Jody,<br><br>I'd say that this quiet room will still be needed!<br><br>The stand would be a place to fly the flag when you don't need Time-Out.<br><br><br>Bruce<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Jody Garnett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Cameron:<br>
<br>
I thought tour hosts showed us a room during the tour of the<br>
facilities that was available to run the conference out of if I<br>
recall; it was not really one open to the public (more a room to panic<br>
in private and send people off in different directions).<br>
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Jody<br>
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On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Cameron<br>
Shorter<<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I've had a chat with Bruce and Jody about this.<br>
> Thinking about logistics, I think it is important for the Aust-NZ OSGeo<br>
> chapter to have a central nerve centre (ie a booth) that the Organising<br>
> Committee can work from.<br>
><br>
> In particular, the Organising Committee will be filling lots of roles<br>
> including:<br>
> * Addressing any technical glitches that may happen in the conference. Ie be<br>
> findable by delegates who have noticed a problem.<br>
> * Coordinate planned foss4g activities and volunteers<br>
> * Standard OSGeo promotion to local delegates. This will be our best<br>
> opportunity to source local OSGeo members for the next 5 years or so.<br>
><br>
> Unless there are any objections, I'll discuss logistics with Tour Hosts.<br>
><br>
> Jody Garnett wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I thought the Aust-NZ chapter was putting on the conference :-) I<br>
>> agree that a lot of us are not going to sit still long enough to be in<br>
>> a booth :-D<br>
>><br>
>> However it would be a really good place for advocacy and to promote<br>
>> our chapter (may be case of preaching to the converted?).<br>
>><br>
>> Do we know if OSGeo is going to have a booth?<br>
>><br>
>> Jody<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Bruce<br>
>> Bannerman<<a href="mailto:bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com">bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi Jody,<br>
>>><br>
>>> It's a great idea, however some thoughts:<br>
>>><br>
>>> - We'll need to find some money for the stand $2,500 at least<br>
>>><br>
>>> - We're hosting the FOSS4G-2009, so a lot of us will be helping to<br>
>>> organise<br>
>>> the conference<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> It would be good to have a place for people to find out about us though<br>
>>> if<br>
>>> we could find additional volunteers to stand at the booth and get the<br>
>>> required money.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Bruce<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>>>> From: <a href="mailto:aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
>>>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On Behalf Of Jody Garnett<br>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, 30 July 2009 10:36 AM<br>
>>>> To: <a href="mailto:aust-nz@lists.osgeo.org">aust-nz@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
>>>> Subject: [Aust-NZ] Aust-NZ FOSS4G Booth<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I have an interesting question; I just noticed that my<br>
>>>> organization is sponsoring the "power station" (which while<br>
>>>> more expensive then a booth does not include a place for me<br>
>>>> to hang out at FOSS4G).<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> As the local OSGeo group organizing the conference are we<br>
>>>> going to have a booth? And if so can I please hang out at it :-)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Jody<br>
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>>><br>
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