[FOSS4G2016] FOSS4G organizing issues

Tue Mar 24 07:30:30 PDT 2015

just go ahead.

We can add a ticket system and link with hard links to the tickets, if 
needed and just don't use the Redmine WIKI.

This should be a good compromise I guess.

Till

Am 24.03.2015 14:51, schrieb Arnulf Christl:
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> Till,
> I would prefer to have some of the more "static" information on the
> OSGeo Wiki too because it is open, public and well known. I'd hope
> that this way we can get more people who are not part of the Bonn
> Local Chapter to find us and make the conference more global. Just
> think about native Spanish speaking folks for example who might be
> interested to help the international community but will surely not
> find us right away if we "hide" all of what we do in a private Wiki
> and ticketing system.
>
> So I am not saying we shouldn't have that but that additionally we
> need to reach out through all channels available.
>
> Ah, bla - as "community manager" I'll probably just go ahead. Its a
> Wiki, right? :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Arnulf
>
> On 03/24/2015 09:34 AM, Till Adams wrote:
>> Dear Arnulf,
>>
>> we've just discussed the WIKI and Ticekt sydtem issue. We can setup
>> a jiffy box with redmine, which also has a WIKI inside from
>> FOSSGIS.
>>
>> I prefer Redmine as a ticket system, if there is a similar
>> architecuter on OSGeo architecture, I am fine with that. if we have
>> the wiki on the one platform and the ticket system on an other, I'd
>> prefer to choose that Jiffy, which could be setup by our terrestris
>> administrator really fast. So we can direktly link from WIKI int
>> tickets and vice versa.
>>
>> Regards, Till
>>
>> Am 24.03.2015 14:18, schrieb Arnulf Christl: Till, thanks for the
>> update.
>>
>> I suggest to populate a Wiki with the tasks and names you listed
>> below. Additionally we should also specifically ask people to take
>> responsibility for tasks.
>>
>> Do you have a preference which Wiki to use? I'd suggest to
>> populate the OSGeo Wiki because it has the biggest outreach. A
>> proper ticketing system will help to keep track of what is going on
>> but the "soft" information about who does what should be as public
>> as we can make it. I can do that if there are no other opinions.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Best regards, Arnulf
>>
>> On 03/23/2015 04:51 AM, Till Adams wrote:
>>>>> Dear FOSS4G2016'ers,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> last friday I had a meeting with Klaus Greve, reagrding the
>>>>> issue with EARSeL and FOSs4G. We agreed, that we won't make
>>>>> it bringing both conferences into one event.
>>>>>
>>>>> One problem is the timeline, as EARSeL tends to be early and
>>>>> wants to start in June and FOSS4G month is traditionally
>>>>> september. Second, some EARSeL guys got cold feet regarding
>>>>> the different size of EARSeL (350) and FOSs4G (1000). That's
>>>>> a pitty, but not to change for the moment.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In general we thought of creating a kind of "roof" on top of
>>>>> both conferences (Bonner Geo-Summer or s.th like that) and
>>>>> "connect" the events by having a FOSs4G track @EARSeL and a
>>>>> Remote sensing Track @FOSS4G. Having this, we want to talk to
>>>>> the city hoping to get some of the discount, they promised us
>>>>> in advance. I am absolutely sure, that both communities may
>>>>> benefit from each other.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the other hand, this makes our plannings easier, as we can
>>>>> focus on ourselves.
>>>>>
>>>>> To give an overview about what is happening by this week:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. First of all, I want to fix the conference date this
>>>>> week.- I have to time frames offered by WCCB. One is end of
>>>>> August as mentioned in the roposal, a second potential time
>>>>> could be 5th-9th of september. I will talk to WCCB this week
>>>>> and will see, I guess, we get easier discount when taking the
>>>>> August time-span.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. I have a meeting with our PCO tomorrow where we want to
>>>>> fix our collaboration and make a rough planning of what
>>>>> should happen when.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. We definetely need some "heads" for several working
>>>>> groups/themes.
>>>>>
>>>>> For now we already have:
>>>>>
>>>>> - Franz-Josef Beer as chair of scientific track - Volker
>>>>> Mische as chair of program committee
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course we need more than just the chairs here! Feel free
>>>>> to raise your arms here or for the below listed themes:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> a) Workshop organization Marco already offered his help and
>>>>> also Pirmin said, that he would like to help with the
>>>>> OSGeo-live DVD. Having a local here for aquisicion of
>>>>> Workshop rooms and contact person to university would be very
>>>>> helpful.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> b) financial issues Torsten Brassat, who helped at earlier
>>>>> FOSSGIS conferences offered some help here. Also I guess that
>>>>> Fred Ramm as our treasurer might contribute a little here, if
>>>>> he wants to. More people welcome.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> c) "social-event-organizer" The frame of the social events
>>>>> are set, but I think we need one or two heads caring for gala
>>>>> event and ice breaker especially. This may laso include some
>>>>> offerings of field trips for the saturday.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> d) sponsorship & exhibition Sponsorship is a source where we
>>>>> can generate early income, so to start this process early is
>>>>> a major part. Also I guess, that most companies are planning
>>>>> their financial budget this year, so it is important to let
>>>>> them know about the possibilities of sponsoring FOSS4G.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> e) public relations I talked to Textkoch this FOSSGIS and he
>>>>> offered his help together with Monika Resch here (of course
>>>>> not for free :-(). Public relations work may play a major
>>>>> role to get many people attending our conference. So for this
>>>>> issues we need a group of people and also ideas on how to
>>>>> structure this. Klaus Greve also said, that we might talk to
>>>>> the public realtions office of the university first.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> f) Family weekend An idea brought in by the irish proposal
>>>>> was to make a family weekend before the conference. Peter,
>>>>> the chair of the Dublin team offered his help here, but he
>>>>> definetely needs a helping local hand here.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> g) Code sprint We need an organizers of the code sprint. The
>>>>> group cares for room, snacks and acts as contact persons for
>>>>> this event.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> h) Techniue There are competent people from WCCB, but we
>>>>> definietely need a group of persons taking care of the
>>>>> conference technique ingeneral.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> i) Co-operation with WCCB, caterer, PCO etc.pp. I guess, this
>>>>> will be my part as I started this already for the proposal.
>>>>> Help welcome ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is it for know, did I forget anything (surely: yes!). I
>>>>> will take care for getting a WIKI/Ticket system on our
>>>>> FOSSGIS-architecture ASAP, so we can switch more into the
>>>>> WIKI.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards, Till
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>
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