Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] OSGeo Board Priorities

2013-03-04 Thread Barry Rowlingson
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

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] OSGeo Board Priorities

2013-03-04 Thread Paolo Cavallini
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 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

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] OSGeo Board Priorities

2013-03-04 Thread Jachym Cepicky
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

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] OSGeo Board Priorities

2013-03-04 Thread Stefano Iacovella
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