[OSGeo-Discuss] some post-FOSS4G thoughts

[Dave Patton]

On 2008/10/07 11:04 AM, Landon Blake wrote:
> It would be cool if we could get a point location and radius of 
> acceptable travel from each OSGeo member. You could then determine
> which host cities for a local or regional conference would impact the
> most users.

That would only let you look at the impact on
OSGeo members. Even for a regional conference,
that does not include the complete universe of
potential delegates for the conference. I have
no idea whether it would be a useful predictor
of overall conference attendance.

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Dave Patton
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