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    <div id="smartTemplate4-quoteHeader">------ Original Message ------<br>
      Subject: Re: EGU 2016 Short Courses Preparation<br>
      Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:24:58 +0100<br>
      To: Peter Loewe, Opengeoscience, Micha Silver<br>
      From: Massimiliano Cannata</div>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/26/2016 10:24 AM, Massimiliano
      Cannata wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Micha: why 16GB USB drives? OSGeol live VM fits in
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    <font size="+1"><font face="Arial">Yes, if it's zipped. An unzipped
        VM would be about 10GB.<br>
        I would like to have a minimum of extraneous steps that
        participants need to do to get the VM up and running. And I
        think that 16GB drives are < 5€ today.<br>
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        <div>Maxi</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">2016-01-26 8:07 GMT+01:00 Massimiliano
          Cannata <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch"
              target="_blank">massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch</a>></span>:<br>
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            <p dir="ltr">Dear all<br>
              As you can see from the boad mailing list the motion <br>
              "Support the EGU Townhall Session: OSGeo with 2'200 USD"<br>
              has been approved.</p>
            <p dir="ltr">I believe you should have included usb in this
              amount. Maybe you could buy some usb, install osgeolive
              and make them available for the course. Do you have
              estimates of costs? They could be included in the 2200
              usd?</p>
            <p dir="ltr">Let me know.</p>
            <p dir="ltr">Maxi</p>
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                <div class="gmail_quote">Il 25/Gen/2016 22:00, Peter
                  Löwe <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:peter.loewe@gmx.de" target="_blank">peter.loewe@gmx.de</a>>
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                    Hi Micha, all,<br>
                    <br>
                    >Have a look at the table here:<br>
                    ><br>
                    ><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Geoscience_Committee#Ideas_collected_for_the_introductionary_short_course_at_EGU_2016"
                      rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Geoscience_Committee#Ideas_collected_for_the_introductionary_short_course_at_EGU_2016</a><br>
                     <br>
                    If the table could be extended for all software
                    projects within OSGeo Live, we could do a shout-out
                    both within ESSI and OSGEO/GEO4ALL to get more
                    people involved to showcase how the individual tools
                    are put into action. <br>
                     <br>
                    >Can I add you as a presenter for GRASS, then? <br>
                    Yes.<br>
                    <br>
                    >>What will be needed to get the VM & USB
                    drives off the ground ? Is a custom-made VM needed ?
                    Funding for USB drives (= give-aways) could be
                    requested by the OSGeo board, if necessary.<br>
                    >I don't think we need a custom VM. I would like
                    to have USB drives to hand out with the Installation
                    of VirtualBox, >and a VM ready to use. THis way
                    launching into the actual short course would be
                    relatively quick.<br>
                    >I have been told that Jorge Sanz knows a
                    European based company that does a good job of
                    burning USB drives. But I >haven't contacted him
                    yet. The funding is still the blocker.<br>
                    <br>
                    FWIW, a request for funding for the USB drives can
                    be requested from the OSGeo Board list. The decision
                    by the Board will be publicly made via the list.
                    FWIW, here are the details for the proposal for
                    Townhall funding for the Board:<br>
                    <br>
                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/EGU_Townhall_2016#Relevance_for_OSGeo"
                      rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/EGU_Townhall_2016#Relevance_for_OSGeo</a><br>
                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/EGU_Townhall_2016#Budget"
                      rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/EGU_Townhall_2016#Budget</a><br>
                    <br>
                    Maybe Maxi (cc) can provide more detailed advice on
                    the process and the criteria for funding.<br>
                    <br>
                    One lesson learned from FOSS4G 2015 (Portland) is
                    that the company responsible for the production of
                    the OSGEo Live USB drives should be closely
                    monitored for delivering a working product:
                    "Bricked" OSGeo VM USB sticks could turn into a
                    critical single point of failure for the EGU short
                    courses.<br>
                    <br>
                    Best,<br>
                    Peter<br>
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