[Board] FOSS4G North America

[Paul Ramsey]

Yep, we're just working on finalizing a web site before going into
full announcement mode. Will get on all the calendars in the next
week.
P.

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Arnulf Christl <arnulf at osgeo.org> wrote:
> Paul,
> no questions from here, sounds like a great plan and I trust it will be
> cool event. Let me know if you need anything.
>
> Would be great to see it on the OSGeo calendar at http://www.osgeo.org/
> soon so that we can start shout about it.
>
> Cheers,
> Arnulf
>
> On 01/19/2012 07:19 PM, Paul Ramsey 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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