<div dir="ltr"><div>Good news guys. We got our first open source track for the CLSA Annual Conference approved. Hopefully we can make this a yearly event.<br><br></div>Landon<br><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">CLSA</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clsa@californiasurveyors.org">clsa@californiasurveyors.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:59 AM<br>Subject: Re: Open Source GIS Track at 2014 CLSA Conference<br>
To: Landon Blake <<a href="mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com">sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>
  
    
  
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    <div>Hi Landon -<br>
      We have confirmed the schedule you provided and incorporated it
      into the Conference Program.<br>
      <br>
      We will provide each of the speakers with complimentary full
      conference registration and one night room accommodations for each
      day that they are speaking (2 nights for you and Peter - 1 night
      for Ragi and Jeff)<br>
      <br>
      Please provide us the contact information for each of the speakers
      so that we can provide them a formal confirmation letter and
      speakers kit.<br>
      <br>
      Thank you!<br>
      Crissy<br>
      <br>
      <b>Conference Schedule</b><br>
      <br>
      <p><b>Day 1 (Monday, April 14th)</b>
      </p>
      <ul>
        <li>Day 1 - 8:30AM to 10:00AM = GIS Basics for Land Surveyors
          (Landon Blake)
        </li>
        <li>Day 1 - 10:30AM to 12:00PM = Mobile GIS Data Collection with
          Android and IOS Devices (Ragi Burhum)
        </li>
      </ul>
      <ul>
        <li>Day 1 - 1:30PM to 3:00PM = Dealing With Temporal Aspects of
          Large Raster Data Sets (Peter Baumann)
        </li>
        <li>Day 1 - 3:30PM to 5:00PM = GIS Database Concepts With Post
          GIS (Jeff Hobbs)
        </li>
      </ul>
      <p><b>Day 2 (Tuesday, April 15th)</b>
      </p>
      <ul>
        <li>Day 2 - 8:30AM to 10:00AM = Mobile Data Collection with Open
          Data Kit (Landon Blake)
        </li>
        <li>Day 2 - 10:30AM to 12:00PM = The Role of Open Standards in
          Processing Large Raster Data Sets (Peter Baumann)
        </li>
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          <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>
              <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>California
Land
                  Surveyors Association</b><br>
                <span style="font-size:11px">526 So. E Street<br>
                  Santa Rosa, CA 95404<br>
                  T: <a href="tel:%28707%29%20578-6016" value="+17075786016" target="_blank">(707) 578-6016</a>    F: <a href="tel:%28707%29%20578-4406" value="+17075784406" target="_blank">(707) 578-4406</a><br>
                  <a href="http://www.californiasurveyors.org/index.asp" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,128,128)">www.CaliforniaSurveyors.org</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:11px"></span></b></span></p>

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          <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaLandSurveyorsAssociation" target="_blank"><img style="border:0px solid;width:30px;min-height:30px" alt="" src="cid:part2.07040905.06090007@californiasurveyors.org"></a>
             <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/california-land-surveyors-association/29/77/b64" target="_blank"><img style="border:0px solid;width:30px;min-height:31px" alt="" src="cid:part4.09020108.09030803@californiasurveyors.org"></a></p>

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      On 10/25/2013 6:18 PM, Landon Blake wrote:<br>
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            <div>Crissy:<br>
              <br>
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            I tweaked the open source GIS track to fit your schedule:<br>
            <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/CLSA_2014_Conference_OSGeo_Open_Source_GIS_Track" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/CLSA_2014_Conference_OSGeo_Open_Source_GIS_Track</a><br>
            <br>
          </div>
          Please note we can eliminate the second day's morning session
          if needed, and just run with the first day. I'll leave that up
          to the conference committee.<br>
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        I told my speakers they would have to cover their own travel
        costs, but that I would get them a free pass to the conference.
        Hopefully that arrangement is acceptable. If not, let me know
        and we will see what we can work out.<br>
        <br>
        Landon<br>
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        <br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 1:45 PM, CLSA <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clsa@californiasurveyors.org" target="_blank">clsa@californiasurveyors.org</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
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              <div>Thanks Landon! Will Peter be traveling from Germany? 
                I am not sure we have the travel budget for that.<br>
                The track is scheduled as follows:<br>
                8:30 - 10<br>
                10:30 - 12<br>
                1:30 - 3<br>
                3:30 - 5<br>
                <br>
                Do you think the program can be condensed to 6 hours?
                Otherwise, it can be done full day on Monday (6 hours)
                and morning of Tuesday (3 hours) in which means we need
                one more hour to fill.<br>
                <br>
                Let me know your thoughts. Our telephone conference call
                has been scheduled for Thursday of next week.
                <div><br>
                  Thanks!<br>
                  Crissy<br>
                  <br>
                  <div>
                    <p> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>
                          <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>California
Land

