Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 3.0 OpenLayers code sprint - call for sponsorships
David, It looks like this is shaping up to be quite an event! The dates on the wiki page still seem very open, but you mention mid-March. Can we be more precise with the dates that are being considered? March is already not that far away and it would help to have a tighter window for us to start pitching this to mgmt. As for the lodging, all these ski chalets sounds wonderful. The only thing I would suggest is that, given the nature of this work to be done (sounds to me like probably more debating than coding, necessarily) it will be crucial to have a big meeting space and a projector so that people can make presentations to the group as a whole. It is great to see CampToCamp stepping forward to organize this event, I think it will be a great opportunity to get some good work done. Erik ps. I'll forward the original post to the users@ and dev@ lists for openlayers On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 07:21, David JONGLEZ david.jong...@camptocamp.com wrote: Hello, This mail is a call for sponsorships to organize the « 3.0 OpenLayers code sprint ». This event enables European OpenLayers community and OpenLayers developers from around the world to meet. The likelihood of an OpenLayers code sprint (for version 3.0) is taking shape. It is scheduled to take place for 4-5 days during the month of March 2009 in France, in a remote and isolated part of the Alps (a quiet place to achieve better work on this major release!). The cost of the stay (travel expenses excluded) is about 750 € per person. As organizers, we want to cover all incurred expenses during the event as well as the maximum of travel expenses i.e. a budget of about 10'000 € for 6 persons. Only the time spent at the event would then be at the charge of the developers (and/or their respective organization/company). Any kind of support is welcome... A PayPal account is an easy means to carry out a sponsoring activity, even a small one, as an individual or as a company's endorsement. For a larger sponsorship, please do not hesitate to contact me or Virginie Jourdan directly – virginie.jourdan at camptocamp.com : we can suggest a communication partner plan (based on OpenLayers community's sponsoring activities). Thank you for supporting this initiative which will encourage the promotion of French and European Open Source Geoinformatics within the OSGeo. Sincerely yours, David Jonglez PS: For more information on the Code Sprint, please look up the following: * Event Web page: http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/CodeSprint2009 * Mailing list discussions: http://www.nabble.com/Code-Sprint-2009-td20722889.html * Page on Version 3.0 of OpenLayers: http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/three PayPal account : codesprint_sponsoring at camptocamp.com (using for example the send-money https://www.paypal.com/ch/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_send-money ) -- ___ David JONGLEZ Directeur associé Camptocamp France SAS www.camptocamp.com +33 (0)4 79 44 44 96 Savoie Technolac, BP 352 Batiment le Suroît, Le Square 48 avenue du Lac du Bourget 73 377 Le Bourget du Lac Cedex ___ 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] Code Sprint: How Much?
If there were a north american event happenning at the same time as the bolsena one, I would like to attend. Erik On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:35 AM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10-Oct-08, at 6:23 AM, Jeroen Ticheler wrote: Thanks for that Lorenzo and Arnulf! Indeed, mark your calendars because I've booked the week of 15 – 21st June 2009 in Bolsena Judging by the great feedback of Jeroen's Bolsena event last year, I think it must be a great formula to replicate elsewhere as well. (Aside from the FOSS4G focused sprint). One person to lead it, pick a spot, set a price, set a minimum attendees and invite the developer world. Cancel if there isn't enough interest. Maybe unrealistic, but having a non-European event at the same time as Bolsena event might provide some level of real-time communication between dispersed teams who couldn't all make it to the same location. ___ 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] Code Sprint: How Much?
