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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Tom,<br>
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Sorry, not yet. We're doing venue RFP's in a number of cities for
between mid-March & mid-April. <br>
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Naturally we're looking to avoid Easter & as best we can avoid
march break, which isn't easy.<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
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I know it is far away, but do you have possible dates for
the conference? I usually attend another conference at the
end of April, so I was just wondering if it will conflict<br>
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Thanks<br>
Tom Mueller<br>
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<hr size="1"> <b> <span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span>
</b> Andrew Ross <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:andrew.ross@eclipse.org"><andrew.ross@eclipse.org></a>; <br>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2015 North American conference <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">David,<br>
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Thank you. Our team is always glad to support the
ecosystem.<br>
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Personally, I'm jazzed at the potential and
looking forward to having a lot of fun with this.<br>
<br>
You're spot-on. We recognize the branding is a
crucial bit of this. It's not simple, but I think
we should be able to figure out a way to do it
that works for everyone. For those that have ideas
or want to participate, please speak up ASAP.<br>
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Cheers!<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
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<div>First of all, thank you for stepping up as
willing to take on FOSS4G NA 2015. </div>
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<div>Having made two calls to the broader
community over the last several months looking
for folks to express interest in hosting the
NA event for 2015 with no response, I am
excited to see someone with your experience
stepping forward. Unless this thread spurs on
another bid, at this point, I would not
envision necessity for a competitive bid for
this event.</div>
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<div>I think that co-hosting the event with
Eclipse and LocationTech can both help boost
the profile and the make this event
logistically easier. I think the most critical
piece in joining these events this year will
be in making sure that we can keep the FOSS4G
and OSGeo branding prominent.</div>
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<div>Keep in mind as well (anyone else here too
that might want to provide a competing bid!),
that we have earmarked ~$20K from the
Minneapolis event to help bootstrap a 2015 NA
FOSS4G.</div>
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<div> Hello Everyone,<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
Bit of background, this coming May
(19-21), <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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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>
<br>
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>
<br>
The idea is to co-host LocationTech
Summit, FOSS4G North America, and
EclipseCon next year in the spring. <br>
<br>
For those that haven't been:<br>
<ul>
<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>
</li>
<li>My feeble attempt at contrast aside,
I think these last two will see a lot
of the same speakers & audience.</li>
</ul>
A few thoughts:<br>
<ul>
<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>
</ul>
<p>Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Is
this a good idea? Interested?<br>
</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br>
</p>
<p>Andrew<br>
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