[Bootcamp08] Registration for OSGeo BootCamp 08

[Daniel Morissette]

Thanks for your reply Andrew. I am looking forward to the post of the 
program and additional info to be able to make our mind on what the 
event will be like. Since this is a first, it's hard for outsiders to 
get an idea of the size and importance of the event and to make plans 
around it. Any information you can share on this list will be useful to 
everyone I'm sure.

Thanks for your work on this!

Daniel


Andrew Ross wrote:
> 
> Thank you for your email. Yes, confirmed. By adding yourself to the mailing
> list, you are registered. We wanted to keep the process very light weight. 
> 
> There's plenty of room at this point. We have rooms confirmed to allow a
> capacity of 658, no where near that yet on this list. 
> 
> Because I can easily see how many are registered, and chances are people on
> the list are attending, or at least thinking about it. I was planning to
> work backwards and ask if there are any registered on the mailing list who
> are not planning to attend and subtract them. It seemed like a reasonable
> idea.
> 
> 
> I could use everyone's help to spread the word about the event and
> especially to poke people who might make good speakers. On that note, I plan
> to post the abstracts in the coming weeks and soon after post the
> schedule/rooms.
> 
> I am happy to report we have raised a firm $7K (tentatively $12K) of towards
> our $20K budget goal for the event to cover the cost of food & prizes. Some
> additional logos will be going up very soon as the companies provide them to
> us. Any help finding potential sponsors would also help. 
> 
> If there's any other suggestions about the event, please feel free to shout
> it out. I welcome the input and won't be offended.
> 
> Also, feel free to discuss travel plans, meet ups, and such. This list is
> intended to be informal.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Andrew 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bootcamp08-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:bootcamp08-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Morissette
> Sent: April 16, 2008 10:52 AM
> To: bootcamp08 at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [Bootcamp08] Registration for OSGeo BootCamp 08
> 
> How does the registration for OSGeo Boot Camp work? The website at
> http://osbootcamp.org/osbootcamp6.html points us to this list to "register
> and receive communications related to the event". I signed up a few weeks
> ago but the list is still very quiet.
> 
> Does this mean that simply by being on this list we are registered? I know
> the boot camp concept is kinda informal, but just counting the number of
> addresses on a mailing list doesn't seem like a very optimal way to plan the
> attendance of an event.
> 
> I'm planning to go with a few others from Mapgears, I also heard of a few
> OSGeo fans from Quebec City who are interested in going. It would be good to
> have an idea of who's going to be there... that could help some people
> decide if it's worth for them to travel all the way to Ottawa or not.
> 
> I don't know if it would be appropriate to start a show of hands thread to
> hear from those planning to go. Perhaps Andrew (as the lead
> organizer) could start that thread if he feels it is appropriate for this
> list?
> 
> Daniel
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