I would like to second Jody's comments here regarding the timing of the code sprint. Having only attended two of these conferences, I can't speak with any sort of real authority, but from what I've seen, delegates tend to be pretty flogged by the end of the week, be that from thinking or from drinking. Having the code sprints scheduled at the *beginning* of the conference seems to me would offer several benefits: 1) people are at their freshest -- ok maybe the 19 hours in 47C weren't exactly a sponge bath... but you are essentially feeling on vacation, you haven't yet had to wake up and have your act together by 9am *sharp*, you haven't yet been out drinking till 5am four nights in a row (generally), jetlag might be working to your advantage (or you could at least find a few friends to code with you at 4am), and but most of all, you've been excited about this trip for months and now it's finally happening. game on. 2) time can be used as a last minute sprint to get a release out the door -- or at least an rc. This is always a nice thing to be able to announce to people *during* the conference, ie And if you want to try this out just download the new 5.7 release! versus download the latest 5.6 release and then apply this patch at www.example.org/hacks/great_new_feature.patch 3) The energy of having the developers all together huddling could make for super-valuable last-minute additions to presentations or workshops 4) Any and all unfinished business started during the code sprint can be followed up during coffee breaks and post-prandial brandy sessions in the lobby 5) Last day of conference is really last day of conference, and you can remorselessly go out and celebrate that last night Furthermore, I'd say bumping it up to at least two or three days is *definitely* worth looking into. Especially when you consider that you do get some oddball/outlier types showing up to these things, it's hard to get a plan set up, get newbies directed, *and* manage to actually write some code... that's all pretty hard to do in just one short day -- especially if there are time limitations like we experienced this year. I would say that especially in the case of paying steep airfares to attend, companies/individuals would probably be more than interested in spending a couple more days huddled together banging on work. anyways, just some thoughts. erik On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Jody Garnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I would go for 3 days - it worked out well for the GeoTools community. Three days is enough time to effect change; but not so much time you get bogged down. I did find timing of a sprint right after FOSS4G to be a bit of a trouble for some (in addition to being tired ) reports this year indicate that sprints were hampered by the occasional hangover (no doubt due to wish others a good trip home the night before). Jody Paul Ramsey wrote: Everyone loves a good code sprint... or do they? 2007 brought you the one-day sprint (with the GeoToolsers and uDiggers going for an extended weekend sprint). 2008 brings you another day. 2009 is still thinking about it. How much sprinting would you do? 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 days? I am wondering if the right way to handle the sprints is to turn them from something the conference quietly subsidizes to something that OSGeo pays for directly. That way the conference organizers don't feel like they are having it taken out of their hide, and it can be as long as people like. Also, it fits directly into the OSGeo mission of promoting the development of the software. Book-keeping-wise it's a left-pocket-to-right-pocket transaction for OSGeo, but from a authority and decision making PoV it removes the issue from the plate of the conference team and puts it into the hands of the software promoting team (whomever they may be). Paul ___ 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] FOSS4G 2009 Code sprint
in the event that it's not already completely clear from my post 5 minutes ago (d'oh, before reading this thread) i completely concur with what chris has said here. I think it's pretty reasonable to think that anyone who is going to put in the $ to go out to australia is probably planning on spending at least two or three days to do a bit of travelling (i feel confident of that but maybe it's actually *not* a valid assumption?) and so having the spacing between the code sprint and the conference is in my mind a great idea. -e On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Christopher Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 04:45:49PM +0800, Tim Bowden wrote: The FOSS4G 2009 team are planning a 3 day code sprint. The conference itself will be starting with workshops on Tuesday 20 Oct and finishing on Friday 23rd Oct. The possibilities for the code sprint are for the preceding Wednesday- Friday giving a long weekend in between (giving time for touring, more coding or whatever) or Sat - Monday with no break between the code sprint and the conference. What would people prefer? I'm strongly in favor of the former. For one, like Cape Town, Sydney is too long of a flight to make it just a trip about the conference, in my opinion. We had an organized group do a two day trip down the cape after the Code Sprint in Cape Town, and I think it was a really successful bonding experience for those of us who came along, allowing some non-coding social time where we all go to hang out and know each other a little better, which I expect will help develop better communications in the coming months within the project. Also, having a break between the conference after the code