ONLY the regional conferences. Being in a world in crisis where funding for travel becomes more difficult and where people cannot participate in too many conferences in a year I feel that this is an acceptable compromise. So I call upon the board to decide on this proposal and, of course, all of you to argue in favor :) or against! One final note for the European participation on this list: I suggest that we start organizing a regional European level FOSS4G (if there is agreement also integrating in it the Central-Eastern Europe event) starting from 2014. I volunteer Greece to host the first such event (OK, given that things in Greece will not turn out too bad :)). If there is an initial agreement we can organize things a bit more. Thanks for the consideration of both proposals, Dimitris Kotzinos __**_ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/discusshttp://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Jachym Cepicky Help Service - Remote Sensing s.r.o. jachym.cepi...@gmail.com HS-RS: jac...@hsrs.cz http://bnhelp.cz http://les-ejk.cz signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] regional conferences
On 12-06-18 10:50 AM, Jachym Cepicky wrote: Volker, I see your point - you are not writing it for the first time. Truth is, there was strong request for FOSS4G-E during CEE event. Do you want to prohibit it? I would better support it. Certainly it means loss for the global FOSS4G. Does it mean win for OSGeo? I think so. We just have to talk about the proper model. Jachym Hello Jachym, Volker, Bart, Nick, Maria, Helena and all my FOSS4G friends around the world. I have been very quiet since FOSS4G Denver, stepping back from FOSS4G/conferences because of some concerns about my leadership relayed to me from the OSGeo Board. But my FOSS4G passion and energy has never been so strong. It will never go away :) I am watching the 'regional' events popping up all around the world in fascination and awe; this is really what we have always wanted, to spread the good FOSS4G word, whether it is through a large event or a small one, an official event or 10 people meeting once a month in a pub to discuss FOSS. I admit: at first I was hesitant and was against these regional events because I was worried it would impact the annual event; but, I realize now that there is nothing we can do if people want to get together in their own areas, so let's support it! We can't stop these regional events, nor should we. They're great, allowing local groups to get together with a focus on FOSS4G in their area. Yes, the annual FOSS4G event may dilute a bit, but the word will spread to a wider audience through local/regional events. I still want the annual event to happen each year, to rotate around different regions, and I am ok if that event only draws a few hundred local enthusiasts. I miss you all dearly, and I would jump at the chance to help lead FOSS4G, helping all regional and the annual events grow. Your passionate friend, -jeff ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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Hi all, Many good points from Jachym, Volker, Bart and Jeff i fully agree here. According to me, 2012 was the first year FOSS4G was really splitted in such a way. 4 events, in 3 continents (including the FOSS4G-South-East-Asia recently announced in Malaysia http://foss4g-sea.org/) But i think this is very good. Of course we must keep the annual event as best as the board and community can, with international sponsoring and attendance. But as Jeff just said, even if regional events may make the global event kind of smaller (not even sure!), the OSGeo mission would be spread much wider, in all continents, nations and tribes, with more regional and 'semi regional' events popping around. As there are many local chapters, and that some are sharing the same languages, others don't, even neighbors, i'm fully supporting the idea of having both global, regional and let's say 'sub-regional' events at the same year, or according to a well organized turn over, year by year (odd and even could be a good base a proposed before here). I also could notice that depending on the regional event, the conference may be more academic or more business oriented. May be due to foss4g traditions or customs according to the organizing local chapters. In any case, both global, regional and sub-regional would promote OSGeo and may encourage the formation of new local chapters in countries where OSGeo is not yet represented. About FOSS4G-Europe, i fully agree that it must be reconducted and it will for sure, and as Jachym suggested it should probably happens in a different country each year, and of course not in the same as global event, at least for the global Europe years. About the Meditearranean event we were speaking, initiated by the italian chapter discuss list, i'm imagining it as a sub regional event. As said before, and underlined by Stefano, it won't be a european event only, as people from north africa and middle-east may be interested to join too. All around that good sea. That could also be a great occasion for southern european OSGeo people