Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Announcement: Call for Location global FOSS4G 2023

Hi Everyone, I would like to start this email with the caveat, statement, and admission that "*I am an idiot*" to ensure all are provided with the requisite informed context. The environmental concerns of holding a conference are immense, that we would be reticent not to consider. I for one love

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Congratulations and Future collaborations - Board2Board

Dear Miriam and OSGeo Friends, Firstly, I want to make it very clear that I offer these thoughts on a personal basis and hold zero position of leadership in the OSGeo apparatus, bar charter membership and membership of the Conference Committee :-) That being said… Congratulations on your

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Changes (and proposed changes) regarding the Code of Conduct

Dear María, I'm glad to see this progressing now the dust has settled from the past FOSS4G where the limits of a CoC were so laid bare. As before, let me know how best to assist in developing the CoC further. I sincerely hope that we can progress as a community in response to this call. Best,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: signup to help with the OSGeo Booth in Dar

> for tackling these fixes now) and Mark of course. -jeff > > > > On 2018-08-21 12:55 PM, Mark Iliffe wrote: >> Ha! Well, we'll all working hard to ensure that this is pulled together and >> the Gala Party is the right place to celebrate our best :-). I'll work with >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: signup to help with the OSGeo Booth in Dar

with the correct > information (this is why I emailed Ragnvald), as it lists the student > awards as occurring Friday morning, and does not list the Sol Katz at all. > > Thanks for this clarification, > > -jeff > > > > On 2018-08-21 12:30 PM, Mark Iliffe wrote: > >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: signup to help with the OSGeo Booth in Dar

s location: >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meeting_2018 -jeff >> >> >> >> On 2018-08-21 11:52 AM, Mark Iliffe wrote: >> > It's in the Selous main hall. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Mark >>

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: signup to help with the OSGeo Booth in Dar

It's in the Selous main hall. Cheers, Mark On 21 August 2018 at 10:50, Jeff McKenna wrote: > Hi Guido, > > Regarding the AGM, which is scheduled for Thursday 30 August from > 8:00-9:00am, I am not sure of the exact location yet. I'm sure we'll know > shortly though. > > In general, I find

[OSGeo-Discuss] Diversity in FOSS4G

Hi All, I’ve really agonised over whether to send this email. First of which, being the imminent final preparations for FOSS4G taking up a lot of time, but also whether it’s appropriate for me in my role of chair of FOOS4G to offer public critique of regional events. It is in this vein that

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Suggestions for a background image for next OSGeoLive - with an African theme

I would vote for the map that you'd listed, but linking in the Africa Local Chapter :-) Cheers, Mark On 27 July 2018 at 08:32, Cameron Shorter wrote: > The time has come to select a background image for our next OSGeoLive > release, which is scheduled to be ready in time for FOSS4G Dar es

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Improving Code-of-Conduct

This would be good - learning from the Dar FOSS4G experience would be a good starting place for this. Unfortunately,y not many people believe that the laws and codes of conduct we create need to be refreshed and amended to keep in pace with our community. > On 22 Jun 2018, at 18:18, María

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Free Workshop Tickets @ FOSS4G

ike to continue to support instructors is so they take that prep > time, but perhaps we could find a balance where financial support is more > directly tied to preparation. Do something like hire an designer to help > with diagrams if initial course milestone is met etc... > -- > J

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Free Workshop Tickets @ FOSS4G

g > Politecnico di Milano > > P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy) > Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867, maria.brove...@polimi.it > > > > > > Da: Serena Coetzee > Inviato: martedì 19 giugno 2018 18:07:17 > A: Mark Iliffe >

[OSGeo-Discuss] Free Workshop Tickets @ FOSS4G

Hi All, Firstly… we’re super excited to be welcoming you all to Dar es Salaam this August… it’s going to be amazing!! Secondly, at the end of last week, there was a very good discussion on Twitter about free tickets at FOSS4G [1] - there are numerous threads that span from here with good

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Foss4g Dar es Salaam - Accommodations

leisure facilities, but unless I'm > able to choose which hotel the conference organisers book for me, I'll be > booking privately. It seems that at present we have no say in where we stay > if we book through the conference. > > > Brent Wood > > > > From: Mark Ili

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Foss4g Dar es Salaam - Accommodations

Hello All, Following the below requests, information on hotels is here: https://2018.foss4g.org/attending/accommodation/ <https://2018.foss4g.org/attending/accommodation/> Looking forward to welcoming you all to Dar this August!! Best, Mark > On 3 Jun 2018, at 11:07, Mark Ilif

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Foss4g Dar es Salaam - Accommodations

Hi Andrea, We’re looking at accommodating over 800 people in Dar. We have booked out the Peacock hotel and that has 80 rooms, the Ramada has 120, etc! Unfortunately there are no “mega” hotels in Dar es Salaam so we won’t all be in the same hotel - but we will be in the same area. We’ll

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Foss4g Dar es Salaam - Accommodations

Dear Andrea, I’m sorry to hear that you’re having issues - first of all, we have published guidance for travelling in Dar es Salaam: https://2018.foss4g.org/attending/#visiting-dar . This includes advice and awareness on the local environment,

