[Marketing] Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G Sydney and conference software

[Jeff McKenna]

Clearly we need a decision on this very soon, as 2009 preparations are  
beginning.  Tyler is there any room in the OSGeo budget to hire an OCS  
developer?

Also, I want to remind every member of the OSGeo conference committee  
that we need your input in big decisions like this.  I wonder if we  
should meet on IRC possibly on Friday to discuss options and come to a  
committee decision.

-jeff






On 21-May-08, at 11:12 AM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:

> I'm much in the same boat as Frank - I personally see high value in  
> having open access to our content and the underlying system, but  
> don't think I can help support a choice either way now due to lack  
> of time.  I wouldn't be surprised if there is a good job here for  
> someone, either as a volunteer or possibly in some part time work.   
> I see several ads for OJS/OCS developers, for example.
>
> In the end I see it as more of a question of having access to  
> presentations and other organisational details from year to year.    
> So far we are fine because our past events are still being  
> (voluntarily) hosted by past organisers and, presumably, we still  
> have people on the inside that can access the systems to suck the  
> info out when needed.
>
> If we were able to implement a solution (and really, we already have  
> with OCS) and improve it so it met all our/PCO needs - the FOSS- 
> lover in me dreams that PCO's would have a free tool they could use  
> internally too.  I've seen some PCO's have to sub-license these  
> kinds of tools from other service providers as well, so they are not  
> always 100% in charge of the tools anyway.
>
> Tyler