<div dir="ltr">That is great news about the sponsors! Glad to see the sprint coming together .. and I have booked a flight. If anyone is interested in cutting costs and sharing a room please send me an email.<div>--</div><div>Jody</div><div><br><div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 November 2014 at 03:13, Robert Cheetham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cheetham@azavea.com" target="_blank">cheetham@azavea.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">OSGeo Developers,<div><br></div><div>We've managed to nail down a venue and reserve a hotel block for the 2015 OSGeo Code Sprint. Sprinters are invited to make travel plans for a 4-day code sprint that will occur Feb 9 - 13.</div><div><br></div><div>We will have a social <b>get-together on the evening of Mon, Feb 9</b> with the code sprint beginning in earnest on <b>Tues, Feb 10</b> and running through <b>Fri, Feb 13</b>.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hotel </b>- We have reserved a <b>block of hotel rooms</b> at the Loews Hotel for $ 149/night - a great rate in a nice hotel that occupies an historic tower in downtown Philadelphia. Booking information is available at: <u style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Code_Sprint_2015" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Code_Sprint_2015</a></u></div><div><br></div><div><b>Venue </b>- We are currently planning to hold the code sprint at the downtown <a href="http://www.friendscentercorp.org/" target="_blank">Friends Center</a>, a conference facility operated by the Quakers (Philadelphia was founded by Quakers, and the "Society of Friends" continues to be an important part of the local community). The Friends Center is located at 1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia, PA 19102.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Flights - </b>Philadelphia (PHL) is a hub for American/US Air and has a good number of international carriers with direct flights, including Air Canada, Air France, Lufthansa, British Air and Qatar Airways. Other regional options include Newark Airport (EWR), which has a rail link to the Newark Airport train station, which is about a 50 min train ride to Philadelphia 30th St Station. Newark airport has a broad range of international flights, including Porter Airlines from Toronto. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Rail </b>- Philadelphia is about 2hrs from Washington DC and 1hr 15min from New York Penn Station by Amtrak rail.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>As I've mentioned in previous emails, I think this might be a good opportunity for folks in the OSGeo and LocationTech communities to meet and work on areas of common interest. The Eclipse Foundation's <a href="http://www.locationtech.org/" target="_blank">LocationTech</a> projects include: JTS, uDig, GeoTrellis, GeoMesa, Geogig, and GeoJini. I did not receive significant push-back when I raised this question in August, so I'm going to proceed under this assumption that LocationTech projects will also be invited as well as seek sponsorship support from LocationTech.</div><div><br></div><div>We're looking forward to welcoming you all to Philadelphia in February.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Robert</div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><span></span><span></span><br>------------------<br>Robert Cheetham<div><br><div>Azavea <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"> | 340 N 12th St, Ste 402, Philadelphia, PA</span><br><a href="mailto:cheetham@azavea.com" target="_blank">cheetham@azavea.com</a><span> | T <span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><a href="tel:215.701.7713" value="+12157017713" target="_blank">215.701.7713</a></span></span></span></span></span><span> </span></span><br>Web <a href="http://www.azavea.com/" target="_blank">azavea.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"> | Blog <a href="http://azavea.com/blogs" style="color:rgb(28,81,168)" target="_blank">azavea.com/blogs</a> | <span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:arial;font-size:small">Twitter</span> <a href="http://goog_858212415" target="_blank">@</a></span><a href="http://twitter.com/rcheetham" target="_blank">rcheetham</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/azavea" target="_blank">@azavea</a></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#073763"><i>Azavea is a <a href="http://www.bcorporation.net/what-are-b-corps" target="_blank">B Corporation</a> - we apply geospatial technology for civic and social impact</i></font></div><div><font color="#073763"><i>while advancing the state-of-the-art through research. <a href="http://jobs.azavea.com/" target="_blank">Join us</a>.</i></font><br><br></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Robert Cheetham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cheetham@azavea.com" target="_blank">cheetham@azavea.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>OSGeo Developers,</div><div><br></div><div>At this year's code sprint in Vienna, Azavea was asked to consider reviving our proposal to host a code sprint in Philadelphia. We've done some research on venues and have a couple of possibilities. I've revised our 2014 proposal and now have a 2015 proposal page up at </div>
<div><font color="#1155cc"><u><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Code_Sprint_2015" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Code_Sprint_2015</a></u></font><br></div><div><br></div><div>While Azavea could potentially host a smaller sprint (up to 40) in our office, we'd like to anticipate the kind of crowd that attended this year's code sprint in Vienna.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I would also like to propose that we consider expanding the scope by inviting both OSGeo and the Eclipse Foundation's <a href="http://www.locationtech.org/" target="_blank">LocationTech</a> projects (JTS, uDig, GeoTrellis, GeoMesa, Geogig, GeoJini, etc.). There are several developers that work on both OSGeo and LocationTech projects, and we think this would be an opportunity for people to work together. That said, this would also likely require a larger venue and there are likely other considerations before pursuing this idea.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm interested in your feedback. I'd like to potentially book a block of hotel rooms as well as settle on some dates.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br>Robert</div><div><br></div><div>
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