<div dir="ltr">Hi Andrew, <br><div><br>Thanks for interest in co-hosting FOSS4G-NA with other conferences and planning ahead. <br><br>I think that there could be benefits to joint organizing. <br><div><br>FOSS4G-NA takes every third year off to leave plenty of space for the international FOSS4G when in North America. What would be the plan for those years in a merged scenario? Merge with the international conference? In fall or spring? Continue on with a spring date to be a different time of year and have two that year? Other? <br>
<br></div><div>There are benefits worth pursuing. <br><br></div><div>Best Regards and see you in PDX, Eli<br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seven@arnulf.us" target="_blank">seven@arnulf.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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...forwarding to Local Chapters.<br>
<br>
What Daniel proposes here is a kind of meta Local Chapters community,<br>
not quite regional but also not global. My hopes are that it will<br>
manifest as we go simply because we need it and people attach to the<br>
idea. For a start I believe it would be helpful to continue the dialog<br>
on this list because it is (supposed to be) the meta level meeting<br>
place for local chaps.<br>
<br>
There is no imminent problem and there is certainly no strategy but in<br>
the long run we will want to have some communication *before* things<br>
happen, especially if they affect a broader slate of the community.<br>
<br>
If you are interested in global FOSS4G topics I suggest you<br>
additionally subscribe to this list:<br>
<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Have fun,<br>
Arnulf<br>
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- -------- Original Message --------<br>
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] [Board] 2015 North American conference<br>
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:33:11 -0400<br>
From: Daniel Morissette <<a href="mailto:dmorissette@mapgears.com">dmorissette@mapgears.com</a>><br>
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CC: OSGEO discuss <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a>>, conference<br>
<<a href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:location-iwg@locationtech.org">location-iwg@locationtech.org</a><br>
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Hi Everyone,<br>
<br>
FYI, at the Vienna Sprint two weeks ago, we had a similar discussion<br>
about the (lack of) decision process for the location of FOSS4G-Europe.<br>
The people involved in the discussion included past FOSS4G and<br>
FOSS4G-CEE organizers, some key members of the EU community and a few<br>
board members, and the conclusion on the question of the decision<br>
process was that OSGeo (the international body) and its conference<br>
committee were not the right people to make the decision on the<br>
FOSS4G-Europe location, and it was proposed to invite all local chapters<br>
in Europe to appoint one rep to a FOSS4G-EU conference committee that<br>
would make the decision on the location of the event. The creation of<br>
this FOSS4G-EU committee should be discussed on the local-chapters list<br>
at some point.<br>
<br>
I am reporting this here because the same could possibly apply to<br>
FOSS4G-NA: the global OSGeo may not be the best entity to decide on the<br>
location of FOSS4G-NA and maybe we should defer to reps of the local<br>
chapters in the region?<br>
<br>
Let's keep this in mind when we discuss this in the board meeting.<br>
<br>
BTW, if there is only one candidate for FOSS4G-NA 2015 then there is no<br>
need for a formal decision process and we should keep things simple, but<br>
sooner or later the need will arise.<br>
<br>
Daniel<br>
<br>
<br>
On 14-04-07 1:59 PM, Andrew Ross wrote:<br>
> Bart,<br>
><br>
> Sure, I can make that time and I'm glad to have a dialogue about<br>
> it. Thanks for suggesting.<br>
><br>
> Kind regards,<br>
><br>
> Andrew<br>
><br>
> On 07/04/14 13:31, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:<br>
>> Hey Andrew,<br>
>><br>
>> we have a board meeting this Thursday so maybe we can discuss it<br>
>> there as well given this is urgent?<br>
>><br>
>> I’ll add it to the agenda, would you be available on IRC for any<br>
>> questions?<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2014-04-10" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2014-04-10</a><br>
>><br>
>> Best regards, Bart<br>
>><br>
>> On 07 Apr 2014, at 19:04, Andrew Ross <<a href="mailto:andrew.ross@eclipse.org">andrew.ross@eclipse.org</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:andrew.ross@eclipse.org">andrew.ross@eclipse.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Hi Everyone,<br>
>>><br>
