[Board] FOSS4G North America

[Smith, Michael ERDC-CRREL-NH]

Paul,

As a government-er and more than likely attendee, I'd be willing to work
on this committee.

Mike

-- 
Michael Smith

US Army Corps
Remote Sensing GIS/Center



On 1/19/12 6:19 PM, "Paul Ramsey" <pramsey at opengeo.org> wrote:

>Hi Board,
>
>Rather suddenly, due to an existing event in Washington DC being
>cancelled, an opportunity to have a FOSS4G-NA event has come up.
>OpenGeo and RadiantBlue are leading the process right now, in terms of
>the nuts and bolts of getting together a venue and bootstrapping the
>start-up costs.
>
>The dates are April 10 and 11.
>The location is Washington DC at the downtown convention center there
><http://g.co/maps/76jhc>.
>The pricing will be $120 / day, early bird.
>If we make a profit, it'll be banked for a future event by the NA chapter.
>The program will not include workshops this time around, for simplicity.
>
>I am trying to put together a conference committee that reflects the
>OSGeo community, as well as some new voices like the WhereCamp folks
>in the east, and folks with ties into the government. While I imagine
>the content will be the usual FOSS4G fare, we're trying to keep in
>mind that the audience will be very DC-centric, in the same way our
>audience in Denver had a strong western flavour.
>
>I've asked Daniel and Peter to join the committee, and I hope they
>will if they have time. If they don't, I'll be looking for other folks
>like Dan, who can represent the developer community and Peter who can
>represent the user community of OSGeo.
>
>This is coming together a little crazily given the timelines, but I
>think it'll be a good event, like the early MUM events, and provide a
>basis for a more formal ongoing routine in the future.
>
>I'm sure you're full of questions, please let them out.
>
>Yours,
>
>Paul
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