I guess I missed Peter's original email. I've been pretty busy lately... I do not think there are any customs in regards to FOSS4G. The workshops will be a separately priced item. We anticipate many people from the local area will attend just workshops. We also expect many travels to skip the workshops and attend just the conference. The reason for splitting out the code sprint is that it is attended by a very small number of people relative to the main FOSS4G. And those people mostly just need a few rooms, electricity and wifi (caffeinated beverages are a plus).
Overall though, attendees at FOSS4G are very self-directed. I would suspect, no matter what the arrangement, neither event would be negatively impacted. There is also enough overlap in the organizing committee (Peter, SteveC, etc) for FOSS4G that we would work the program to minimize conflicts. -Eric -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Ian Dees <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Eric Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Three reasonable possibilities exist for dates: >> >> 1. Weekend before (Sept 10/11) - would help maintain separate identity >> 2. Monday/Tuesday - the first two days of FOSS4G will just be workshops. >> The workshops will be largely the same as FOSS4G 2010. An advantage here is >> you could get the conference rate at the Sheraton - $189/night. It is on the >> high end but it's pretty swank. That rate will be guaranteed to be the >> lowest published rate for the Sheraton. >> 3. Weekend after - combine with the Code Sprint and unconference. >> > > Is it customary that people would stay for the whole week to attend both? > Would we lose a bunch of people that have to decide between the two? > > >> >> What are the chances of getting THE SOTM in the US next year? >> > > That was part of the original question: this bid could be for "the" > international State of the Map. If it's not accepted for the international > one then we could still consider it for the US-only one. >
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