[California] [Fwd: Re:Fwd: NACIS conference exhibitor information]

[Brian Hamlin]

yes, I am good for status/"What is OSGeo"
10 minutes w/ 5 for Q&A is comfortable with that talk
   -Brian


On Jul 26, 2009, at 10:55 PM, Alex Mandel wrote:

> All,
>
> Quick update, they want to know asap if we want a speaking slot. Brian
> said he might be able to do a status/what is OSGeo talk that he made 
> for
> OSCon. I'm sure I can some up with something, anyone else want to jump
> in and give a 5-10 minute?
>
> Landon, Bob(cgs_bob)?
>
> If at least 4 of us want to do it I'll try to milk it for 1 hour 
> speaker
> time. Let me know before monday afternoon so I can email NACIS.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> Alex Mandel wrote:
>> Ok, so NACIS doesn't have an exhibit hall, they eliminated it to keep
>> out commercial aspects.
>>
>> But they have offered us a speaking slot, poster and flyer space.
>> That all sounds good to me, especially since the paper submission
>> deadline passed more than a month ago.
>>
>> What do you guys think, they might give us a whole hour if we want to
>> bring in several speakers from the group and maybe do a panel?
>>
>> (This is Oct 7ish in Sacramento)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re:Fwd: NACIS conference exhibitor information
>> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:49:17 -0400
>> From: Margaret Pearce <pearce at ohio.edu>
>> To: Alex Mandel <aimandel at ucdavis.edu>
>> CC: Susan Peschel <sqp at uwm.edu>
>> References: <49F9A007.4040006 at uwm.edu>
>>
>> Dear Alex Mandel,
>> My apologies for the lateness of this response to your email.
>>
>> We would very much welcome your participation at the NACIS 09 
>> conference in
>> Sacramento. The NACIS conference is a little bit different in that, 
>> at this
>> time, we do not allow vendors to set up tables or booths, or to give
>> software workshops. We created this policy to keep it non-commercial.
>> I understand OSGeo is also about keeping mapmaking non-commercial, 
>> however,
>> so that makes it a strange policy in your case.
>>
>> Would you be interested in putting together a presentation that would 
>> fit
>> into a half hour or hour timeslot? That would be something that could 
>> fit
>> into the conference. We have also offered people the option of 
>> displaying
>> posters and making brochures and flyers for the registration table.
>>
>> If you would like to talk it over on the phone, I would be happy to 
>> go over
>> some details with you. I can call you or you can call me at 
>> 740-590-9978
>> (Eastern time zone).
>>
>> Again, we would be thrilled with the participation of Open Source 
>> Geospatial
>> Foundation and would like to find a way to encourage that!
>>
>> Thanks and looking forward to talking to you,
>>
>> Margaret Pearce
>> Program Chair, NACIS 09
>>
>>
>>
>> NACIS business team,
>>> As a representative of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation(OSGeo) 
>>> I am
>>> interested in information regarding exhibit space and workshop
>>> opportunities at your upcoming conference in Sacramento. I've been
>>> unable to locate such information on the web site. If you could 
>>> forward
>>> me the information or let me know when to expect it to be publicly
>>> posted I would greatly appreciate it.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> --
>>> Alex Mandel
>>>
>>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>>> http://www.osgeo.org
>>>
>>>
>>
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