On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Paolo Cavallini cavall...@faunalia.it wrote:
On the other hand, I still have problems with annual FOSS4G, which has a cost
that
scares away many top developers. IMHO (sorry to insist, I raised this point
earlier)
the meeting should be free for developers
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Il 04/03/2013 09:06, Barry Rowlingson ha scritto:
The problem with making FOSS4G cheaper (I think free would be too
much)
why? I do not see an issue here. If I wear my businessman het, I'd be happy to
pay
also for developers participation (it's
Hi,
I fully agree, that the costs for individuals or small company are very
heigh. I'm aware, you were mentioning this issue already. Since I know,
FOSS4G-Global is the main source of income to OSGeo, I did not raise any
obligation so far - I have no clue, how to organize this better for the
Dear all,
I would define me more a user than a developer so my feelings are
surely biased toward a more user oriented FOSS4G event.
I feel that one of the main aim of FOSS4G, maybe the biggest one,
should be the possibility for users to exchange their experiences
and learn by looking at what
Cameron and 'The Board',
Thanks for putting these thoughts together.
This seems like a good strategic approach to take.
Bruce
*From: *Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com
*Date: *Mon, 4 Mar 2013 10:44:42 +1100
*To: *OSGeo Discussions, OSGeo-Board List
*Subject: *[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo
To add to what Bruce just wrote, unless you happen to live in the region
where FOSS4G is being held a given year, then the cost of traveling to
FOSS4G (flight/train, hotel, meals, etc.) is much more significant than
the registration cost and very likely a bigger show stopper for those
who
Jachym / Bruce / Paolo,
There is certainly a difference in the pricing between FOSS4G and some of
the smaller scrappier conferences but by comparison to other professional
conferences it is certainly reasonably priced.
Bruce - in the past workshop presenters would get free entrance for the
Hi Jeff,
I just wanted to mention the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team is
planning a hackweek for the weekdays in between (9th-13th of
September)(1) .
We are still in the early planning stages. I think it would be a great
opportunity for developers, GIS specialists, documentation writers or