                              Surveyors Association</b><br>
                            <span style="font-size:11px">526 So. E
                              Street<br>
                              Santa Rosa, CA 95404<br>
                              T: <a href="tel:%28707%29%20578-6016" value="+17075786016" target="_blank">(707)
                                578-6016</a>    F: <a href="tel:%28707%29%20578-4406" value="+17075784406" target="_blank">(707)
                                578-4406</a><br>
                              <a href="http://www.californiasurveyors.org/index.asp" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,128,128)">www.CaliforniaSurveyors.org</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:11px"></span></b></span></p>

                    <b>
                      <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaLandSurveyorsAssociation" target="_blank"><img style="border:0px solid;width:30px;min-height:30px" alt="" src="cid:part11.07000707.01060507@californiasurveyors.org"></a>
                         <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/california-land-surveyors-association/29/77/b64" target="_blank"><img style="border:0px solid;width:30px;min-height:31px" alt="" src="cid:part13.08090107.01020501@californiasurveyors.org"></a></p>

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                  <div> On 10/24/2013 1:33 PM, Landon Blake
                    wrote:<br>
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                      <div>Crissy:</div>
                      <div> </div>
                      <div>I've tweaked the open source GIS track here:</div>
                      <div><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/CLSA_2014_Conference_OSGeo_Open_Source_GIS_Track" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/CLSA_2014_Conference_OSGeo_Open_Source_GIS_Track</a></div>
                      <div> </div>
                      <div>There is 8 hours of talks. I'm not sure if
                        this is too much or too little for a 1/2 day
                        program. Let me know how many hours of content
                        we need, and I will make adjustments to the
                        proposed program schedule.</div>
                      <div> </div>
                      <div>Thanks.</div>
                      <div> </div>
                      <div>Landon</div>
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                    <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                      <br>
                      <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at
                        9:27 AM, CLSA <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clsa@californiasurveyors.org" target="_blank">clsa@californiasurveyors.org</a>></span>
                        wrote:<br>
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                            <div>Hi Ryan -<br>
                              Landon is working on condensing his
                              suggested program (attached) from two
                              tracks (one day) to one track (day and a
                              half). We will be having a conference
                              committee meeting soon. Do you have any
                              other GIS or high tech sessions
                              suggestions?<br>
                              <br>
                              <br>
                              Hi Landon -<br>
                              Can you get us the program converted to a
                              one day track by the end of the week?
                              <div><br>
                                <br>
                                Thanks!<br>
                                Crissy<br>
                                <div>
                                  <p> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>
                                        <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>California
Land


                                            Surveyors Association</b><br>
                                          <span style="font-size:11px">526
                                            So. E Street<br>
                                            Santa Rosa, CA 95404<br>
                                            T: <a href="tel:%28707%29%20578-6016" value="+17075786016" target="_blank">(707)
                                              578-6016</a>    F: <a href="tel:%28707%29%20578-4406" value="+17075784406" target="_blank">(707)
                                              578-4406</a><br>
                                            <a href="http://www.californiasurveyors.org/index.asp" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,128,128)">www.CaliforniaSurveyors.org</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:11px"></span></b></span></p>

                                  <b>
                                    <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaLandSurveyorsAssociation" target="_blank"><img style="border:0px solid currentColor;width:30px;min-height:30px" alt="" src="cid:part20.06000002.09070300@californiasurveyors.org"></a>
                                       <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/california-land-surveyors-association/29/77/b64" target="_blank"><img style="border:0px solid currentColor;width:30px;min-height:31px" alt="" src="cid:part22.07090003.00040101@californiasurveyors.org"></a></p>

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                                <div> On 10/21/2013 8:14 AM, Hunsicker,
                                  Ryan wrote:<br>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Hey


                                        Landon,</span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Do


                                        you know who would be speaking
                                        and about how much time they
                                        would need?</span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Thanks,</span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Ryan


                                          Hunsicker PLS, GISP</span></b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"></span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Supervising


                                        Land Surveyor</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"></span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">San


                                        Bernardino County Surveyor's
                                        Office</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"></span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Phone


                                        <a href="tel:%28909%29387-8148" value="+19093878148" target="_blank">(909)387-8148</a></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"></span></p>

                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><a href="mailto:rhunsicker@dpw.sbcounty.gov" target="_blank">rhunsicker@dpw.sbcounty.gov</a></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"></span></p>

                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">
                                          Landon Blake [<a href="mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com" target="_blank">mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com</a>]
                                          <br>
                                          <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October
                                          17, 2013 6:15 PM<br>
                                          <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:clsa@californiasurveyors.org" target="_blank">clsa@californiasurveyors.org</a><br>
                                          <b>Cc:</b> Hunsicker, Ryan<br>
                                          <b>Subject:</b> Re: Open
                                          Source GIS Track at 2014 CLSA
                                          Conference</span></p>
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                                        <p style="margin-bottom:12pt" class="MsoNormal">Ryan:</p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal">Let me know
                                        what I need to do to help
                                        finalize the program. I already
                                        sent Dorothy a preliminary
                                        program for the open source GIS
                                        track.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        Landon</p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Oct
                                          17, 2013 at 4:17 PM, CLSA <<a href="mailto:clsa@californiasurveyors.org" target="_blank">clsa@californiasurveyors.org</a>>


