Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Final programme and end of "mates rates"

2013-08-30 Thread Sam Larsen
, 23:38 >Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Final programme and end of "mates rates" > > > >Confirmed the programme worked on: >Linux: Chrome (incognito mode so logged out) and Firefox. > > >The box does flicker with some message ("loading Google Drive"

Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Final programme and end of "mates rates"

2013-08-29 Thread Gregory
Confirmed the programme worked on: Linux: Chrome (incognito mode so logged out) and Firefox. The box does flicker with some message ("loading Google Drive" I think) first though. It looks like Friday's schedule has been added to Lanyrd already, check back in another day or two and the guys might

Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Final programme and end of "mates rates"

2013-08-29 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hmm, that's odd as I seem to see it fine with and without my google account. Anyone else able to confirm this for me please? The programme will be making it's way onto Lanyrd soon so you should be able to view it there. Lanyrd has a great website designed for mobile devices (and a dedicated app) s

Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Final programme and end of "mates rates"

2013-08-29 Thread Sam Larsen
23:52 >Subject: [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Final programme and end of "mates rates" > > > >Hi All, > > >== SOTM Final Programme == >After a lot of hard work and many long hours the final programme for State of >the Map 2013 is now available to view at >http://2

[Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Final programme and end of "mates rates"

2013-08-28 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, == SOTM Final Programme == After a lot of hard work and many long hours the final programme for State of the Map 2013 is now available to view at http://2013.stateofthemap.org/info/programme/ This will also be copied over to Lanyrd in the coming days and the preceding text updated on the

[Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - Poster and Accommodation deadline

2013-08-25 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, Two deadlines for State of the Map to be aware of: == 1. Posters: == We are offering to print (free of charge thanks to ITO World) A1 sized posters for display at SOTM. This is ideal for people who want to share something with the community but are unable to attend. Our print deadline fo

[Talk-GB] SotM 2013, Posters and Monday Hackday

2013-08-08 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, SOTM 2013 is now only 4 weeks away!! For information on signing-up, submitting a poster and/or attending the post SOTM hackday, please see the sections below. == Register to attend == If you're planning to come and have not yet signed up, what are you waiting for? If you head over to the

[Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 - An update

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Everyone, So the "Early-bird" tickets for OSM's State of the Map conference are now all gone :-( Did you get one? If not don't worry, normal tickets remain on sale* and you can still get a GBP10 discount if you join the OSM Foundation. It's worthwhile joining the foundation and attending the co

Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 Birmingham

2013-03-11 Thread Frederik Ramm
On 03/11/13 16:55, Brian Prangle wrote: Hi everyone I'm composing a press release and want to compare this year's event with the previous conference in the UK - Manchester 2007. Can anyone who was there remember how many delegates there were? Has anyone got any group photos from then? Also any

Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 Birmingham

2013-03-11 Thread Matt Williams
On 11 March 2013 15:55, Brian Prangle wrote: > Hi everyone > > I'm composing a press release and want to compare this year's event with the > previous conference in the UK - Manchester 2007. Can anyone who was there > remember how many delegates there were? Has anyone got any group photos from > t

[Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 Birmingham

2013-03-11 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone I'm composing a press release and want to compare this year's event with the previous conference in the UK - Manchester 2007. Can anyone who was there remember how many delegates there were? Has anyone got any group photos from then? Also any can any sysadmins give me an idea of compa

[Talk-GB] SotM 2013 Birmingham Bid

2013-01-22 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone We've finally published a bid after several weeks work from the combined effort of mappers from mappa-mercia ( the collective name for mappers in the West Midlands). You can read it here on the Call f

[Talk-GB] SOTM 2013 bids

2012-12-21 Thread Jeremy Morley
Dear all, Sorry to land suddenly in this list. For the majority that don't know me, I work at the University of Nottingham (as my sig says) in GIS. I've been part of research work relating to OSM at UCL in the past, and the group I lead in Nottingham also have interests in OSM in various ways (e.g

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-10-11 Thread Gregory
What's the youngest mapper to go to SotM? I did a bit of mass-messaging yesterday (under the guise of informing about SotM, but also as an excuse to get chatting to mappers in the North East). I didn't expect to get this rather cool reply. "I would be thrilled if the OSM conference came to the UK,

Re: [Talk-GB] SOTM 2013

2012-10-10 Thread Bogus Zaba
On 10/09/2012 04:48 PM, Brian Prangle wrote: Hi everyone At our previous pub meeting for mappa-mercia on October 4 we had a great discussion about how we'd like SOTM2013 to come to Birmingham - so we got a group of volunteers (well everyone at the meeting) and have come up with an outline ca

[Talk-GB] SOTM 2013

2012-10-09 Thread Brian Prangle
Hi everyone At our previous pub meeting for mappa-mercia on October 4 we had a great discussion about how we'd like SOTM2013 to come to Birmingham - so we got a group of volunteers (well everyone at the meeting) and have come up with an outline case for Birmingham Bid - see http://wiki.openstree

