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    <div class="moz-forward-container">Forwarding for David. He
      mentioned he wasn't allowed to email these two lists. Most likely
      he's not subscribed.<br>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Subject:
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            <td>Re: [location-iwg] [OSGeo-Discuss] 2015 North American
              conference</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
            <td>Tue, 8 Apr 2014 16:06:05 -0400</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
            <td>David Dubovsky <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ddubovsky@boundlessgeo.com"><ddubovsky@boundlessgeo.com></a></td>
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            <td>LocationTech Working Group discussion list
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:location-iwg@locationtech.org"><location-iwg@locationtech.org></a></td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">To: </th>
            <td>LocationTech Working Group discussion list
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:location-iwg@locationtech.org"><location-iwg@locationtech.org></a></td>
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            <td>OSGeo Discussions <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org"><discuss@lists.osgeo.org></a>,
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org">"conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org"</a>
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org"><conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org></a></td>
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        <div>Andrew, </div>
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        <div>I echo David's appreciation for stepping up to take this
          on. My organization (Boundless) sees a lot of benefit to a
          co-hosted event, potentially raising the profile of FOSS4G
          significantly. </div>
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        <div>I did have a few thoughts on location. Before 2015 there
          will have been five FOSS4G Events in North America: </div>
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        <div>2007: FOSS4G Victoria </div>
        <div>2011: FOSS4G Denver </div>
        <div>2012: FOSS4G-NA Washington DC </div>
        <div>2013: FOSS4G-NA Minneapolis </div>
        <div>2014: FOSS4G Portland </div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Given the distribution it looks like FOSS4G is due for an
          east coast event. I know DC would work out, but we did have
          the first NA event there. I'd like to float the idea of having
          the event in Philadelphia. It has a major airport and is
          easily accessible by train. DC and NYC attendees can easily
          come for one or multiple days via amtrak. I don't think travel
          restrictions would be too bad for Philly either. </div>
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        <div>That said I defer to those more familiar with the city and
          the other conferences. </div>
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        <div>David</div>
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                  <span
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                    Dubovsky</span></p>
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                    Boundless</span></p>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 2:45 PM,
            Andrew Ross <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:andrew.ross@eclipse.org" target="_blank">andrew.ross@eclipse.org</a>></span>
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                <div>David,<br>
                  <br>
                  Thank you. Our team is always glad to support the
                  ecosystem.<br>
                  <br>
                  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>
                  <br>
                  Cheers!<br>
                  <br>
                  Andrew<br>
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                  On 07/04/14 13:50, David William Bitner wrote:<br>
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                  <div dir="ltr">Andrew,
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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>
                    <div><br>
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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>David</div>
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                        <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at
                          4:02 PM, Andrew Ross <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                              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"
                                href="http://www.locationintelligence.net/"
                                target="_blank">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>
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                              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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