Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] West Coast USA Conference
Since FOSS4G will be in North America next year (assuming an acceptable bid is received from the continent) there won't be a FOSS4GNA next year. P. On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: Hi Alex, Next year's location has not been determined yet for FOSS4G-NA. Also the main FOSS4G will likely be in North America next year as well. Best, -Kate On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com wrote: On 05/07/2013 06:54 PM, Landon Blake wrote: I've been tossing around the idea of organizing an open source GIS conference on the USA West Coast. I'd thought it would be good to bounce that idea by this general discussion list. I think the organization of a conference could be spearheaded by the California Chapter under my lead. I know the PDX chapter is also on the West Coast and may be interested. If we couldn't swing a self-hosted event I think there is a good change I could get a day on the program of the California/Nevada land surveyors conference, which is usually in Reno every spring. This would greatly reduce the cost, and would have the added benefit of bringing in some extra revenue to the surveying conference. I have some connections with the California surveying organization that puts on the Reno conference and I serve on their GIS Committee. I would be able to explore this option with them. Please let me know if you would be interested in helping me organize a one or two day event on the West Coast. If there is enough support, I'll open a more detailed discussion on the California Chapter mailing list, and will try to see if there are enough volunteers to form a West Coast conference committee. My employer might be willing to help sponsor some of the costs for a smaller self-hosted event for 50 to 100 people. I don't want this to take the steam out of a national USA FOSS4G conference. But I think there is a good opportunity to capture the interest of local folks that won't attend a national conference, especially in the Silicon Valley. Perhaps we could coordinate with the USA FOSS4G folks to have an event in California every two or three years? Please share your thoughts. Landon I think you should try to organize a committee to bring Foss4g NA to the west coast. Northern California, Oregon or Washington all have a decent number of folks to help with that. Not sure if next years location has already been selected yet or not. Thanks, Alex ___ 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] West Coast USA Conference
Hi Landon, I think your idea of starting with a one day addition to the existing land surveyors event is great, this is a great way to introduce FOSS4G to a new community. Also don't be afraid to 'just do it', if your chapter is interested in hosting their own event, excellent! It's very very important that we spread our passion at the local level. -jeff On 2013-05-07 10:54 PM, Landon Blake wrote: I've been tossing around the idea of organizing an open source GIS conference on the USA West Coast. I'd thought it would be good to bounce that idea by this general discussion list. I think the organization of a conference could be spearheaded by the California Chapter under my lead. I know the PDX chapter is also on the West Coast and may be interested. If we couldn't swing a self-hosted event I think there is a good change I could get a day on the program of the California/Nevada land surveyors conference, which is usually in Reno every spring. This would greatly reduce the cost, and would have the added benefit of bringing in some extra revenue to the surveying conference. I have some connections with the California surveying organization that puts on the Reno conference and I serve on their GIS Committee. I would be able to explore this option with them. Please let me know if you would be interested in helping me organize a one or two day event on the West Coast. If there is enough support, I'll open a more detailed discussion on the California Chapter mailing list, and will try to see if there are enough volunteers to form a West Coast conference committee. My employer might be willing to help sponsor some of the costs for a smaller self-hosted event for 50 to 100 people. I don't want this to take the steam out of a national USA FOSS4G conference. But I think there is a good opportunity to capture the interest of local folks that won't attend a national conference, especially in the Silicon Valley. Perhaps we could coordinate with the USA FOSS4G folks to have an event in California every two or three years? Please share your thoughts. Landon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] West Coast USA Conference
Thanks for all of the responses. Landon On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 7:38 AM, Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.comwrote: Hi Landon, I think your idea of starting with a one day addition to the existing land surveyors event is great, this is a great way to introduce FOSS4G to a new community. Also don't be afraid to 'just do it', if your chapter is interested in hosting their own event, excellent! It's very very important that we spread our passion at the local level. -jeff On 2013-05-07 10:54 PM, Landon Blake wrote: I've been tossing around the idea of organizing an open source GIS conference on the USA West Coast. I'd thought it would be good to bounce that idea by this general discussion list. I think the organization of a conference could be spearheaded by the California Chapter under my lead. I know the PDX chapter is also on the West Coast and may be interested. If we couldn't swing a self-hosted event I think there is a good change I could get a day on the program of the California/Nevada land surveyors conference, which is usually in Reno every spring. This would greatly reduce the cost, and would have the added benefit of bringing in some extra revenue to the surveying conference. I have some connections with the California surveying organization that puts on the Reno conference and I serve on their GIS Committee. I would be able to explore this option with them. Please let me know if you would be interested in helping me organize a one or two day event on the West Coast. If there is enough support, I'll open a more detailed discussion on the California Chapter mailing list, and will try to see if there are enough volunteers to form a West Coast conference committee. My employer might be willing to help sponsor some of the costs for a smaller self-hosted event for 50 to 100 people. I don't want this to take the steam out of a national USA FOSS4G conference. But I think there is a good opportunity to capture the interest of local folks that won't attend a national conference, especially in the Silicon Valley. Perhaps we could coordinate with the USA FOSS4G folks to have an event in California every two or three years? Please share your thoughts. Landon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ ___ 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] West Coast USA Conference
