Peter, Excellent, I look forward to chipping in.
Dave On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Peter Mooney <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the response Dave. Thank you very much for the offer of support. > I'll take you up on that. > > As you said this thing has to come to pass first ;-) > > In reality I think support can come in many ways from the OSM IE community > and I'm only too happy to discuss. There will be lots of OSM related > workshops, demos, hacks, presentations, etc at FOSS4G 2016 so I'm pretty > sure everyone on the list would find something useful. Mostly there would > be the opportunity to network, collaborate, code, map, etc. > > Being part of the LOC in the planning phase will mostly be done via > teleconference, phone and email. So geolocation in Ireland shouldn't be a > problem. > > Peter > > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Dave Corley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Peter, > > > > This is a fantastic idea which I hope comes to pass. > > > > I will offer any support I can, although being based in Galway, I'm not > > sure how much use I'll be. > > > > Dave > > On 17 Dec 2014 20:18, "Peter Mooney" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello OpenStreetMap IE, > > > > > > My name is Dr. Peter Mooney and I am a Research Fellow at the Irish > > > Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Computer Science, > > > Maynooth University, Ireland. Apologies for cross posting of this > > message. > > > > > > I have been carrying out research on or with OSM for many years now. > Just > > > recently I was a co-author on the first ever edited volume academic > book > > on > > > OpenStreetMap ( > > > > > > > > > http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/geographical+information+systems/book/978-3-319-14279-1 > > > ) > > > > > > I am writing to the Irish OpenStreetMap talk pages to let you all know > > that > > > I am leading a group which will officially bid to host FOSS4G 2016 > (Free > > > and Open > > > Source Software for Geomatics). As you may already know this is one of > > the > > > largest geospatial conferences held annually. The aim for attendance at > > > FOSS4G 2016 is 1,000 delegates. I believe that members of OpenStreetMap > > in > > > Ireland will find many like minded people at the conference from all > over > > > the world. There will certainly be lots of OSM people at FOSS4G > > conferences > > > and meetups. The 2014 > > > version of the conference has just passed (https://2014.foss4g.org/) > in > > > the > > > USA. The 2016 conference must take place in Europe. There is likely to > be > > > rival bids from Bonn and Lausanne. > > > > > > We have to submit a 2-page letter of intend by January 9th 2015. If > this > > > makes it past the initial evaluation we will be invited to submit a > full > > > proposal by late February. The results will be posted by end of March > > 2015 > > > by OSGeo. > > > > > > Below I've copied the email I posted yesterday to the OSGeo mailing > list > > to > > > announce that a bid would be forthcoming from Ireland. > > > > > > > > > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2014-December/thread.html > > > > > > This is a massive undertaking. I would be delighted to chat with people > > > from OpenStreetMap Ireland if you are interested in getting involved in > > the > > > LOC. Or perhaps your > > > company or SME are interested? Or you might want to know more about > > FOSS4G. > > > In general I would really like to have the support of OpenStreetMap > > Ireland > > > in FOSS4G. > > > > > > I'll keep this mailing list informed (low-traffic) of our > success/failure > > > over the next couple of months. I look forward to hearing from anyone > who > > > is interested in volunteering for the LOC. > > > > > > Thanks for reading and please drop me an email if you're interested in > > > hearing more. > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > =================== > > > Copy of OSGeo email > > > > > > I am delighted to announce to the subscribers of this list that I am > > > leading a local organizing committee (LOC) which intends to bid for the > > > hosting of FOSS4G 2016 in Dublin Ireland. I have been working for over > a > > > decade on GIS, Open Data, public access to environmental information > and > > > open source software. > > > > > > I have gathered an experienced, knowledgeable and enthusiastic (LOC) > who > > > are very eager to work with the OSGeo and FOSS4G committees in hosting > > this > > > conference in Ireland in 2016. Dublin is European headquarters for many > > > major ICT, financial, manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies. These > > > companies will be engaged as sponsors, delegates and members of the > LOC. > > > The major drives on open data and public access to geospatial > information > > > amongst governmental organisations in Ireland will also be a driver for > > the > > > conference. > > > > > > Our chosen venue is the iconic Convention Centre, Dublin (CCD). The CCD > > is > > > located right in the heart of Ireland's capital city and just 20 > minutes > > > from Dublin International Airport. The CCD is on the banks of the River > > > Liffey and served by Dublin's tram system. The CCD has hosted > conference > > > events with up to 4,500 delegates. The facilities provided by the CCD > > make > > > it one of the finest such venues internationally. In addition to CCD we > > > shall be partnering with local universities and other partners to > deliver > > > FOSS4G 2016. > > > > > > We shall be officially submitting our Letter of Intent well before the > > > deadline in January 2015. We are very excited by the challenge and the > > > opportunity of bringing this truly outstanding geospatial conference > > event > > > to Dublin in 2016. We wanted to let the OSGeo commmunity know that > there > > is > > > lots of planning work going on in Ireland at the moment preparing for > our > > > bid. > > > > > > We will work very hard to ensure that FOSS4G celebrates it's 10th > > Birthday > > > in 2016 in style in one of the friendliest and open cities in the > world. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Talk-ie mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-ie mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