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-10-02 Thread Gregory
Ah, I forgot the link... http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2013/Bids/UK On 1 October 2012 15:09, Gregory wrote: > > I have started a wiki page. NOT as a bid yet, but as a place for us to > document what comes out of mailing list discussion. > > Most importantly, it would be gre

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-10-01 Thread Gregory
I have started a wiki page. NOT as a bid yet, but as a place for us to document what comes out of mailing list discussion. Most importantly, it would be great to fill out the Team list. Remember there will be a variety of tasks that you don't need to be around for, like preparing the programme, we

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-29 Thread Peter J Stoner
If it is any assistance, I will be pleased to review the public transport information available for the SotM 2013 venue you select. I should be able to get the source timetable data improved if that is found to be necessary, and I would recommend some of the excellent information providers who

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-29 Thread Michael Collinson
2 to 4 ground team and 1 must live or be frequently in the venue area itself, from my experience of helping 3 sotm. 4 would be the optimum, I'd say. That assumes another 2 or 3+ active folks as part of the sotm team but living anywhere in the world, hello Holland. At Limerick, we had 2 folks i

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-28 Thread Dudley Ibbett
are good savings to be made on VAT. Regards Dudley > Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:08:31 +0100 > From: j...@spiffymap.net > To: chippy2...@gmail.com > CC: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013 > > On 27/09/12 20:27, Tim Waters wrote: > > Hi > &g

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-28 Thread Jonathan Harley
On 27/09/12 20:27, Tim Waters wrote: Hi On 17 September 2012 18:00, Jonathan Harley > wrote: Just to throw another venue idea into the mix, how about Warwick University? Advantages: it keeps winning awards as one of the best conference venues in the UK,

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-27 Thread Tim Waters
Hi On 17 September 2012 18:00, Jonathan Harley wrote: > > Just to throw another venue idea into the mix, how about Warwick > University? Advantages: it keeps winning awards as one of the best > conference venues in the UK, and can offer a very full-service event where > the venue will provide al

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-17 Thread Jonathan Harley
On 13/09/12 13:30, Gregory wrote: Ah I was going to suggest this two but I was going to make the topic thread "SotM13 to be hosted in the UK" to get your attention. :) I was wondering about Durham beacuse: a) I live there and it's a lovely place b) North England (silent/slow) community could be

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-14 Thread Harry Wood
Nottingham successfully won a bid to host FOSS4G 2013 (big conference on Open Source Geo software which goes to different locations each year) That's 17th-21st September http://2013.foss4g.org Steven Feldman is one of the main organisers of that. He said to me it would be great to have State Of T

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-14 Thread Derick Rethans
summer months would work better. I agree - Sept/Oct I will most likely never be able to make it (or help out). cheers, Derick > -Bob Kerr wrote: - > To: "talk-gb OSM List \(E-mail\)" > From: Bob Kerr > Date: 13/09/2012 12:12PM > Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 20

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-13 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Nick Whitelegg wrote: > Thirded because it's close to me. All the suggestions so far sound great, but having a keen volunteer team is absolutely crucial to the success of an event like this. So if there are three people raring to go with a Guildford event (and maybe some of the London people might

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-13 Thread Nick Whitelegg
on at the moment - but I would be happy to volunteer to assist at the event itself particularly if it's somewhere nearby like Guildford. Nick -Peter Rounce wrote: - To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org From: Peter Rounce Date: 13/09/2012 04:57PM Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-13 Thread Peter Rounce
seconded On 13 September 2012 16:53, Jonathan Bennett wrote: > On 13/09/2012 13:30, Gregory wrote: > > Other city suggestions (I would still help loads!)? > > Although everyone is going to do this, I'd like to suggest Guildford, > where I live. The things is has going for it is: > > * less than a

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-13 Thread Jonathan Bennett
On 13/09/2012 13:30, Gregory wrote: > Other city suggestions (I would still help loads!)? Although everyone is going to do this, I'd like to suggest Guildford, where I live. The things is has going for it is: * less than an hour from both Heathrow and Gatwick for international attendees. * 40 min

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-13 Thread Gregory
Ah I was going to suggest this two but I was going to make the topic thread "SotM13 to be hosted in the UK" to get your attention. :) I was wondering about Durham beacuse: a) I live there and it's a lovely place b) North England (silent/slow) community could be helped by it c) We have good rail co

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-13 Thread Nick Whitelegg
: "talk-gb OSM List \(E-mail\)" From: Bob Kerr Date: 13/09/2012 12:12PM Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013 Would October be too late? If October is Ok and State of the map Scotland 2012 goes ok this year we may be able to put in a bid  here.   From: Richard Fairhurst To:

Re: [Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-13 Thread Bob Kerr
Would October be too late? If October is Ok and State of the map Scotland 2012 goes ok this year we may be able to put in a bid  here.   From: Richard Fairhurst To: talk-gb OSM List (E-mail) Sent: Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 21:54 Subject: [Talk-GB] SotM

[Talk-GB] SotM 2013

2012-09-12 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Hello all, This is just a little heads-up, nothing more. Before too long it'll be time for OSMF to start soliciting bids to host the State of the Map conference next year. This year was of course Tokyo, and last year Denver. So it might seem sensible that it returns to Europe for 2013 - and