to meet too. My 0.002 € Best, Nick 2012/6/18 Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com On 12-06-18 10:50 AM, Jachym Cepicky wrote: Volker, I see your point - you are not writing it for the first time. Truth is, there was strong request for FOSS4G-E during CEE event. Do you want to prohibit it? I would better support it. Certainly it means loss for the global FOSS4G. Does it mean win for OSGeo? I think so. We just have to talk about the proper model. Jachym Hello Jachym, Volker, Bart, Nick, Maria, Helena and all my FOSS4G friends around the world. I have been very quiet since FOSS4G Denver, stepping back from FOSS4G/conferences because of some concerns about my leadership relayed to me from the OSGeo Board. But my FOSS4G passion and energy has never been so strong. It will never go away :) I am watching the 'regional' events popping up all around the world in fascination and awe; this is really what we have always wanted, to spread the good FOSS4G word, whether it is through a large event or a small one, an official event or 10 people meeting once a month in a pub to discuss FOSS. I admit: at first I was hesitant and was against these regional events because I was worried it would impact the annual event; but, I realize now that there is nothing we can do if people want to get together in their own areas, so let's support it! We can't stop these regional events, nor should we. They're great, allowing local groups to get together with a focus on FOSS4G in their area. Yes, the annual FOSS4G event may dilute a bit, but the word will spread to a wider audience through local/regional events. I still want the annual event to happen each year, to rotate around different regions, and I am ok if that event only draws a few hundred local enthusiasts. I miss you all dearly, and I would jump at the chance to help lead FOSS4G, helping all regional and the annual events grow. Your passionate friend, -jeff ___ 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] regional conferences
Hello, Le lundi 18 juin 2012 16:40:37 nicolas bozon a écrit : About the Meditearranean event we were speaking, initiated by the italian chapter discuss list, i'm imagining it as a sub regional event. As said before, and underlined by Stefano, it won't be a european event only, as people from north africa and middle-east may be interested to join too. All around that good sea. That could also be a great occasion for southern european OSGeo people to meet too. This could be interesting to mix some countries in two differents Local FOSS4G (like italy and France in FOSS4G-CEE and FOSS4G-med). This way ideas, projects, etc. will spread much better. A kind of FOSS4G intersection :) Y. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] regional conferences
Maybe this is off-topic for the subject, but, here's a thought: I propose to let OSGeo Charter members vote for the location of the annual FOSS4G event. Background points: - OSGeo Charter members deserve more say in the organization, this vote will give them more control - I initially created the OSGeo Conference committee years ago, it is made up of many past organizers from different areas of the globe, but really only contains less than 15 people - the OSGeo Conference Committee would still be overlooking the process, but the final vote will go to the OSGeo Charter members What do you all think? -jeff ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] regional conferences
Jeff, +1 for the Chater members to vote on both the annual conference location and also about yearly new OSGeo advocates, supposed to go to other geo conferences and represent the Foundation. What a perspicacious point of view ! You've been away for a while, but for sure not stopped thinking [?] Thanks Nick 2012/6/18 Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com Maybe this is off-topic for the subject, but, here's a thought: I propose to let OSGeo Charter members vote for the location of the annual FOSS4G event. Background points: - OSGeo Charter members deserve more say in the organization, this vote will give them more control - I initially created the OSGeo Conference committee years ago, it is made up of many past organizers from different areas of the globe, but really only contains less than 15 people - the OSGeo Conference Committee would still be overlooking the process, but the final vote will go to the OSGeo Charter members What do you all think? -jeff ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss 330.gif___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] regional conferences