[OSGeo-Discuss] 3 Days to go! FOSS4G 2018 Early Bird

Conference! It is three days to go before the end of the Early Bird registration! As some have seen on Twitter, we’re announcing amazing keynotes, our workshop and conference program is published, with much more being announced soon! We’re looking forward to welcoming you to Dar es Salaam this

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G: The Geospatial Event of the Year

Publishing the program of workshops and the main conference program has been a long road, but worth it! This won’t just be an exciting program, but a program that we as a DLOC think is one of the most diverse and interesting programs yet at a FOSS4G and importantly one that we stand behind to

[OSGeo-Discuss] The Conference Program at FOSS4G

Hello all! It makes me very happy to write this email! After a really hard and challenging selection, from community voting to our final selection our main conference program is now published: https://2018.foss4g.org/programme/list-of-presentations/

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 Program Launch

ce management page. We look forward to welcoming you to the Dar es Salaam sun this August. Karibu Sana!! Welcome!! Mark Iliffe FOSS4G 2018 Co-Chair ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Dar es Salaam Update

Fellow FOSS4Gers! Things are getting hotter in Dar es Salaam!! The DLOC is in the process of finalising the program, after receiving over 10,000 votes in the community voting, the program will be out very soon - our thanks to Paul Ramsey who helped with the running of the program. We received

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] LGBT in OSGeo

ficial documents. > > Documents that I think need reworking are: > > https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/ > <https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/rfp/> > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook > <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Handbook> &g

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 Dar es Salaam Update!!

Hello All!! It’s been a hectic week for the DLOC - our inboxes have been full to bursting with submissions for FOSS4G in Dar es Salaam. I’d like to say thank you to all of you that have submitted. We’re now moving through to the community voting stages with a final programme being published

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Deadline CfP FOSS4G Dar es Salaam in 7 days!!

Dear All, Things are heating up in Dar es Salaam for FOSS4G!! We've had a record number of submissions within the academic track and are looking for even more presentations, workshops, posters, and maps than ever before! As such, we would like to remind you that only *7 days remains* to submit -

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [OSGeo-Conf] LGBT in OSGeo

Dear OSGeo Board, On the 20th of February I wrote in response to a concern raised on LGBT+ concerns in Dar es Salaam. To this, set out the following four action points: To help move forward on this, we will 1. Ensure that we provide guidance to those in our community on this issue; 2. Seek

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 sponsorship

Arnulf, Personally, I'm annoyed with that response - I was halfway through responding and you've articulated my personal thoughts in a much more concise and good manner - thank you!! :-) All, I would request people to engage as much as possible at this years (and subsequent years!) FOSS4G. We

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Joining the Communities, FOSS4G and Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Dear All, As many of you have noticed, it's been an exciting time for the FOSS4G preparations in Dar es Salaam! We've had over 50 submissions to our academic track and some big sponsors have already been announced... some further news is that we're partnering with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

[OSGeo-Discuss] Launching the Call for Participation at FOSS4G 2018

Fellow FOSS4Gers! We are honoured to formally launch the Call for Papers for FOSS4G 2018 in Dar es Salaam! Please submit your proposals for papers, workshops, maps, and academic papers here: http://2018.foss4g.org/programme.html The Program Committee is looking for a variety of different types

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

o share their ideas. > > Best wishes, > > Suchith > > > [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2017-November/004256.html > > > [2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2017- > November/004570.html > > > > ___

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

Dear Suchith, Notwithstanding Till’s email regarding the separation of the TGP and GeoForAll, I would like to formally request that you reconsider the withdrawal of the $2k application to the OSGeo board. If necessary, the Dar LOC can administer directly the $2k from the OSGeo board - instead

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

el grants for local FOSS4G events as > the idea is to encourage more local events to happen in the future. > > Best wishes, > > Suchith > > > > From: Mark Iliffe <markili...@gmail.com> > Sent: 20 November 2017 1:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Grant Program, with the remainder on awards? This seems more equitable and would support the mission more aptly in my opinion. Thanks! Mark From: Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 7:37:26 AM To: Mark Ili

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Dear All, Thank you for this! Suchith, can you help clarify the differences between this program and the Travel Grant Program please? I just want to ensure that the two differing programs are coordinated and that we’re targeting different constituencies with the funding - I believe that the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] My feelings about board elections

Hello All, Democracy isn’t the only form of governance, just the one that works for us at times. Elections are just that, elections. The voice of the whole doesn’t not always recognise an individual’s views, but this doesn’t mean that the views of an individual aren’t important. Sanghee,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] withdrawal from Board election

+1 Sent from my iPhone > On 22 Oct 2017, at 17:17, Bart van den Eijnden wrote: > > I agree with Barry that this is the only way forward, a new ballot. > > Best regards, > > Bart > >> On 22-10-17 15:33, Barry Rowlingson wrote: >> >> >>> My proposal to the Board and the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] linux distro preferences

Echoing Jo's note on Ubuntu LTS. Personally experience of Centos was just too painful. Best, Mark On 17 Nov 2014, at 12:32, Jo Cook joc...@astuntechnology.com wrote: We use Ubuntu LTS for our AWS servers. I know it wasn't part of the question, but we have two under very similar load,