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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Eli,<br>
<br>
Thank you for the thoughts.<br>
<br>
Stating the obvious, 2015 is an event and related but decoupled
from future events. <br>
<br>
I'm happy to participate in an open dialogue brainstorming for
future events.<br>
<br>
For what it's worth, I agree that it doesn't make a lot of sense
to host a regional FOSS4G & Global FOSS4G in the same region
in the same year. Just my opinion, but ideally they are one and
the same that year.<br>
<br>
IMHO, people have come to expect the Global event in the fall so
that's pretty important. Spring could work well too, but would
need to be planned well in advance so people know and it could
avoid conflicting events.<br>
<br>
If you don't mind sharing, what kinds of things do you have in
mind for benefits & things to look out for?<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
<br>
On 22/04/14 23:30, Eli Adam wrote:<br>
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<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>
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<div>There are benefits worth pursuing. <br>
<br>
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<div>Best Regards and see you in PDX, Eli<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Seven
(aka Arnulf) <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:seven@arnulf.us" target="_blank">seven@arnulf.us</a>></span>
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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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
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<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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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CC: OSGEO discuss <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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conference<br>
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org">conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div class="h5"><br>
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>
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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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:andrew.ross@eclipse.org">andrew.ross@eclipse.org</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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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