[Board] FOSS4G 2012

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi All,

This lack of progress is indeed very worrying to me. I asked in December (late before the closing of the year indeed) if GeoCat could become an early sponsor to FOSS4G2012 but did not get a response at all (Jeff, I understand you can't respond if you don't know anything yourself, so no offence!). 

I plan to attend with a fair group of GeoCat staff, but am worried that it will be resources that are not well spend, considering this lack of activity. Am I the only one with such concern that is actually considering to not attend or sponsor at all among this group?

Cheers,
Jeroen

On 20 jan. 2012, at 07:00, Paul Ramsey 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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