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Il 08/03/2013 16:16, Steven Feldman ha scritto:
> I've been following the conversation that was prompted by Paolo's
> comment about FOSS4G pricing
> We are trying to balance the need to have an economically viable
> conference that covers costs and r
Hi
I've been following the conversation that was prompted by Paolo's comment about
FOSS4G pricing
"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
> I think we are mixing two issues here:
> * 0 fees for developers - as I pointed out, this is not a cost for the
> conference, but rather an advantage (participants are more likely to
> come if the know most top developers are present); my suggestion is
> that this should become a requirement from
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Il 07/03/2013 12:03, Barry Rowlingson ha scritto:
> Given the recent strategic message, I don't think its in the local
> FOSS4G committee's role to provide bursaries beyond the
> well-established student discount - certainly not for 2013
> Nottingha
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
>> So how many lower-rate slots would that require? We've got 17
>> official projects and 7 incubating projects according to the home
>> page summary. With this year's rates (full 350 £, student 240 £)
>> and only 2 developers per project it
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Il 07/03/2013 10:23, Stefano Costa ha scritto:
> So how many lower-rate slots would that require? We've got 17
> official projects and 7 incubating projects according to the home
> page summary. With this year's rates (full 350 £, student 240 £)
> and
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> Il 05/03/2013 00:51, Frank Warmerdam ha scritto:
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> > Possibly a scheme were each formal OSGeo project could nominate two
> > or three contributors to attend at the student rate?
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> sounds good.
> thanks.
So how many
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Il 05/03/2013 00:51, Frank Warmerdam ha scritto:
> Possibly a scheme were each formal OSGeo project could nominate two
> or three contributors to attend at the student rate?
sounds good.
thanks.
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Frank,
Dne 5.3.2013 00:51, Frank Warmerdam napsal(a):
> Possibly a scheme were each formal OSGeo project could nominate two or
> three contributors to attend at the student rate?
>
> Note that I'm not suggesting it would necessarily apply this year but if we
> can come up with a palatable schem
Those are questions, which I'm aware of as well
J
Dne 5.3.2013 00:15, Bruce Bannerman napsal(a):
> But who would
> select these people? What would be the eligibility criteria? What process
> would be used that would allow an open and auditable selection of
> recipients? How would other hard worki
Frank,
I'm not involved in this year's conference, so I'll defer to the
FOSS4G-2013 LOC to answer this question.
Bruce
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Jachym / Bruce / Paolo,
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>
>
> Bruce - in the past workshop presenters would get free entrance for the
> conferen
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
confer
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 canno
(Wearing my former FOSS4G Conference organiser hat)
Paolo and Jachym,
This is an issue that comes up on a fairly regular basis.
To be honest, as a person who has attended a number of spatial conferences,
I must say that the costs for the average FOSS4G international conference
are very reasonabl
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