[FOSS4G2016] : Building Bridges

Wed Oct 21 04:57:35 PDT 2015

Gert-Jan,

perhaps it's time to open (y)our ideas about "bridges" and "joining" to 
all in the LOC?

Till

Am 2015-10-21 13:53, schrieb Gert-Jan van der Weijden:
> +1
>
> I'd  rather see different kinds of tracks mixed.
> To me it's a main FOSS4G target to mix different tracks and target
> audiences ("building bridges in Bonn"), instead of separating all
> these sub-ecocsystems.
> I'm not seeing the advantage to have a separate acedemic track, but
> perhaps I'm overseeing the reason to do so.
>
> Regards,
>
> GJ
>
>
> Christian Willmes <c.willmes at uni-koeln.de> schreef:
>
>> Hi Volker,
>>
>> I was just suggesting for a dedicated room.
>>
>> Maybe it has also positive effects, to not separate the academic  
>> track, but integrate it into the schedule.
>>
>> Apparently, in Nottingham there was also no dedicated room for the  
>> academic track, but the talks were nicely marked in the program  
>> schedule (with an according icon), see:  
>> http://2013.foss4g.org/conf/programme/daily/1/index.html
>>
>> Maybe we should first decide of how to organize the academic track?
>>
>> So, I am in favor of dedicated academic track sessions in the  
>> programs, but those can be in different rooms across the session  
>> boundaries. (But its only a suggestion/idea...)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Christian
>>
>> Am 21.10.2015 um 13:31 schrieb Volker Mische:
>>> Hi Till, Team,
>>>
>>> I think we'll need the additional rooms. I'm sorry for being so
>>> short-sighted, but I completely forgot about the academic track.
>>>
>>> When I was talking with Till I agreed that 180 talk slots are 
>>> enough for
>>> the program (same amount as in Portland). But I forgot that this 
>>> was the
>>> number without the academic track. Given that we'll almost 
>>> certainly
>>> will need the additional rooms.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>   Volker
>>>
>>> On 10/19/2015 05:42 PM, till.adams at fossgis.de wrote:
>>>> Hi list,
>>>>
>>>> below you see the german original. After reworking the room 
>>>> plannings,
>>>> it looks like this:
>>>>
>>>> · Plenum / Session-Raum 1: Plenarsaal (734 seats + 496 seats)
>>>> · Session-room 2: Bonn 1 & 2 & 3 (together as 1 room: 181 seats)
>>>> · Session-room 3: Tunnel (100 seats)
>>>> · Session-room 4: Berlin (112 seats)
>>>> · Session-room 5: Kleiner Saal (79 seats)
>>>> · Session-room 6: Kaminzimmer (100 seats)
>>>> · Session-room 7: Rheinlobby (120 seats)
>>>>
>>>> For the labs we can have an additional room for 20-25 work 
>>>> stations
>>>> (including tables).
>>>>
>>>> On top we get the option for the 3 rooms (Bangkok) in the new 
>>>> building
>>>> and they keep that option open until somebody else comes and is 
>>>> going to
>>>> plan a conference and requests exactly these rooms for the same 
>>>> time slots.
>>>> If that happens, we get asked, whether we want to pull that option 
>>>> or
>>>> not and must - in case - take that option immediately.
>>>> Also I guess, if that happens, it will happen within the next 4 
>>>> month.
>>>>
>>>> Thinking about this, it's far better than directly plan WITH these
>>>> rooms, because either nobody comes, so the option remains open 
>>>> until we
>>>> really now an adequate number of attendees OR we have to pull it, 
>>>> but
>>>> then nothing changes in comparison to directly renting them. So 
>>>> going
>>>> this way, we have one option more :-).
>>>>
>>>> I talked to Volker (Program Comittee) and we agreed in going that 
>>>> way
>>>> for now.
>>>>
>>>> Till
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------- Originalnachricht --------
>>>> Betreff: ***SPAM*** FOSS4G 2016: Weitere Raumabstimmung
>>>> Datum: 2015-10-19 15:52
>>>> Absender: "Conrad Seyfert | MediaCompany" 
>>>> <c.seyfert at mediacompany.com>
>>>> Empfänger: <till.adams at fossgis.de>
>>>> Kopie: <K.Holetzki at worldccbonn.com>, <b.kuethmann at worldccbonn.com>
>>>>
>>>> Hallo Herr Adams,
>>>>
>>>> ich habe soeben mit dem WCCB gesprochen.
>>>>
>>>> Wenn wir die Räume im alten WCCB leicht anders nutzen, kommen wir 
>>>> auf
>>>> folgende Vermisteilung mit einer höheren Kapazität:
>>>>
>>>> · Plenum / Session-Raum 1: Plenarsaal (734 Plätze im EG + 496 auf 
>>>> der
>>>> Tribüne)
>>>>
>>>> · Session-Raum 2: Bonn 1 & 2 & 3 (181 Plätze)
>>>>
>>>> · Session-Raum 3: Tunnel (100 Plätze)
>>>>
>>>> · Session-Raum 4: Berlin (112 Plätze)
>>>>
>>>> · Session-Raum 5: Kleiner Saal (79 Plätze)
>>>>
>>>> · Session-Raum 6: Kaminzimmer (100 Plätze)
>>>>
>>>> · Session-Raum 7: Rheinlobby (120 Plätze)
>>>>
>>>> In dieser Version hätten wir neben dem Plenum (bis zu 734 Plätze 
>>>> im
>>>> EG) nun 6 Session-Räume mit einer Gesamtkapazität von 692 Plätzen.
>>>>
>>>> Zusätzlich stehen weitere, kleine Räume zur Verfügung. Das Lab
>>>> könnte z.B. in den Räumen 2.07 bzw. 1.10 (ca. 20 Plätze am Tisch,
>>>> Präsidialbereich) stattfinden.
>>>>
>>>> Zu Ihrer Information: Die Räumlichkeiten im neuen Teil des WCCB, 
>>>> die in
>>>> der aktuellen Variante nicht benötigt werden, könnten ggf. so 
>>>> lange in
>>>> Option genommen werden, bis sich ein alternativer Interessent 
>>>> meldet.
>>>> Falls ja, würden Sie dann direkt gefragt, ob sie diese hinzubuchen
>>>> möchten oder für den Interessenten freigeben.
>>>>
>>>> Mit besten Grüßen
>>>>
>>>> Conrad Seyfert
>>>>
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