Islandwood Code sprint (was Re: [Board] New MOUs proposed...)

[Michael P. Gerlek]

Thanks to the wiki updating by Markus, some info on the various OSGeo
sprints:

Recurring events:
  * Bolsena: 3 year history, multiday, multiproject
  * FOSS4G: 5 year history, single day, multiproject
  * NorthAmer: 3 year history, multiday, multiproject

One-time events:
  * 2007 European sprint: two(?) day, multiproject
  * 2011 GRASS sprint: multiday, single project
  * 2011 Lausanne/openlayers:  multiday, single project
  * 2007 MapBender: single day(?), single project
  * 2009 uDig: two(?) days, single project

My goal was to determine the funding models for each of these, to compare
and contrast, but there's not enough details or commonality in there to make
it a meaningful exercise, unfortunately.

Nonetheless, it appears there are only two multiday, multiproject events --
the NorthAmer one (various cities) and the Bolsena one.  At the f2f, I will
likely be putting forth the idea that OSGeo should be involved in
financially assisting major, regional, multiday, multiproject events like
these two.  OSGeo should also assist in helping other, smaller sprints, but
with funding and effort levels commensurate with the "footprint" of the
event, where footprint is defined as (roughly) "number of days * number of
projects * number of people".

-mpg