                                          wrote:</p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal">Hi
                                              Landon & Ryan -<br>
                                              We will be holding a
                                              program meeting soon. Can
                                              you please provide a brief
                                              description of your
                                              proposed program, how much
                                              time you will need. For
                                              budget purposes, we will
                                              also need to know how many
                                              speakers will be
                                              participating and where
                                              they are traveling form.</p>
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                                              <p style="margin-bottom:12pt" class="MsoNormal"><br>
                                                Thanks!<br>
                                                Crissy</p>
                                              <div>
                                                <p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">California


                                                      Land Surveyors
                                                      Association</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
                                                    </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:8.5pt">526


                                                      So. E Street<br>
                                                      Santa Rosa, CA
                                                      95404<br>
                                                      T: <a href="tel:%28707%29%20578-6016" target="_blank">(707) 578-6016</a>    F:
                                                      <a href="tel:%28707%29%20578-4406" target="_blank"> (707) 578-4406</a><br>
                                                      <a href="http://www.californiasurveyors.org/index.asp" target="_blank"><span style="color:gray">www.CaliforniaSurveyors.org</span></a></span></b></p>
                                                <p><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaLandSurveyorsAssociation" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img src="cid:part32.02040105.02070602@californiasurveyors.org" border="0" height="30" width="30"></span></a> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/california-land-surveyors-association/29/77/b64" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img src="cid:part34.05040005.05040005@californiasurveyors.org" border="0" height="31" width="30"></span></a></b></p>

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                                                <p class="MsoNormal">On
                                                  5/9/2013 8:19 AM,
                                                  Hunsicker, Ryan wrote:</p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Blake,</span></p>
                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">That


                                                      sounds good to me,
                                                      an alternative to
                                                      the esri solution
                                                      would be nice to
                                                      see. The session
                                                      would need to
                                                      focus on survey
                                                      related subjects.
                                                       </span></p>
                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">We


                                                      are currently
                                                      working program
                                                      with esri  to
                                                      create a one day
                                                      workshop that will
                                                      be focused on GIS
                                                      products for land
                                                      surveyor. Would
                                                      you like to help
                                                      out with that too?
                                                       </span></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Thanks,</span></p>
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                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Ryan


                                                        Hunsicker PLS,
                                                        GISP</span></b></p>
                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Supervising


                                                      Land Surveyor</span></p>
                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">San


                                                      Bernardino County
                                                      Surveyor's Office</span></p>
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                                                      <a href="tel:%28909%29387-8148" target="_blank">(909)387-8148</a></span></p>
                                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><a href="mailto:rhunsicker@dpw.sbcounty.gov" target="_blank">rhunsicker@dpw.sbcounty.gov</a></span></p>

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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">
                                                        Landon Blake [<a href="mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com" target="_blank">mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com</a>]
                                                        <br>
                                                        <b>Sent:</b>
                                                        Thursday, May
                                                        09, 2013 7:54 AM<br>
                                                        <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:clsa@californiasurveyors.org" target="_blank">clsa@californiasurveyors.org</a>;
                                                        Hunsicker, Ryan<br>
                                                        <b>Subject:</b>
                                                        Open Source GIS
                                                        Track at 2014
                                                        CLSA Conference</span></p>
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                                                          <p style="margin-bottom:12pt" class="MsoNormal">I'm the OSGeo California Chapter Board Representative.
                                                          The OSGeo
                                                          California
                                                          Chapter would
                                                          be interested
                                                          in working
                                                          with CLSA to
                                                          sponsor a 1/2
                                                          day or full
                                                          day track on
                                                          open source
                                                          GIS at the
                                                          2014 CLSA
                                                          Conference.</p>
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                                                        <p style="margin-bottom:12pt" class="MsoNormal">I already have 3 members of our chapter that would be
                                                          willing to
                                                          travel to the
                                                          conference to
                                                          teach a
                                                          session. I
                                                          believe this
                                                          would be a
                                                          great
                                                          opportunity to
                                                          expand the
                                                          audience of
                                                          the conference
                                                          and the tools
                                                          available to
                                                          the surveyors
                                                          that attend.</p>
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                                                      <p style="margin-bottom:12pt" class="MsoNormal">Please let me know if CLSA in interested in this. If
                                                        there is
                                                        interest, we can
                                                        talk about
                                                        developing a
                                                        program.</p>
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.</p>
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                                                        Landon</p>
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