[Board] FOSS4G 2012

[Paul Ramsey]

On the good news, bad news front:

Good news: I'm hearing anecdotal reports of management types talking
about the Beijing as a nice conference / junket opportunity, though it
would fall to the program committee to create a suitable high concept
program for that kind of audience.

Bad news: My well-travelled colleague in Victoria is advocating we
start working on getting our VISAs in order well in advance. Folks
less travelled may leave such matters until far too late and end up
not attending.

P.

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at opengeo.org> wrote:
> Indeed, it's easy to forget because the event is so far in the future,
> but for reference here are the 2011 milestones:
>
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2011_Milestones
>
> As you can see, we're already slipping dates.
>
> P.
>
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf) <seven at arnulf.us> wrote:
>> Board,
>> apart from some mails about the academic track at FOSS4G in China I did
>> not hear much progress. Admittedly I might have missed much due to not
>> being well connected but hearing this little is worrying me. There is
>> still no web site up and no request for sponsorship and we are already
>> way over mid January. The Wiki is not evolving either and the conference
>> list is dead.
>>
>> Will the character of FOSS4G be a completely different one this year,
>> maybe geared more towards scientific research and education? If yes,
>> then we should plan for some alternative.
>>
>> I have heard of plans to hold a FOSS4G in Malaysia prior to the Beijing
>> event and so far did not comment that at all while still waiting for
>> activities. If Beijing is not living up to the broader aims of FOSS4G
>> then this might be an alternative that will also be easier accessible to
>> some who might miss out on the Beijing event, focused more on the
>> community and industry requirements.
>>
>> If not anything else then this mail should at least raise some dust.
>>
>> Not happy,
>> Arnulf
>>
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