[TOSprint] 2015 OSGeo Code Sprint in Philadelphia

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Robert, it seems like opening it up to the Discuss list has verified 
the initial results (Mar 2-6).

-jeff



On 2014-08-29 12:04 PM, Robert Cheetham wrote:
> Thanks, Jeff.  I'll do that.
>
> Robert
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> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Jeff McKenna
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>
> wrote:
>
>     Robert, maybe you should send this doodle to the OSGeo Discuss list
>     as well, if we really want to know when the best time for the OSGeo
>     community to attend is. (hard to base a decision on when to hold the
>     "OSGeo code sprint" on 9 responses)
>
>     -jeff
>
>
>
>
>     On 2014-08-24 3:40 PM, Robert Cheetham wrote:
>
>         I've received only 7 responses to the Doodle poll
>         (http://doodle.com/__6krhmqpimxx4pdni
>         <http://doodle.com/6krhmqpimxx4pdni>) for an OSGeo code sprint in
>         Philadelphia in Feb/Mar.  I'll keep it open until Friday, August
>         29 and
>         then report back to the mailing list with the results.
>
>         Best,
>
>         Robert
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>         On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Robert Cheetham
>         <cheetham at azavea.com <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com>
>         <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com <mailto:cheetham at azavea.com>>> wrote:
>
>              OSGeo Developers,
>
>              At this year's code sprint in Vienna, Azavea was asked to
>         consider
>              reviving our proposal to host a code sprint in
>         Philadelphia.  We've
>              done some research on venues and have a couple of
>         possibilities.
>                I've revised our 2014 proposal and now have a 2015
>         proposal page
>              up at
>
>         _http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/__Philadelphia_Code_Sprint_2015_
>         <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Code_Sprint_2015_>
>
>
>              While Azavea could potentially host a smaller sprint (up to
>         40) in
>              our office, we'd like to anticipate the kind of crowd that
>         attended
>              this year's code sprint in Vienna.
>
>              I would also like to propose that we consider expanding the
>         scope by
>              inviting both OSGeo and the Eclipse Foundation's LocationTech
>              <http://www.locationtech.org/> projects (JTS, uDig, GeoTrellis,
>
>              GeoMesa, Geogig, GeoJini, etc.).  There are several
>         developers that
>              work on both OSGeo and LocationTech projects, and we think this
>              would be an opportunity for people to work together.  That
>         said,
>              this would also likely require a larger venue and there are
>         likely
>              other considerations before pursuing this idea.
>
>              I'm interested in your feedback.  I'd like to potentially
>         book a
>              block of hotel rooms as well as settle on some dates.
>
>              Best,
>
>              Robert
>
>              ------------------
>              Robert Cheetham
>