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<td>Re: [location-iwg] [OSGeo-Discuss] 2015 North American
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<td>David Dubovsky <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ddubovsky@boundlessgeo.com"><ddubovsky@boundlessgeo.com></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>
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<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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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 2:45 PM,
Andrew Ross <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div>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>
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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>David</div>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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<p>Andrew<br>
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