On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Eric Wolf <ebw...@gmail.com> wrote: > FOSS4G 2011 will be 12-16 September 2011 at the Sheraton Downtown. The > OSgeo wiki has some more details: > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2011 > > <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2011>There is a wide variety of hotels > in the downtown area, including a few hostels. > > We (the Denver LOC) are hoping to line up a second venue for the weekend > following (17/18) for WhereCamp5280 to serve the role of a Code Sprint. >
I like the idea of having SOTM and FOSS4G back-to-back. But, SOTM + FOSS4G + WhereCamp all together might be too much. How about some unconference sessions or track parallel or part of FOSS4G? > > Possible venues for SOTM-US could be the University of Denver (which hosted > WhereCamp5280 in 2009) and the Auraria Campus of the University of > Colorado-Denver/Metro State/Denver Community College (which may host > WhereCamp5280 in 2010). Both are easily accessible via light rail from any > hotel close to FOSS4G. > > 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. > > No strong preference but weekend after seems good. > > What are the chances of getting THE SOTM in the US next year? > I think the US community is ready to be host of SOTM and the chances are good. (if not, maybe Havana? - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2011/Bid/Havana,_Cuba ) -Katie > > -Eric > -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- > Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:35 AM, David Fawcett <david.fawc...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> It looks like FOSS4G 2011 will be held September 12-16. >> >> http://geospatial.blogs.com/geospatial/2010/09/foss4g-2010-wrapup.html >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Richard Welty <rwe...@averillpark.net> >> wrote: >> > this Denver SOTM 2011 plan looks pretty neat to me as well. >> > >> > however, i'm going to play pessimist here for a moment and remind >> > everyone that just because we like it doesn't mean that it's going to >> > happen, so we need to consider the fallback plan for an SOTM-US >> > just in case. >> > >> > i see two options right now for handling such a situation: >> > >> > 1) the SOTM bidder is prepared to do SOTM-US if SOTM is >> > not awarded to the US >> > >> > 2) if the SOTM selection occurs soon enough, go with a >> > normal bidding process for SOTM-US >> > >> > discussion? >> > >> > richard >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Talk-us mailing list >> > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > -- Katie Filbert filbe...@gmail.com @filbertkm
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