[California] SoCal Event

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Hi Landon,

Im in Dubai at a workshop this week, so this time of day is pretty
good for me as Im 12 hours different from California. Just suggest a
time and Ill make it happen.

Jeff

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 9:14 PM, Landon Blake
<sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jeff:
>
> Let me know if there is a good time to call and discuss this week.
>
> Alex and Michele (or others) are welcome to sit in if they'd like to help.
> :]
>
> Landon
>
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Landon et al,
>>
>> I'm certainly interested in doing this.
>>
>> I'm planning to help organize a set of OSGeo oriented activities at
>> CalGIS in May and coordinating with the Organizing Committee.
>> http://www.urisa.org/education-events/calgis-conference/#calgis_schedule
>>
>> Specifically the activities we had in mind were these.
>>
>> * One all day workshop during the conference workshop day May 10th. We
>> can split this into 4x 2 hour blocks to do a high level overview of a
>> variety of tools. My thought was a) qgis b) postgis/geoserver/ogc c)
>> mapbox d) cartodb
>>
>> * Presentation Sessions on Applications of Open Source during the
>> conference days (11th or 12th). We can organize as many blocks as we
>> have proposals for. My thought was that all of us do some outreach to
>> the universities, agencies and public/private orgs that are actually
>> _using_ open source geo to submit abstracts about their work. I.e. not
>> to focus on the tools themselves but how they are being applied in the
>> real world in CA.
>>
>> * OSM Remote Mapping party at a bar somewhere near the conference
>> hotel to pick up some tasks on MapGive/HOT and work on them together.
>> Our thought was to find a nice bar back room where we can all setup
>> our laptops and drink beer.
>>
>> Additionally, I'm going to chase down the companies using Open Source
>> in our state and encourage them to sponsor and participate. I've
>> started working on this already and my own consulting org is
>> sponsoring.
>>
>> I think its also a nice idea if our chapter organizes a student award
>> for the best student presentation on open source ... perhaps we can
>> find a sponsor to send them to Bonn for the global FOSS4G?
>>
>> I can certainly use help on any/all of these things and I could really
>> use help on the outreach for the presentations. Specifically, can we
>> add a blurb about this to the site and push this out to our networks?
>> It would be really fantastic if we could get quite a few submissions
>> and have several session blocks. The deadline is ostensibly February
>> 1, but the organizing committee is amenable to extending a 'special'
>> one for open source for a few more weeks as many universities are just
>> getting back in the swing of these in these weeks.
>>
>> Additionally, I think it makes sense to try to try to focus on open
>> source in gis education as this is one of the key initiatives for
>> OSGeo in general. I'll personally be reaching out to some folks around
>> the geoforall initiative to see if they can participate.
>>
>> Sorry I could not travel to Davis this past weekend to present this.
>>
>> Should we setup a time for an IRC chat or call to discuss?
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Landon Blake
>> <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Let me know if there is interest in hosting an OSGeo California event in
>> > Southern California. I'm willing to attend as a speaker and help
>> > organize/administer. We'll need a place to host.
>> >
>> > Landon
>> >
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