2008/10/24 Alex Borrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Laura Toma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Laura for your comments. It's true that FOSS4G is expensive, at least
> for Latin America. Cape Town
> and Sydney are far away from our budgets. I would take advantage
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Laura Toma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear OSGeo community,
>
> After attending FOSS4G last week, I wanted to share some thoughts. As much
> as I'd like to be a regular attendee, I am afraid that the conference is
> becoming too expensive. This year the early r
On 9-Oct-08, at 11:49 AM, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) wrote:
Instead of despairing or
complaining - why don't you start your own meeting? Whatever it is -
ranging from meeting in a pub to full fledged conferences with 500+
attendees - is better than nothing. Try to not compete with "FOSS4G
- The
Go
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jody Garnett
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Landon Blake wrote:
> Jody wrote: "The original post talked about minimizing expense;
breaking
> into several venues actu
Landon Blake wrote:
Jody wrote: "The original post talked about minimizing expense; breaking
into several venues actually updates the expense from where I am
sitting."
How do you figure?
The projects I work on are international; it is hard enough for
developers to get enough money together t
On Tue, October 7, 2008 21:16, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Landon Blake wrote:
>
>> When I think about the possibility of setting up a local or regional
>> conference I get a little scared about the unknowns. How do you go about
>> locating conference space? Do you approach local hotels and motels
>>
On Tue, October 7, 2008 22:55, Gavin Fleming wrote:
> Frank wrote:
>
>> As an alternative to a stand-alone event, it can also be helpful to
>> work with an existing GIS conference organizer to provide an "open source
>> track" or something similar.
>
> We've just been approached by www.eis-africa.o
OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Mini-conf in Seattle? (was: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] some post-FOSS4G
thoughts)
(In Seattle, we go out for a latte.)
This is a quick troll to see who'd be interested in coming to (and/or
helping organize) a mini-conference in Seattle in spring of '09. Send
me email, and
, 2008 5:15 PM
> To: OSGeo Discussions
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] some post-FOSS4G thoughts
>
> Jody Garnett wrote:
>> In Canada we go to the pub.
>> Jody
> Although that said; a regional conference would be fun ... we are still
> struggling to have any kind of
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Jody Garnett wrote:
> In Canada we go to the pub.
> Jody
Although that said; a regional conference would be
y, October 08, 2008 5:15 PM
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Jody Garnett wrote:
> In Canada we go to the pub.
> Jody
Although that said; a regional conference would be fun ... we are still
struggling to have any kind of meetings for the bc chapter
I've been to Canada, so I can vouch for that. :]
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Jody Garnett wrote:
In Canada we go to the pub.
Jody
Although that said; a regional conference would be fun ... we are still
struggling to have any kind of meetings for the bc chapter.
I am amazed at all these other groups that have had yearly conferences
since rocks were beginning to cool.
O
In Canada we go to the pub.
Jody
Paolo Cavallini wrote:
Frank Warmerdam ha scritto:
I would suggest that local/regional conference
In Italy, GRASS meetings (now GFOSS meeting) have been organized
regularly since 2000. Next year it will be in Sardinia:
http://gfoss2009.crs4.it/
All th
Dave,
I could not agree with you more! But I think it speaks to having regional
as well as international conferences. As we all know, applications for GIS
is growing at a prodigious rate and the need for frequent interaction
between developers and others grows apace.
Chip Taylor
Prepared Re
Hi,
2008/10/8 Markus Neteler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>> I would suggest that local/regional conference
>>
>> In Italy, GRASS meetings (now GFOSS meeting) have been organized
>> regularly since 2000. Next year it will be in Sardinia:
>> http://gfoss2009.crs4.it/
>
> In Germany, there is the FOSSGIS s
In Japan, we have been holding FOSS4G local conference once every year
since 2006.
