<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The NA conference (or whatever we call it) is on. We have our own set of resources that are going to make this happen. We certainly want the OSGeo's formal participation if we can get it.<div><br></div><div><br><div>The status of the Beijing conference is unknown. Seems to me the priority should be placed on getting some feedback from the conference submitters on where they stand. I believe the Chinese take an enormous amount of pride in hosting these types of events - I wouldn't be too surprised to find out that they are moving along. I haven't been involved in any of this, but we should exercise our existing interfaces to get some status.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry if this sounds short and abrupt, I've got some serious multi-tasking going on here now :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Fortunately the f2f is coming up fast.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jan 20, 2012, at 12:36 PM, Michael Gerlek wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>At our December IRC meeting, the board approved Jeff to fly to Beijing<br>to get status on event plans. For some reason I don't yet understand,<br>it appears Jeff decided not do this, but apparently did not tell the<br>rest of the board. (Why that happened will be discussed at the F2F, or<br>another thread.)<br><br>We've just lost another 6 weeks lead time, there's still no action<br>from Beijing, and so now this is a crisis.<br><br>I was originally in favor of the Beijing team, and I was hesitant<br>about having an NA event for fear it would detract from the<br>international event.<br><br>I was wrong.<br><br>What are our options? Could the current discussed NA event take on<br>the needed role here, as a sort of mini-foss4g?<br><br>.mpg<br><br>On Jan 20, 2012, at 9:46 AM, Jeroen Ticheler <<a href="mailto:jeroen.ticheler@geocat.net">jeroen.ticheler@geocat.net</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Hi All,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">This lack of progress is indeed very worrying to me. I asked in December (late before the closing of the year indeed) if GeoCat could become an early sponsor to FOSS4G2012 but did not get a response at all (Jeff, I understand you can't respond if you don't know anything yourself, so no offence!).<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I plan to attend with a fair group of GeoCat staff, but am worried that it will be resources that are not well spend, considering this lack of activity. Am I the only one with such concern that is actually considering to not attend or sponsor at all among this group?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cheers,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Jeroen<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On 20 jan. 2012, at 07:00, Paul Ramsey wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Indeed, it's easy to forget because the event is so far in the future,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">but for reference here are the 2011 milestones:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2011_Milestones">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2011_Milestones</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">As you can see, we're already slipping dates.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">P.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf) <<a href="mailto:seven@arnulf.us">seven@arnulf.us</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Board,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">apart from some mails about the academic track at FOSS4G in China I did<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">not hear much progress. Admittedly I might have missed much due to not<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">being well connected but hearing this little is worrying me. There is<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">still no web site up and no request for sponsorship and we are already<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">way over mid January. The Wiki is not evolving either and the conference<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">list is dead.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Will the character of FOSS4G be a completely different one this year,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">maybe geared more towards scientific research and education? If yes,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">then we should plan for some alternative.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I have heard of plans to hold a FOSS4G in Malaysia prior to the Beijing<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">event and so far did not comment that at all while still waiting for<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">activities. If Beijing is not living up to the broader aims of FOSS4G<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">then this might be an alternative that will also be easier accessible to<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">some who might miss out on the Beijing event, focused more on the<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">community and industry requirements.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">If not anything else then this mail should at least raise some dust.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Not happy,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Arnulf<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Exploring Space, Time and Mind<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://arnulf.us">http://arnulf.us</a><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Board mailing list<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board</a><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Board mailing list<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Board mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board</a><br></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br>Board mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>