sprint keeps the possibility of having a 'finished' result of something by the conference more likely as well. In general, code sprints are good at producing a lot of unpolished code: a couple days can help to get the code a bit more polished in order to present it as a new development during the conference, if people so choose. Lastly, I think that having a break before the conference gives people a bit of time to unwind: code sprints tend to be exhausting if you do them right (taking full advantage of shared physical location with long hours, for example), and going directly from that into a conference (described by one attendee as being similar to 'a 5 day long rave' due to the amount of energy it consumes) feels dangerous. :) Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ 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] Google Summer of Code 2008
For the record, Chris Schmidt has set up a page on the openlayers wiki for project Ideas. Can/should we somehow integrate/link this to OSGEO? http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/SummerOfCode e On 2/27/08, Wolf Bergenheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Google announced Summer of Code 2008 on Monday, mentor applications can be sent in on the 3rd. So we should get to work on creating the ideas lists and signing up as volunteer mentors! ;) On 21.02.2008 12:45, Mateusz Loskot wrote: Hi, Should we start spreading the GSoC 2008 program for OSGeo around the Internet (Usenet, blogs, forums) or it's yet too early? Please start spreading the word. I hope we will have many cool projects done this summer! --Wolf -- :3 ) Wolf Bergenheim ( 8: ___ 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] Finding Data Sets
Hi Bruce, thanks for the tip! Erik On Jan 23, 2008 8:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erik A place to start may be the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) registry: http://registry.gsdi.org/browse.php?order=title Bruce Bannerman Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 24/01/2008 08:22:38 AM: A friend of mine is building a website and wants to add a map of India. He asked me today where he could find some good map data on India and I had to reply that I have no clue. I know that this list is not the appropriate venue for this sort of question, but I am hoping that maybe someone on this list would know and could point me in the right direction? Cholmes sort of unconvincingly suggested [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone else have a thought? Thanks, Erik ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Notice: This email and any attachments may contain information that is personal, confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright. No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the prior written consent of the copyright owner. It is the responsibility of the recipient to check for and remove viruses. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender by return email, delete it from your system and destroy any copies. You are not authorised to use, communicate or rely on the information contained in this email. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ___ 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
[OSGeo-Discuss] Finding Data Sets
A friend of mine is building a website and wants to add a map of India. He asked me today where he could find some good map data on India and I had to reply that I have no clue. I know that this list is not the appropriate venue for this sort of question, but I am hoping that maybe someone on this list would know and could point me in the right direction? Cholmes sort of unconvincingly suggested [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone else have a thought? Thanks, Erik ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Technology Group, Inc. announces PostGIS UMN MapServer Training
Having read through this thread, I think Dave's suggestion is spot on. This Service Providers Directory (SPD) is an excellent resource, but what it is missing is the ability to send updates or news... It seems pretty clear that there are people here who are [at least mildly] offended by seeing advertisements on this list. I would bet, however, that there are also many people on this list who are [at least mildly] interested in receiving this sort of update. The idea to create a new list specifically for this sort of posting cleanly solves this problem. It delivers pertinent information to those who are interested and bothers not the rest. --e On 1/18/08, Dave Patton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arnulf Christl wrote: [snip a bunch of really good stuff - thanks Arnulf] Does this mean that all businesses providing this kind of service should now spam this list with their latest announcements? http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo OSGeo-Announce: OSGeo Announcements and News OSGeo-Discuss: OSGeo Discussions Therefore, how about adding something like OSGeo-SPD-News: Announcements, News, and Press Releases from members of the OSGeo Service Provider Directory Having such a list would then preclude sending those types of materials on OSGeo-Discuss. -- Dave Patton System Developer National Forest Inventory Pacific Forestry Centre Natural Resources Canada Degree Confluence Project: Canadian Coordinator Technical Coordinator http://www.confluence.org/ OSGeo FOSS4G2007 conference: Workshop Committee Chair Conference Committee member http://www.foss4g2007.org/ Personal website: Maps, GPS, etc. http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/ ___ 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
