[FOSS4G2017] Iron Mapper

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Guido,

Actually it was me who contacted Heather, when I saw her tweet of the 
painting, and encouraged her to champion this, to openly form the 
committee for Boston ;)  I am already signed up on the committee page. 
Others are welcome to join the committee, please sign up at 
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2017_KidsMapGallery_Committee (let me 
know if you need that page renamed, or the committee renamed, etc)

I hope this really causes other committees being formed (or formed 
already) to openly share their great ideas and plans, so we can all help 
out.  'share' :)  Don't be shy ha.

Maybe we can use next week's IRC meeting to go through all of the 
committees and report on ideas, plans, next steps.

-jeff



On 2016-09-15 2:27 PM, Guido Stein wrote:
> Hey Jeff,
>
> Does this mean you are also willing to help out with organizing the map
> gallery?
>
> -guido
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 1:20 PM Jeff McKenna
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>
> wrote:
>
>     Hi Keith,
>
>     Thank you so much for sharing these ideas.
>
>     I in fact love the idea.
>
>     Speaking openly, FOSS4G events need to encourage more of the 'fun'-style
>     exercises, talks, or whatever.  In early FOSS4G days I would manage a
>     fun exercise called the 'WMS Shootout', using the exact same dataset,
>     and in the plenary I had the tech people play 'Eye of the Tiger' song as
>     myself and the GeoServer rep Andrea Aime were introduced 'in our
>     corners'.  I hear constantly how that is missed, at FOSS4G's.
>
>     I hope this local committee is open to these style of talks, such as
>     also Ivan Sanchez's famous 'songs', that, little does anyone know, each
>     year I privately argue with FOSS4G local committees to give Ivan the
>     full stage during a plenary, and sometimes sadly I lose that battle -
>     even though after each FOSS4G most of the buzz was generated by the pure
>     laughter, and relevant topic, caused by Ivan's performance.
>
>     So I am all supportive of an 'Iron Mapper' style event, even giving a
>     small spot during a plenary or the main stage during a social event - a
>     fun 'competition' or exercise, in the spirit of what FOSS4G was created
>     on - sharing and learning and laughter.
>
>     -jeff
>
>
>
>     On 2016-09-15 2:04 PM, Keith Jenkins wrote:
>     > Guido has suggested an "Iron Mapper" event for FOSS4G Boston.
>     >
>     > Back in 2012, Diana Sinton organized an "Iron Mapper" event here at
>     > Cornell University.  Inspired by "Iron Chefs", participants were
>     > tasked with creating a map within 30 minutes (or maybe 60 minutes, I
>     > can't remember).  Each map had to use a specific dataset (the "secret
>     > ingredient") that was revealed at the start of the event.  I think
>     > some other basic datasets were provided, but participants were allow
>     > to download and use any other data they wanted to use.  At the end,
>     > each person showed their map, and described what they did (maybe 1
>     > minute each?) and then we all voted (somehow) on our favorites, and a
>     > couple prizes were awarded to the winners.
>     >
>     > It was great to see the variety of maps that were produced, and also
>     > what could be accomplished in a short amount of time.
>     >
>     > I think this could be a fun addition to FOSS4G, and the resulting maps
>     > could possibly be funneled into a larger Map Gallery, or not,
>     > depending on the wishes of the map gallery folks.  It could just be a
>     > stand-alone event.
>     >
>     > I think it would be relatively easy to organize.  Here's what
>     would be needed:
>     >
>     > * a room/space for the event
>     > * someone to pick the "secret ingredient" dataset and explain the
>     rules
>     > * someone to manage the submissions
>     > * someone to organize the voting
>     >
>     > Of course, some of those someones could be the same person.
>     >
>     > If this is something that the LOC would like to include in the
>     > program, I'd be happy to help make it happen.  Are others interested?
>     >
>     > Cheers,
>     > Keith
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