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Hello OSGeo board,<br>
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Just a short note of thanks for the chance to discuss the event
& the support from you on April 10th. We are proceeding to
organize the event. More details soon!<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
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<td>Re: 2015 North American conference</td>
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<td>Andrew Ross <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:andrew.ross@eclipse.org"><andrew.ross@eclipse.org></a></td>
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OSGeo Discussions <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org"><discuss@lists.osgeo.org></a>,
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Everyone,<br>
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A quick update on this.<br>
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The feedback on this has been quite positive, and we will be
proceeding to organize the event. The City, Venue, and Dates
will be announced as soon as possible.<br>
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We have received responses to our RFP from venues in D.C.,
Austin, Boston, San Francisco, Atlanta, and a few other cities.<br>
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I would like to thank David Bitner & Eddie Pickle, chairs of
the past two FOSS4G NA's for joining the 2015 conference
planning committee. Also, thank you to Robert Cheetham who has
joined the team as well. We anticipate 2 or 3 more people to
join the team in the coming weeks. This committee will help us
plan an outstanding event.<br>
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We will be forming a program committee who will review and
select presentation proposals. More on that soon.<br>
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As always, feedback & suggestions are welcome.<br>
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Cheers!<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
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On 04/04/14 17:02, Andrew Ross wrote:<br>
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Hello Everyone,<br>
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Please excuse the cross post between OSGeo's discuss &
conference_dev lists as well as LocationTech's discussion list.
I'm hoping to enable inclusive discussion about an idea.<br>
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Bit of background, this coming May (19-21), <a
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href="http://www.locationintelligence.net/">LocationTech
Summit is co-hosted with Location Intelligence in Washington
D.C.</a>. Travel restrictions for Federal Government employees
for instance meant holding this in D.C. was important in 2014.<br>
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We have started planning for 2015, and I wanted to reach out and
see if an idea might be of interest to the greater community.<br>
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The idea is to co-host LocationTech Summit, FOSS4G North
America, and EclipseCon next year in the spring. <br>
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For those that haven't been:<br>
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<li>EclipseCon is a great developer conference & covers
topics that I feel may be a really nice complement such as
Science, Internet of Things, Automotive, Software
development best practice, and more. While there are some
awesome talks in the area, it's not just about the IDE. :-)</li>
<li>FOSS4G NA is the regional sibling of FOSS4G Global, also a
great developer conference, and focused on geospatial
technologies. It is a must attend event if you're into web
mapping or looking for open source GIS solutions.</li>
<li>LocationTech Summit is new (first one this May), similar
to FOSS4G however perhaps has a stronger focus on high
performance geoprocessing technologies and new technologies
like GeoGit for instance.<br>
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<li>My feeble attempt at contrast aside, I think these last
two will see a lot of the same speakers & audience.</li>
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A few thoughts:<br>
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<li>We believe a combined event could likely be done to
prioritize camaraderie which is so important for open source
projects & community. i.e. avoid anyone feeling lost in
a huge event.</li>
<li>We feel the mutual outreach to people across communities
would be really useful, interesting, and spark wonderful
ideas we can't predict.</li>
<li>The logistical work can be done by full time conference
organizers who organize EclipseCon each year. The program is
up to the communities to set.</li>
<li>For those seeking suppliers, partners, & customers,
this should make for more opportunities.<br>
</li>
<li>Profit sharing with significant participating groups is
doable. We're glad to help figure out a fair and amicable
solution.<br>
</li>
<li>Ensuring each group are well served is a priority of
course. We think this combined event might attract people
who might not otherwise come to any of them. But we'll have
to try and see.</li>
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<p>Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Is this a good idea?
Interested?<br>
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<p>Kind regards,<br>
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<p>Andrew<br>
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