I've been tossing around the idea of organizing an open source GIS conference on the USA West Coast. I'd thought it would be good to bounce that idea by this general discussion list. I think the organization of a conference could be spearheaded by the California Chapter under my lead. I know the PDX chapter is also on the West Coast and may be interested. If we couldn't swing a self-hosted event I think there is a good change I could get a day on the program of the California/Nevada land surveyors conference, which is usually in Reno every spring. This would greatly reduce the cost, and would have the added benefit of bringing in some extra revenue to the surveying conference. I have some connections with the California surveying organization that puts on the Reno conference and I serve on their GIS Committee. I would be able to explore this option with them. Please let me know if you would be interested in helping me organize a one or two day event on the West Coast. If there is enough support, I'll open a more detailed discussion on the California Chapter mailing list, and will try to see if there are enough volunteers to form a West Coast conference committee. My employer might be willing to help sponsor some of the costs for a smaller self-hosted event for 50 to 100 people. I don't want this to take the steam out of a national USA FOSS4G conference. But I think there is a good opportunity to capture the interest of local folks that won't attend a national conference, especially in the Silicon Valley. Perhaps we could coordinate with the USA FOSS4G folks to have an event in California every two or three years? Please share your thoughts. Landon ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] West Coast USA Conference
On 05/07/2013 06:54 PM, Landon Blake wrote: I've been tossing around the idea of organizing an open source GIS conference on the USA West Coast. I'd thought it would be good to bounce that idea by this general discussion list. I think the organization of a conference could be spearheaded by the California Chapter under my lead. I know the PDX chapter is also on the West Coast and may be interested. If we couldn't swing a self-hosted event I think there is a good change I could get a day on the program of the California/Nevada land surveyors conference, which is usually in Reno every spring. This would greatly reduce the cost, and would have the added benefit of bringing in some extra revenue to the surveying conference. I have some connections with the California surveying organization that puts on the Reno conference and I serve on their GIS Committee. I would be able to explore this option with them. Please let me know if you would be interested in helping me organize a one or two day event on the West Coast. If there is enough support, I'll open a more detailed discussion on the California Chapter mailing list, and will try to see if there are enough volunteers to form a West Coast conference committee. My employer might be willing to help sponsor some of the costs for a smaller self-hosted event for 50 to 100 people. I don't want this to take the steam out of a national USA FOSS4G conference. But I think there is a good opportunity to capture the interest of local folks that won't attend a national conference, especially in the Silicon Valley. Perhaps we could coordinate with the USA FOSS4G folks to have an event in California every two or three years? Please share your thoughts. Landon I think you should try to organize a committee to bring Foss4g NA to the west coast. Northern California, Oregon or Washington all have a decent number of folks to help with that. Not sure if next years location has already been selected yet or not. Thanks, Alex ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] West Coast USA Conference
Hi Alex, Next year's location has not been determined yet for FOSS4G-NA. Also the main FOSS4G will likely be in North America next year as well. Best, -Kate On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.comwrote: On 05/07/2013 06:54 PM, Landon Blake wrote: I've been tossing around the idea of organizing an open source GIS conference on the USA West Coast. I'd thought it would be good to bounce that idea by this general discussion list. I think the organization of a conference could be spearheaded by the California Chapter under my lead. I know the PDX chapter is also on the West Coast and may be interested. If we couldn't swing a self-hosted event I think there is a good change I could get a day on the program of the California/Nevada land surveyors conference, which is usually in Reno every spring. This would greatly reduce the cost, and would have the added benefit of bringing in some extra revenue to the surveying conference. I have some connections with the California surveying organization that puts on the Reno conference and I serve on their GIS Committee. I would be able to explore this option with them. Please let me know if you would be interested in helping me organize a one or two day event on the West Coast. If there is enough support, I'll open a more detailed discussion on the California Chapter mailing list, and will try to see if there are enough volunteers to form a West Coast conference committee. My employer might be willing to help sponsor some of the costs for a smaller self-hosted event for 50 to 100 people. I don't want this to take the steam out of a national USA FOSS4G conference. But I think there is a good opportunity to capture the interest of local folks that won't attend a national conference, especially in the Silicon Valley. Perhaps we could coordinate with the USA FOSS4G folks to have an event in California every two or three years? Please share your thoughts. Landon I think you should try to organize a committee to bring Foss4g NA to the west coast. Northern California, Oregon or Washington all have a decent number of folks to help with that. Not sure if next years location has already been selected yet or not. Thanks, Alex __**_ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/discusshttp://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
