[Board] Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Foss4g 2012 ???

Wed May 2 09:58:09 PDT 2012

Hi all,

I agree Peter,

However, OSGeo and Board should probably focuss on Beijing that will
happen, before advertizing Nottingham or Helsinki.
I mean, is there a way that board and community should try to 'save' that
next foss4g ?
At least to get a real website, some calls for papers/sponsors and may be a
few attendees from EU or US, not only people from China or Asia;
it should be possible, even in 4/5 months ? am i wrong or desparate ?

Best,

Nick

2012/5/2 Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com>

> Also, while we don't want it to be too long, we should maybe say something
> along the lines of ...
>
> While we continue to review and evolve our conference strategy, and
> anticipate multiple regional conferences in 2013, we do plan to hold the
> primary global FOSS4G conference in Europe in 2013. We have a selection
> process under way and the two candidates remaining are Helsinki and
> Nottingham.
>
>
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Arnulf,
>>
>> In general I think this is fine. I think, for the sake of the
>> conspiracy-theorists amongst our membership that we should maybe reiterate
>> the point about the main FOSS4G, with the Sol Katz, AGM, Directors F2F etc.
>> This currently reads as if the Chinese event is on the same level as the NA
>> and CEE events, and regardless of the issues at this stage it's still the
>> main event. It's also quite circumspect as well- maybe we should be a
>> little more enthusiastic about it?
>>
>> I've added another paragraph in-line which is my attempt at addressing
>> this (feel free to change)
>>
>> Jo
>>
>> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf) <seven at arnulf.us>wrote:
>>
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>>> Board,
>>> in order to address the growing number of requests (see another one
>>> below) I suggest that we officially communicate that FOSS4G in China
>>> is going to happen - but under somewhat different circumstances than
>>> the previous FOSS4G conferences might have us expect.
>>>
>>> As an addendum I suggest to add that: This year saw quite a
>>> significant change in the policy around FOSS4G. It is the first time
>>> that we are having three major FOSS4G conferences in one year. One has
>>> already happened in North America (Washington DC, USA), the second
>>> Central and Eastern Europe edition will take place in May in Prague in
>>> the Czech Repulic and the third one will take place in China, Beijing.
>>> In addition there is a growing number of local conferences, sometimes
>>> also under the name FOSS4G. OSGeo is new to this and we are still
>>> collecting experiences as to the effects that this diversity has on
>>> the originally one and only global FOSS4G.
>>>
>>
>> Having said that, FOSS4G in Beijing is still our main FOSS4G event, and
>> we will be holding the Sol Katz award, OSGeo AGM and Board of Directors
>> meeting there. We fully support the event and the efforts being put in by
>> the Beijing team and hope to see as many of you there as possible.
>>
>>>
>>> The conference organizers in Beijing have experienced serious delays
>>> in the schedule due to local circumstances which OSGeo cannot
>>> influence. It is therefore at this point in time not clear how many
>>> international sponsors or participants will be in Beijing. If you are
>>> interested in becoming a sponsor we suggest to directly contact the
>>> Beijing organizing team through the FOSS4G 2012 mailing list. If you
>>> are interested in submitting an abstract for a presentation or a
>>> workshop please be prepared to have a short submission period which
>>> will be announced on all channels once available.
>>>
>>> EOF
>>>
>>> Please help me edit this message. It should not be too long so that
>>> people actually take the time to read it. We must send something along
>>> these lines now because sponsors are delaying their support for other
>>> potential events which would make more sense to them. And in general
>>> we do not make a good impression with FOSS4G in China right now, so
>>> stepping back a bit and explaining why is required. On the other hand
>>> we also want to be as positive as possible towards the our Chinese
>>> hosts. If you have any better ideas I am all open for a completely new
>>> message but we cannot delay this any more.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Arnulf
>>>
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>>> Subject:        [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Foss4g 2012 ???
>>> Date:   Tue, 1 May 2012 13:47:41 +0200
>>> From:   Massimiliano Cannata <massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch>
>>> To:     OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I didn't see any news since a long time.
>>> On the website no deadlines or communications...
>>> Usually things was already moved...
>>> What's up? What's going on?
>>>
>>> I would expect soon communication from the board as this the 'official'
>>> OSGeo event...
>>>
>>> Looking forward for a successful 2012 event.
>>>
>>> Maxi
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