[Board] Dates for OGC-OSGeo-ASF Code Sprint

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi Tonis,

Thank you for the feedback!

Best,
Angelos

On 5/13/25 16:38, Tõnis Kärdi wrote:
> Hi Angelos,
>
> I think it's better to rather have them back-to-back than with a week 
> or two separating. As long as the event is not taking place exactly at 
> the same time in a completely different location in Europe it is fine. 
> As such we have no preference if it should be before or after.
>
> In the spirit of sharing, we'd be happy to help with raising awareness 
> about the sprint, e.g with a BoF space for plans/introductions (if the 
> sprint is post-conf) or any concluding discussions (if the sprint is 
> pre-conf).
>
> On behalf of the FOSS4G Europe 2025 posse,
> t;
>
>
>
> On 10.05.25 14:05, Angelos Tzotsos via Board wrote:
>> Dear FOSS4G EU Organizers,
>>
>> OSGeo, along with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and Apache 
>> Software Foundation (ASF) runs a yearly Joint Code Sprint, focused on 
>> open standards and open source software. We have been running this 
>> event since 2021. As an example, see last year’s sprint (in London, 
>> held the week after FOSS4G EU in Tartu): 
>> https://developer.ogc.org/sprints/23/
>>
>> This year, we had an issue with the initial host, which left us to 
>> organize the sprint very late. We have identified a host in Portugal 
>> (Évora), as well as possible dates for the sprint the weeks of July 
>> 7-11 and July 21-25. Although we are explicitly avoiding the week of 
>> FOSS4G EU, we are aware of the proximity of the two events, and we 
>> would not like to leave room for any perturbation in the attendance 
>> of FOSS4 EU in Mostar.
>>
>> Do you, as organizers, see any issues with the code sprint being held 
>> in the week before or after FOSS4G EU in Mostar?
>>
>> Please let us know as soon as possible so we can plan accordingly.
>>
>> On behalf of the OSGeo Board,
>> Angelos
>>
>> -- 
>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>> President, Board of Directors
>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/
>>
>>
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-- 
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President, Board of Directors
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/