[FOSS4G-Oceania] FW: FOSS4G-Oceania Workshops Announced [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Thu Aug 16 19:29:44 PDT 2018

Oh that's a good idea. My impression/prediction is we will have sufficient
uptake of the workshops to cover this cost above our budgeted amount.
Daniel, based on your discussions with caterers, do you have a feel for
what this might cost?

On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 12:23, Sarah Goodwin <sarah.goodwin at monash.edu>
wrote:

> Re: full day participants only get food once - how about if we provide
> morning refreshments / snacks pre-first workshop?
>
> On Fri., 17 Aug. 2018, 12:20 John Bryant, <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So if you book two workshops, and eat only once, should we not provide a
>>> discount?
>>>
>>
>> Yep, a discount could make sense, but I think we did discuss it and
>> decided to keep it 'simple' (whether this is actually simpler or not, I'm
>> not sure). I think the cat's out of the bag and we will have to live with
>> this... but we could *possibly* arrange a discount code for people who ask?
>>
>> Perhaps we should add a link at the end of each (i.e. on the
>>> 'resigtered!' page or in the ticket email) to link to the other
>>> registration process...
>>
>>
>> Great idea! We can easily do this on the email that gets sent out when
>> someone buys a conf registration. I'll do it now.
>>
>> Clearly we're heading into a phase where we need to be increasing our
>> communications... but I'm feeling pretty swamped with writing news items,
>> web page content, tweets, emails, etc... can I call out for some help with
>> this aspect? Would be great to have a bit of a crew of writers to tag team
>> this stuff, and help generate content for the media pipeline.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 12:09, Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Apologies for miossing the meeting today, had a meeting I could not
>>> alter.
>>>
>>> Agreed wit hSarah ( and I also forgot that the workshops were not
>>> included). Will have to scrape some more funds… Hope 100 is not too steep
>>> for many attendants ( but it is a fair price) . That said, they include
>>> catering, right? So if you book two workshops, and eat only once, should we
>>> not provide a discount?
>>>
>>> M.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From: *FOSS4G-Oceania <foss4g-oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on
>>> behalf of Sarah Goodwin <sarah.goodwin at monash.edu>
>>> *Date: *Friday, 17 August 2018 at 12:06 pm
>>> *To: *John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
>>> *Cc: *"foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org" <foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
>>> *Subject: *Re: [FOSS4G-Oceania] FW: FOSS4G-Oceania Workshops Announced
>>> [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Great!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But yes, also 'registration can be separate' implys that the cost is
>>> covered in the full conference registration. Which is what I had thought
>>> until this morning too. Oops sorry to miss this too.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So, if these are two separate registration processes, which I believe
>>> they are?  Perhaps we should add a link at the end of each (i.e. on the
>>> 'resigtered!' page or in the ticket email) to link to the other
>>> registration process... Just so we don't lose potential people (i.e.
>>> registrating for conference, but did not know about the workshops) in this
>>> process?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sarah
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri., 17 Aug. 2018, 11:50 John Bryant, <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Awesome, thanks for spamming, Jonah!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just one small point of clarification: the half day workshops are $100
>>> each, so attending both a morning and afternoon session would be $200. In
>>> case anyone asks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 11:34, Sullivan Jonah <Jonah.Sullivan at ga.gov.au>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Below is the promotional email I spammed my organisation with.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Jonah Sullivan,* GISP-AP* |*  Geospatial Analyst
>>>
>>> Maritime Jurisdiction Advice
>>> <http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/marine/jurisdiction>
>>>
>>> National Location Information Branch
>>> <http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information>
>>>
>>>  *t* +61 2 6249 9516     www.ga.gov.au
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Error! Filename not specified.* <http://www.ga.gov.au/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Sullivan Jonah
>>> *Sent:* 17 August 2018 11:27
>>> *To:* GIS List
>>> *Subject:* FOSS4G-Oceania Workshops Announced [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The FOSS4G-Oceania <https://foss4g-oceania.org/> Conference has
>>> announced the workshop line-up.
>>> <https://foss4g-oceania.org/attend/workshops>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Workshops are a great way to get practical experience in a hands-on
>>> session guided by expert practitioners and project developers.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Workshop registration <https://foss4g-oceania.org/attend/registration>
>>> can be separate from the full conference registration: workshop day is
>>> $100, full conference is $400.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The workshop submission period is closed, the submission period for the Community
>>> Day <https://foss4g-oceania.org/attend/community-day>, and conference
>>> presentations
>>> <https://foss4g-oceania.org/present/call-presentations-and-workshops>
>>> are still open.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Community Day is an opportunity to get participants to engage with
>>> any project.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Projects could be:
>>>
>>> ·         Humanitarian mapping (Missing Maps
>>> <https://www.missingmaps.org/> or Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>>> <https://www.hotosm.org/>)
>>>
>>> ·         Local mapping
>>>
>>> ·         Testing software features
>>>
>>> ·         Improving or creating instructional documentation
>>> <https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/documentation_guidelines/> and
>>> translations <https://www.transifex.com/postgis/postgis/> for software
>>>
>>> ·         Improving features in software and/or identifying and
>>> debugging glitches
>>>
>>> ·         Citizen Science
>>> <http://www.ga.gov.au/news-events/events/public-talks/public-talks-archive/people-power-how-citizen-science-can-take-your-science-further>
>>> initiatives
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The conference workshop agenda is below.
>>> Morning <https://foss4g-oceania.org/attend/workshops>
>>>
>>> 1: Visualising Geospatial data with Mapbox JS GL
>>>
>>> 2: Making maps with OpenStreetMap
>>>
>>> 3: Introduction to running Auto Scaling Geoserver and PostgreSQL/PostGIS
>>> in the Cloud (AWS)
>>>
>>> 4: A gentle introduction to spatial web services by building your first
>>> web application
>>>
>>> 5: Processing spatial data with JavaScript
>>>
>>> 6: All the OTHER places you will love using Python in QGIS
>>>
>>> 7: Bridging Scientific Computing and Virtual Reality with R
>>> Afternoon <https://foss4g-oceania.org/attend/workshops>
>>>
>>> 1: 0 to 100 on AWS – Building a full stack web mapping application with
>>> PostGIS, Geoserver, OpenLayers and ReactJS
>>>
>>> 2: QGIS Python Plugin Development
>>>
>>> 3: Spatial data APIs - making your spatial data public without giving
>>> away database access
>>>
>>> 4: Editing OpenStreetMap with street-level imagery and automated
>>> detections
>>>
>>> 5: FOSS4G routing with pgRouting
>>>
>>> 6: Geospatial data visualizations with d3
>>>
>>> 7: Open source point cloud processing and visualisation with the PDAL
>>> and Potree stack
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Jonah Sullivan,* GISP-AP* |*  Geospatial Analyst
>>>
>>> Maritime Jurisdiction Advice
>>> <http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/marine/jurisdiction>
>>>
>>> National Location Information Branch
>>> <http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information>
>>>
>>>  *t* +61 2 6249 9516     www.ga.gov.au
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Error! Filename not specified.* <http://www.ga.gov.au/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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