Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Local chapter event planning (Ireland)

2017-02-27 Thread Seth G
Thanks Jeff. The event planning is starting to take shape, with announcement on the mailing list and wiki page: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ireland/Symposium2017 A further question for any others who have organised local events - is there an OSGeo recommended software for registering users

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Local chapter event planning (Ireland)

2017-02-07 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Seth, Great news on a local event by the Irish chapter in May! I haven't seen any discussions on this within the Ireland chapter mailing list yet (for those interested, subscribe at https://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ireland); might be a good idea to share that news and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Local chapter event planning (Ireland)

2017-02-07 Thread Seth G
Thanks María. I like the idea to get sponsors to pay for things directly. We will be funding a guest speaker's flight/hotel, and attendees tea/coffee/lunch. We will have a small charge, but most attendees with be attending as part of their organisations (so will be refunded). Seth On

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Local chapter event planning (Ireland)

2017-02-07 Thread María Arias de Reyna
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Seth G wrote: > A question which is not answered in the above is what other local chapters > do with regards to financing these events. We need to book a hotel > conference suite - do most chapter's create bank accounts? Or do the >