[TCMUG] RE: Dreaming of Iron Sheep...

[David William Bitner]

Did somebody say beer?!?!?!

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Perry Nacionales <pnaciona at gmail.com>wrote:

> +1
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> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Lime, Steve D (DNR) <
> Steve.Lime at state.mn.us> wrote:
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>> I'd be interested in meeting to talk about this- informally as in over a
>> beer.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org]
>> On Behalf Of Dolbow, Mike (MDA)
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:21 AM
>> To: tcmug at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: [TCMUG] RE: Dreaming of Iron Sheep...
>>
>> All right, you all know I mostly lurk on this list but David's post made
>> me think "yeah"! I've been trying to sell the idea of an
>> un-conference-style even to a few others lately without a lot of success.
>> This one I think has a good chance at getting legs, and I'd be willing to
>> help. The key selling point for me from David is to "cross-pollinate with
>> Web and Design folks who don't self-identify as GIS or geospatial people".
>> Reason? Us GIS folks are pretty good at doing a lot of informal (and
>> formal) collaboration, but "traditional IT" folks (at least in state
>> agencies) really are only doing formal collaboration. I want to demonstrate
>> the benefits of informal collaboration.
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>> I'm in. Anyone else?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org]
>> On Behalf Of Fawcett, David (MPCA)
>> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:17 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: [TCMUG] Dreaming of Iron Sheep...
>>
>> Living here in the flat land on the craton, the geospatial world tends to
>> mimic the geophysical world.  The coasts have some exciting geospatial
>> events going, but they have earthquakes and hurricanes too.
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>> Aside from the large conferences that cost a lot of money to attend,
>> there are quite a few cheap/free unconferences and other events going on.
>>  Free to attend, but one would just have to buy an expensive airplane
>> ticket to get there...
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>> I lurk on the CUGOS list, and it is cool to see the things that they pull
>> together.  The FRUGOS folks have some pretty awesome events too.
>>
>> I recently ran across this event.
>> http://www.floatingsheep.org/2012/01/announcing-iron-sheep-map-and-hack-day.html
>> And I started to wonder if we could pull of something like this here in
>> MN.  (Of course, we may not have Michael Goodchild and Javier de la Torre,
>> but how about [fill in your local rockstars here]).
>>
>> Here are some random thoughts:
>> - A 4 hour, focused event may be more easy to manage as opposed to an
>> unconference with lots of breakout sessions.
>> - It could be coordinated with MinneBar, MinneWebCon, GIS/LIS, GIS Day,
>> GIS/LIS Spring Workshops, etc.  Or it could stand alone.
>> - We could use it as a chance to cross-pollinate with Web and Design
>> folks who don't self-identify as GIS or geospatial people.
>> - We could use it to promote (or stimulate the production) of data
>> services by state agencies and other organizations.
>> - We would get to know each other better.
>> - We could follow it up with a social event.
>>
>> Oh yeah, it would be fun!
>>
>> David.
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>> David J Fawcett, GISP
>> Spatial Database Administrator
>> Information Systems Office
>> Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
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>> 651.757.2350
>> david.fawcett at state.mn.us
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