+1. I will be happy to help Greek friends in organizing the meeting. Anyway I'm wondering if sooner or later is possible to organize a Mediterranean conference Maria 2012/6/15 Dimitris Kotzinos kotz...@csd.uoc.gr Dear all, I saw with great pleasure the call for organizing the 1st Latin America FOSS4G conference. Congrats to the friends there and let me add my offer to help in any possible way to those who preceded me. The purpose of my e-mail though is a bit different. Taking into account the fact the this year we had the North America regional conference, the central European regional conference and now the Latin America Regional Conference I feel that it is due time to move to a mixed scheme of an international and regional conferences. Thus I propose that we have the odd years (starting from 2013) ONLY the international event (our very successful FOSS4G conference) and the even years (starting from 2014) ONLY the regional conferences. Being in a world in crisis where funding for travel becomes more difficult and where people cannot participate in too many conferences in a year I feel that this is an acceptable compromise. So I call upon the board to decide on this proposal and, of course, all of you to argue in favor :) or against! One final note for the European participation on this list: I suggest that we start organizing a regional European level FOSS4G (if there is agreement also integrating in it the Central-Eastern Europe event) starting from 2014. I volunteer Greece to host the first such event (OK, given that things in Greece will not turn out too bad :)). If there is an initial agreement we can organize things a bit more. Thanks for the consideration of both proposals, Dimitris Kotzinos __**_ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/discusshttp://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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What a good idea Maria ! Such a Mediterannean regional event could may be gather italin, greek, spanish and french local chapters, and may be others. Very good idea. Best, Nick 2012/6/16 Maria Brovelli brv...@gmail.com +1. I will be happy to help Greek friends in organizing the meeting. Anyway I'm wondering if sooner or later is possible to organize a Mediterranean conference Maria 2012/6/15 Dimitris Kotzinos kotz...@csd.uoc.gr Dear all, I saw with great pleasure the call for organizing the 1st Latin America FOSS4G conference. Congrats to the friends there and let me add my offer to help in any possible way to those who preceded me. The purpose of my e-mail though is a bit different. Taking into account the fact the this year we had the North America regional conference, the central European regional conference and now the Latin America Regional Conference I feel that it is due time to move to a mixed scheme of an international and regional conferences. Thus I propose that we have the odd years (starting from 2013) ONLY the international event (our very successful FOSS4G conference) and the even years (starting from 2014) ONLY the regional conferences. Being in a world in crisis where funding for travel becomes more difficult and where people cannot participate in too many conferences in a year I feel that this is an acceptable compromise. So I call upon the board to decide on this proposal and, of course, all of you to argue in favor :) or against! One final note for the European participation on this list: I suggest that we start organizing a regional European level FOSS4G (if there is agreement also integrating in it the Central-Eastern Europe event) starting from 2014. I volunteer Greece to host the first such event (OK, given that things in Greece will not turn out too bad :)). If there is an initial agreement we can organize things a bit more. Thanks for the consideration of both proposals, Dimitris Kotzinos __**_ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/discusshttp://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ 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] regional conferences
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Il 16/06/2012 18:34, nicolas bozon ha scritto: Such a Mediterannean regional event could may be gather italin, greek, spanish and french local chapters, and may be others. Actually, as most closed seas do, the Mediterranean has countries all around it, not only on the Northern side :-) I was raising this very idea only a few days ago on the mailing list of GFOSS.it, the Italian OSGeo chapter (specifically referring to Greece, because that's where I am now). There was some consensus among members. The point IMHO is not to gather again the same people who would meet anyway at any international event (FOSS4G Barcelona was only in 2010, by the way). We should try and support the creation of new chapters where they are still missing (of course this is true globally, not just for the Mediterranean). my 2¢ - ciao, steko -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJP3LAnAAoJEDBz7sDeHMxYfpgP/2d0q6hTMMzuigq4mQHESfVm t0lq4c72Z1sf+PfpuScH6z81j5BvxKyAdgLBxzyO5cO9jGMaowj+tinY1ZWpzli8 dWHHJec2/XcUHl40YHomUh2r6CnqFFiUYp2nfdGnssLNb1FVUh0+drVamNKnyXwU f+elwc1AKPkDo6v+hYZd0M4QisTm+0VyUuMyA3YKZmUdqO6aa66KkSHUEiyWFz30 5V810CZgHnClYctBI2ryJKi+e1lHT8Wjt5jiRqE3x/9OH+kgLiGoUJqleThUquoQ YaFNix/ZfCFL/ofIr22kOssgzk43yJezymAzJPVtmweZyOwrqAA+tMF4R85s1Lsp 85RzB6Eu6GzLZLQAjDFpNszMjXxPd8MgsT3r82F4xHmaRh/FbZB1r/f3jLQd4G84 J9/s8u8ulakqAh+fSvH39GrZ7edwgBoI9EUSUe3Ol4BX7O5nVBZXjv3T7mXexVnz 9VEPg7FXzqWlNu1Hk1ZsZ6gN/UWqWE7DgzzrImKtP56jMZ0P91b4ECznpeHtk0iG 36epvNmyEmBnTWfCtwVw8sFRH2NKoEX/ERkTdg784yrQy/cCXMJSuvoCIwKsrF6z eqGitpy4BDK5nyOBMylmFN8kzT/p6IuJYXIKRXMBSZo/jvevwoYM7xX0c0EkKpz0 T3qf+6SMzxPD7Xe1aF+b =1eYJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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Hello Stefano, Sorry, i've listed only 'northern' med countries (greece is not northern i guess ?), because i am not aware if there are local chapters at the south or east, that's why i said 'may be others' too [?] (OSGeo probably needs a map of local chapters and members by the way) I fully agree that such an event could gather regular euro osgeo folks as well as new comers, and would be a great occasion to form new local chapters for sure. +1 By the way, do you know if there are osgeo initiative in 'fer' East med or Maghreb already ? Sorry for my ignorance. Best, Nick 2012/6/16 Stefano Costa st...