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<div>short courses are definetely a good idea. However, the deadline for 2018 was September 8 2017.</div>
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<div>This years AGU GA will feature a continuous "data reference (help-)desk" (details: https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2017/agu-data-fair/)</div>
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<div>Considering the current trend towards "FAIR", I would assume EGU will follow this example in 2019.</div>
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<div>For 2018, would it make sense to turn the OSGeo-Townhall into a 60-minutes teach-in / un-Townhall /hands on event ?</div>
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<div>Provided a sufficient OSGeo activists are willing to help out at EGU 2019, we could use the short course format to provide a daily "open source help-desk" .</div>
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<div>best,</div>
<div>Peter</div>
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 08. Dezember 2017 um 13:00 Uhr<br/>
<b>Von:</b> "Massimiliano Cannata" <massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch><br/>
<b>An:</b> "Peter Löwe" <peter.loewe@gmx.de><br/>
<b>Cc:</b> opengeoscience@lists.osgeo.org<br/>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [OpenGeoscience] Activities at EGU 2018: Call for abstracts / Townhall / Splinter</div>
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<div>As I remember, townhall compete with poster too... And is a bit out of the 'route...
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<div>I'm for continuing but we should make it more attractive... Maybe with a course (attend and drink) rather than just talk...</div>
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<div>"How to chose the right license for your code",</div>
<div>"How to scientifically public your code", "why you should release your code public", etc...</div>
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<div>Maxi</div>
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