>>> For those that might be interested in participating in this &<br>
>>> especially up front in terms of outreach & helping sort out<br>
>>> details to tune the idea so it works well, please contact me.<br>
>>> Thank you very much to those that have already.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Some important decisions require immediate attention such as<br>
>>> which city, what dates, and so forth.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Some possible cities suggested by people, for 2015, include:<br>
>>> D.C., San Francisco, Boston, San Diego<br>
>>><br>
>>> In terms of dates, late March or early April would be offset<br>
>>> from the global FOSS4G & also from other very busy periods in<br>
>>> the calendar. It lines up with EclipseCon, which co-hosting<br>
>>> helps reduce organizing burden. For what it's worth, the<br>
>>> overall conference would not be called EclipseCon to appeal to<br>
>>> all constituents.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thoughts?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks again,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Andrew<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 04/04/14 17:02, Andrew Ross wrote:<br>
>>>> Hello Everyone,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Please excuse the cross post between OSGeo's discuss &<br>
>>>> conference_dev lists as well as LocationTech's discussion<br>
>>>> list. I'm hoping to enable inclusive discussion about an<br>
>>>> idea.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Bit of background, this coming May (19-21), LocationTech<br>
>>>> Summit is co-hosted with Location Intelligence in Washington<br>
>>>> D.C. <<a href="http://www.locationintelligence.net/" target="_blank">http://www.locationintelligence.net/</a>>. Travel<br>
>>>> restrictions for Federal Government employees for instance<br>
>>>> meant holding this in D.C. was important in 2014.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> We have started planning for 2015, and I wanted to reach out<br>
>>>> and see if an idea might be of interest to the greater<br>
>>>> community.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> The idea is to co-host LocationTech Summit, FOSS4G North<br>
>>>> America, and EclipseCon next year in the spring.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> For those that haven't been:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> * EclipseCon is a great developer conference & covers topics<br>
>>>> that I feel may be a really nice complement such as Science,<br>
>>>> Internet of Things, Automotive, Software development best<br>
>>>> practice, and more. While there are some awesome talks in the<br>
>>>> area, it's not just about the IDE. :-) * FOSS4G NA is the<br>
>>>> regional sibling of FOSS4G Global, also a great developer<br>
>>>> conference, and focused on geospatial technologies. It is a<br>
>>>> must attend event if you're into web mapping or looking for<br>
>>>> open source GIS solutions. * LocationTech Summit is new<br>
>>>> (first one this May), similar to FOSS4G however perhaps has a<br>
>>>> stronger focus on high performance geoprocessing technologies<br>
>>>> and new technologies like GeoGit for instance. * My feeble<br>
>>>> attempt at contrast aside, I think these last two will see a<br>
>>>> lot of the same speakers & audience.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> A few thoughts:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> * We believe a combined event could likely be done to<br>
>>>> prioritize camaraderie which is so important for open source<br>
>>>> projects & community. i.e. avoid anyone feeling lost in a<br>
>>>> huge event. * We feel the mutual outreach to people across<br>
>>>> communities would be really useful, interesting, and spark<br>
>>>> wonderful ideas we can't predict. * The logistical work can<br>
>>>> be done by full time conference organizers who organize<br>
>>>> EclipseCon each year. The program is up to the communities to<br>
>>>> set. * For those seeking suppliers, partners, & customers,<br>
>>>> this should make for more opportunities. * Profit sharing<br>
>>>> with significant participating groups is doable. We're glad<br>
>>>> to help figure out a fair and amicable solution. * Ensuring<br>
>>>> each group are well served is a priority of course. We think<br>
>>>> this combined event might attract people who might not<br>
>>>> otherwise come to any of them. But we'll have to try and<br>
>>>> see.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Is this a good idea?<br>
>>>> Interested?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Kind regards,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Andrew<br>
>>>><br>
>>><br>
><br>
><br>
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