@iosa.it -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Il 16/06/2012 18:34, nicolas bozon ha scritto: Such a Mediterannean regional event could may be gather italin, greek, spanish and french local chapters, and may be others. Actually, as most closed seas do, the Mediterranean has countries all around it, not only on the Northern side :-) I was raising this very idea only a few days ago on the mailing list of GFOSS.it, the Italian OSGeo chapter (specifically referring to Greece, because that's where I am now). There was some consensus among members. The point IMHO is not to gather again the same people who would meet anyway at any international event (FOSS4G Barcelona was only in 2010, by the way). We should try and support the creation of new chapters where they are still missing (of course this is true globally, not just for the Mediterranean). my 2¢ - ciao, steko -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJP3LAnAAoJEDBz7sDeHMxYfpgP/2d0q6hTMMzuigq4mQHESfVm t0lq4c72Z1sf+PfpuScH6z81j5BvxKyAdgLBxzyO5cO9jGMaowj+tinY1ZWpzli8 dWHHJec2/XcUHl40YHomUh2r6CnqFFiUYp2nfdGnssLNb1FVUh0+drVamNKnyXwU f+elwc1AKPkDo6v+hYZd0M4QisTm+0VyUuMyA3YKZmUdqO6aa66KkSHUEiyWFz30 5V810CZgHnClYctBI2ryJKi+e1lHT8Wjt5jiRqE3x/9OH+kgLiGoUJqleThUquoQ YaFNix/ZfCFL/ofIr22kOssgzk43yJezymAzJPVtmweZyOwrqAA+tMF4R85s1Lsp 85RzB6Eu6GzLZLQAjDFpNszMjXxPd8MgsT3r82F4xHmaRh/FbZB1r/f3jLQd4G84 J9/s8u8ulakqAh+fSvH39GrZ7edwgBoI9EUSUe3Ol4BX7O5nVBZXjv3T7mXexVnz 9VEPg7FXzqWlNu1Hk1ZsZ6gN/UWqWE7DgzzrImKtP56jMZ0P91b4ECznpeHtk0iG 36epvNmyEmBnTWfCtwVw8sFRH2NKoEX/ERkTdg784yrQy/cCXMJSuvoCIwKsrF6z eqGitpy4BDK5nyOBMylmFN8kzT/p6IuJYXIKRXMBSZo/jvevwoYM7xX0c0EkKpz0 T3qf+6SMzxPD7Xe1aF+b =1eYJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss 332.gif___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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On 06/16/2012 07:11 PM, Stefano Costa wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Il 16/06/2012 18:34, nicolas bozon ha scritto: Such a Mediterannean regional event could may be gather italin, greek, spanish and french local chapters, and may be others. Actually, as most closed seas do, the Mediterranean has countries all around it, not only on the Northern side :-) I was raising this very idea only a few days ago on the mailing list of GFOSS.it, the Italian OSGeo chapter (specifically referring to Greece, because that's where I am now). There was some consensus among members. The point IMHO is not to gather again the same people who would meet anyway at any international event (FOSS4G Barcelona was only in 2010, by the way). We should try and support the creation of new chapters where they are still missing (of course this is true globally, not just for the Mediterranean). my 2¢ - ciao, steko -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJP3LAnAAoJEDBz7sDeHMxYfpgP/2d0q6hTMMzuigq4mQHESfVm t0lq4c72Z1sf+PfpuScH6z81j5BvxKyAdgLBxzyO5cO9jGMaowj+tinY1ZWpzli8 dWHHJec2/XcUHl40YHomUh2r6CnqFFiUYp2nfdGnssLNb1FVUh0+drVamNKnyXwU f+elwc1AKPkDo6v+hYZd0M4QisTm+0VyUuMyA3YKZmUdqO6aa66KkSHUEiyWFz30 5V810CZgHnClYctBI2ryJKi+e1lHT8Wjt5jiRqE3x/9OH+kgLiGoUJqleThUquoQ YaFNix/ZfCFL/ofIr22kOssgzk43yJezymAzJPVtmweZyOwrqAA+tMF4R85s1Lsp 85RzB6Eu6GzLZLQAjDFpNszMjXxPd8MgsT3r82F4xHmaRh/FbZB1r/f3jLQd4G84 J9/s8u8ulakqAh+fSvH39GrZ7edwgBoI9EUSUe3Ol4BX7O5nVBZXjv3T7mXexVnz 9VEPg7FXzqWlNu1Hk1ZsZ6gN/UWqWE7DgzzrImKtP56jMZ0P91b4ECznpeHtk0iG 36epvNmyEmBnTWfCtwVw8sFRH2NKoEX/ERkTdg784yrQy/cCXMJSuvoCIwKsrF6z eqGitpy4BDK5nyOBMylmFN8kzT/p6IuJYXIKRXMBSZo/jvevwoYM7xX0c0EkKpz0 T3qf+6SMzxPD7Xe1aF+b =1eYJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Hi, I totally agree with Stefano and Maria. We should try to join forces and learn from each other. Especially smaller groups like the Greek Chapter can benefit a lot in experience and promotion through such procedures and grow faster. Regards, Angelos -- Angelos Tzotsos Remote Sensing Laboratory National Technical University of Athens http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] regional conferences