For this year, we will have FOSS4G TOKYO/OSAKA in Nov.
http://www.osgeo.jp/foss4g2008-in-tokyo/
http://www.osgeo.jp/foss4g2008-in-osaka/
They are very good opportunities for those who aren't good at English
communi
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Paolo Cavallini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Frank Warmerdam ha scritto:
>
>> I would suggest that local/regional conference
>
> In Italy, GRASS meetings (now GFOSS meeting) have been organized
> regularly since 2000. Next year it will be in Sardinia:
> http://gfoss2
Frank Warmerdam ha scritto:
> I would suggest that local/regional conference
In Italy, GRASS meetings (now GFOSS meeting) have been organized
regularly since 2000. Next year it will be in Sardinia:
http://gfoss2009.crs4.it/
All the best.
pc
--
Paolo Cavallini, see: * http://www.faunalia.it/pc *
Last year the organization published a very nice report. That will
certainly take some time do put all the number together as nice I they
did before but I believe that it will help someone like me, who did not
attended, to have a good perspective of what we should expect for Sydney.
Dave Patto
On 2008/10/07 11:19 AM, Chip Taylor wrote:
I have to agree that something more "local" needs to be offered as well. I
attended the Victoria conference and found it to be one of the most useful
conferences I had attended in many years. But the cost of an airline ticket
from Seattle to Capetown w
On 2008/10/07 11:04 AM, Landon Blake wrote:
It would be cool if we could get a point location and radius of
acceptable travel from each OSGeo member. You could then determine
which host cities for a local or regional conference would impact the
most users.
That would only let you look at the i
Frank wrote:
>As an alternative to a stand-alone event, it can also be helpful to
>work with an existing GIS conference organizer to provide an "open
>source track" or something similar.
We've just been approached by www.eis-africa.org who are keen to run a
dedicated FOSS4G track at www.africagis
7 Oct 2008 16:42:47 +0200
From: "Gavin Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] some post-FOSS4G thoughts
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Discussions"
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nt:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:20 AM
> *To:* 'OSGeo Discussions'
> *Subject:* RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] some post-FOSS4G thoughts
>
>
>
> I have to agree that something more "local" needs to be offered as well. I
> attended the Victoria conference and found it to be o
Landon Blake wrote:
When I think about the possibility of setting up a local or regional
conference I get a little scared about the unknowns. How do you go about
locating conference space? Do you approach local hotels and motels about
discount rooming rates?
Would it be possible to have a way
tions, it will be
quite a few years before I can do that.
Chip Taylor
Prepared Response, Inc
Tacoma, WA
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e quite a
few years before I can do that.
Chip Taylor
Prepared Response, Inc
Tacoma, WA
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Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:08 AM
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I'
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Landon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I should have clearly stated that local conferences could be an alternative
> to FOSS4G, not a REPLACEMENT.
This is what I also brought up a few days ago on the conference list.
Half a years after/before the main event. This
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> Another consideration: my students who attended last week said that the mix
> o
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I really think the best solution to this issue would be smaller,
regional conferences. Perhaps this could be an issue that could be
tackled by local OSGeo Chapters?
It would be co
: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] some post-FOSS4G thoughts
Another consideration: my students who attended last week said that the
mix of GISSA with FOSS4g was EXCELLENT. The really liked having the
business GIS users/non-FOSS people there. In fact, doing a joint
conference like this gave the FOSS folks lots
Another consideration: my students who attended last week said that the mix
of GISSA with FOSS4g was EXCELLENT. The really liked having the business
GIS users/non-FOSS people there. In fact, doing a joint conference like this
gave the FOSS folks lots of great proselytizing opportunities that they
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This thread has been doing the rounds on the conference_dev list as well
Some of my thoughts in the aftermath of FOSS4G 2008.
I have heard very positive feedback from all quarters. As Arnulf alluded
to in the AGM, I believe the decision to host in an 'untested' location
WORKED. The mix of FOSS an
Laura Toma ha scritto:
> Dear OSGeo community,
>
> After attending FOSS4G last week, I wanted to share some thoughts. As
> much as I'd like to be a regular attendee, I am afraid that the
> conference is becoming too expensive.
...
> audience. For e.g., have a regional conference; and/or spl
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