Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America Conference coming April 10-12

2012-01-23 Thread Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
Awesome - really excited to see it so far along and well though out already. I only regret that I can't make it do to other speaking commitment, but will be looking forward to promoting it for sure :) Tyler On 2012-01-23, at 12:26 PM, Paul Ramsey wrote: > On behalf of OSGeo North America, we’d

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America Conference coming April 10-12

2012-01-23 Thread Jody Garnett
> It's different with the FOSS4G-NA. It draws the attention of a lot of > people. Not only the US citizens, but also from the people that work > for/with US companies. It is not a real regional event. For me an US > regional event would be something like a FOSS4G East Coast, or even > smaller like

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America Conference coming April 10-12

2012-01-23 Thread Volker Mische
On 01/23/2012 09:58 PM, Howard Butler wrote: > > On Jan 23, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Volker Mische wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> as many of you probably know, I was strongly against having a North >> American FOSS4G, as it might draw the attention away from the >> international one, and I vaporise the yearl

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America Conference coming April 10-12

2012-01-23 Thread Howard Butler
On Jan 23, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Volker Mische wrote: > Hi all, > > as many of you probably know, I was strongly against having a North > American FOSS4G, as it might draw the attention away from the > international one, and I vaporise the yearly gathering of the > (developer) tribe. I never unders

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America Conference coming April 10-12

2012-01-23 Thread Volker Mische
Hi all, as many of you probably know, I was strongly against having a North American FOSS4G, as it might draw the attention away from the international one, and I vaporise the yearly gathering of the (developer) tribe. But I love the solution having it limited to 300 people. Great idea, I hope it

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America Conference coming April 10-12

2012-01-23 Thread Paul Ramsey
On behalf of OSGeo North America, we’d like to invite you to attend the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial - North America (FOSS4G-NA) conference being held from April 10-12, 2012 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. This event will serve as a regional follow-