Dear all, I saw with great pleasure the call for organizing the 1st Latin America FOSS4G conference. Congrats to the friends there and let me add my offer to help in any possible way to those who preceded me. The purpose of my e-mail though is a bit different. Taking into account the fact the this year we had the North America regional conference, the central European regional conference and now the Latin America Regional Conference I feel that it is due time to move to a mixed scheme of an international and regional conferences. Thus I propose that we have the odd years (starting from 2013) ONLY the international event (our very successful FOSS4G conference) and the even years (starting from 2014) ONLY the regional conferences. Being in a world in crisis where funding for travel becomes more difficult and where people cannot participate in too many conferences in a year I feel that this is an acceptable compromise. So I call upon the board to decide on this proposal and, of course, all of you to argue in favor :) or against! One final note for the European participation on this list: I suggest that we start organizing a regional European level FOSS4G (if there is agreement also integrating in it the Central-Eastern Europe event) starting from 2014. I volunteer Greece to host the first such event (OK, given that things in Greece will not turn out too bad :)). If there is an initial agreement we can organize things a bit more. Thanks for the consideration of both proposals, Dimitris Kotzinos ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] regional conferences
I fully support this concept, Helena On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Dimitris Kotzinos kotz...@csd.uoc.gr wrote: Dear all, I saw with great pleasure the call for organizing the 1st Latin America FOSS4G conference. Congrats to the friends there and let me add my offer to help in any possible way to those who preceded me. The purpose of my e-mail though is a bit different. Taking into account the fact the this year we had the North America regional conference, the central European regional conference and now the Latin America Regional Conference I feel that it is due time to move to a mixed scheme of an international and regional conferences. Thus I propose that we have the odd years (starting from 2013) ONLY the international event (our very successful FOSS4G conference) and the even years (starting from 2014) ONLY the regional conferences. Being in a world in crisis where funding for travel becomes more difficult and where people cannot participate in too many conferences in a year I feel that this is an acceptable compromise. So I call upon the board to decide on this proposal and, of course, all of you to argue in favor :) or against! One final note for the European participation on this list: I suggest that we start organizing a regional European level FOSS4G (if there is agreement also integrating in it the Central-Eastern Europe event) starting from 2014. I volunteer Greece to host the first such event (OK, given that things in Greece will not turn out too bad :)). If there is an initial agreement we can organize things a bit more. Thanks for the consideration of both proposals, Dimitris Kotzinos ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Helena Mitasova Associate Professor Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences North Carolina State University 1125 Jordan Hall NCSU Box 8208 Raleigh, NC 27695-8208 http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/ email: hmit...@ncsu.edu ph: 919-513-1327 (no voicemail) fax 919 515-7802 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] regional conferences
Hopefully I'll be sooner or later in place to support this in practice. +1 for a Greek GFOSS, we can do it! The FOSS session(s) in the latest HellasGI conference gave me the impression that GFOSS is slowly, yet steadily, growing in Greece. Kind regards, Nikos On Friday 15 of June 2012 20:15:27 Dimitris Kotzinos wrote: Dear all, I saw with great pleasure the call for organizing the 1st Latin America FOSS4G conference. Congrats to the friends there and let me add my offer to help in any possible way to those who preceded me. The purpose of my e-mail though is a bit different. Taking into account the fact the this year we had the North America regional conference, the central European regional conference and now the Latin America Regional Conference I feel that it is due time to move to a mixed scheme of an international and regional conferences. Thus I propose that we have the odd years (starting from 2013) ONLY the international event (our very successful FOSS4G conference) and the even years (starting from 2014) ONLY the regional conferences. Being in a world in crisis where funding for travel becomes more difficult and where people cannot participate in too many conferences in a year I feel that this is an acceptable compromise. So I call upon the board to decide on this proposal and, of course, all of you to argue in favor :) or against! One final note for the European participation on this list: I suggest that we start organizing a regional European level FOSS4G (if there is agreement also integrating in it the Central-Eastern Europe event) starting from 2014. I volunteer Greece to host the first such event (OK, given that things in Greece will not turn out too bad :)). If there is an initial agreement we can organize things a bit more. Thanks for the consideration of both proposals, Dimitris Kotzinos ___ 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
