Cameron<br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
Do you think it would be difficult to start the foss4g2009 website?</blockquote><div><br>As Gavin has mentioned - OCS is a multi conference system it is therefore 'fairly' straightforward to set up the 09 site - this has already been done to a degree but access is restricted<br>
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As we write about foss4g, it would be good if we could reference the website by URL.</blockquote><div><br>IMO what is required at the moment for 09 - more than a fully functioning conference site is a holding page which includes the very basic, info - the 09 brand, what, where and ideally a utility to register interest and be kept uptodate - this wouldn't necessarily have to use OCS - Gavin asked FrankW to register the domain, not sure where this is at?<br>
<br>If the 09 domain is registered then it would be easy to create the holding page outside of OCS and put in place a redirect<br><br><br>Cheers<br><br>Simon<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
mapbutcher wrote:<br>
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Cameron FYI - looks like OCS is the path of choice for OSGeo.<br>
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I'm happy to see what I can tackle from the current list of issues for the 2008 site and this will give us a heads up for the 2009 site.<br>
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Gavin has asked Frank to register the domain - you cool with this?<br>
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Cheers<br>
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Si<br>
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Date: 2 Apr 2008 21:36<br>
Subject: FOSS4G website<br></span><span class="q">
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Cc: Graeme McFerren <<a href="mailto:gmcferren@csir.co.za" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">gmcferren@csir.co.za</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:gmcferren@csir.co.za" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">gmcferren@csir.co.za</a>>>, "Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)" <<a href="mailto:tmitchell@osgeo.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">tmitchell@osgeo.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tmitchell@osgeo.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">tmitchell@osgeo.org</a>>>, Frank Warmerdam <<a href="mailto:warmerdam@pobox.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">warmerdam@pobox.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:warmerdam@pobox.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">warmerdam@pobox.com</a>>><br>
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Hi Simon, yes I've got your e-mails, thanks very much for offering to help out.<br>
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Please use the wiki page that I see you've already looked at to log other issues and progress towards resolving them and correspond with Tyler Mitchell at OSGeo (OCS server admin) and Graeme McFerren, our LOC's conference website manager. Anything you help out with for 2008 will directly improve things for 2009.<br>
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1. Frank, please register the 2009 domain. Yes it is the intention<span class="q"><br>
to host all conferences on the OSGeo conference domain. OCS<br>
hosts multiple conferences within a conference series.<br></span>
2. explained in previous e-mail. It has its limitations but we'll<span class="q"><br>
see soon whether it plays to its strengths in paper submission<br>
and review. You'll see when you login as a Conference Manager<br>
that 2009 already has a shell up.<br>
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Cheers<br>
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Gavin<br>
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Hi Gavin,<br>
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You may have already received an email from me about my involvement with FOSS4G 2009 - Cameron Shorter forwarded your details to me. I've also posted to the 2009 <<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g2009/2008-April/000009.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g2009/2008-April/000009.html</a>> mailing list<br>
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I want to look into the use of OCS for the 2009 website with a view to getting the site up and running and perhaps addressing some of the issues <<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Committee_Issues#OCS_website_management" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Committee_Issues#OCS_website_management</a>>you've already raised? - Would you be able to set me off in the right direction on the following:<span class="q"><br>
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1. We'd like to register a domain (/<a href="http://www.foss4g2009.org/%29/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.foss4g2009.org/)/</a> for the 09 conference. The current 2008 site is a 'conferences' sub domain of the OSGeo site - is the intention to host all conference sites on this sub domain?<br>
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2. What is your general impression of OCS so far? What were the reasons for going with OCS for the 2008 conference?<br>
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Any other info you think might be useful then let me know<br>
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Cheers<br>
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Simon<br>
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