[Conference-europe] when and where
Dirk Frigne
dirk.frigne at geosparc.com
Tue Aug 19 23:28:08 PDT 2014
+1 for early July for foss4g Europe 2015.
+1 for yearly foss4g Europe
Next decision is where?
And structure for content (hands-on talks)
D.
On 20-08-14 06:09, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
>
> OK,
>
> My feeling from this discussion is to stick with early July and
> possibly not to overlap with Inspire conference.
>
> I still hear Karel's voice and understand his concerns. Anybody else
> would prefer earlier in the year?
>
> @Stephan: I still see valid option to think about having less talks
> and more doing during foss4g. Sprinting, hacking, getting teams together.
>
> @Maria: Foss4g-global in Europe is no reason not to have Foss4-europe
> as well. Remember Bucharest? It should be little shifted in the topic,
> but still. Or am I wrong?
>
> @local chapters, any opinion about time slot? what about ogc events?
>
> Otherwise, I suggest July, since it had most support so far.
>
> Jachym
>
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> On Aug 20, 2014 4:50 AM, "Karel Charvat" <charvat at ccss.cz
> <mailto:charvat at ccss.cz>> wrote:
>
> Hi, I think that problem is to decide, for whom conference has to be
> organised. Probably for academic sector seems summer better, for
> commercial
> sector not to much suitable
> Karel
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: conference-europe-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> <mailto:conference-europe-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>
> [mailto:conference-europe-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> <mailto:conference-europe-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] On Behalf Of Peter
> Baumann
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 4:10 PM
> To: Maria Antonia Brovelli; conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org
> <mailto:conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [Conference-europe] when and where
>
> let me add that the semester problem is not just one of the
> organisers: many
> participants are students or university researchers, and for them
> leaving
> for a week during semester usually is hard, if not unfeasible.
>
> my 2 cents,
> Peter
>
>
> On 08/19/2014 04:02 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli wrote:
> > I'm getting lost.
> >
> > Just few comments:
> > - FOSS4G Eu is supposed to have at least 150 people attending
> but we
> > have to be prepared in having also more
> > - FOSS4G Eu is for European people who don't have the possibility
> (time/money) of going to America and Asia but want to be updated
> about what
> is happening in the FOSS4G community. FOSS4G Eu will not be held
> the year in
> which FOSS4G is in Europe.
> > - One of the topic of FOSS4G Eu is INSPIRE, but it is NOT the
> INSPIRE
> > Conference. There is more worth of discussing
> > - Unfortunately I don't have any experience with Code Sprint and
> therefore
> I don't know from the logistic point of view what is needed (but I
> suppose a
> computer room or at least a room with good wifi connection). How
> many people
> are expected to attend a Code Sprint? There are special reasons
> why a Code
> Sprint can't be in summer?
> > - Code Sprint and Challenge, like the NASA WW: if we want to have
> > students involved the best period is at the end of the semesters
> (i.e.
> > summer)
> >
> > Anyway and concluding: it seems me that the first problem is
> about the
> period of the year.
> > For University the possibility is during summer and therefore I
> vote for
> summer. Having the conference at the University means also involve
> students
> in the FOSS4G world and this, in my opinion, is an added value.
> For other
> people, if the main problem is about holiday, probably knowing the
> conference dates a year in advance, there are possibilities of
> organize
> ourselves.
> > And, at the end, we don't have to decide the period of the
> conference once
> forever. In my opinion we can start with next year.
> > Cheers.
> > Maria
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > <conference-europe-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> <mailto:conference-europe-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di
> Karel Charvat
> > <charvat at ccss.cz <mailto:charvat at ccss.cz>>
> > Inviato: martedì 19 agosto 2014 04.15
> > A: 'Stephan Meißl'; conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org
> <mailto:conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org>
> > Oggetto: Re: [Conference-europe] when and where
> >
> > From my side is question, if it is feasible to have during one year
> > two such events in Europe, Karel
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: conference-europe-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> <mailto:conference-europe-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>
> > [mailto:conference-europe-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> <mailto:conference-europe-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] On Behalf Of
> > Stephan Meißl
> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 5:06 PM
> > To: conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org
> <mailto:conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Conference-europe] when and where
> >
> > Jachym,
> >
> >> I understand the universities issue, but FOSS4G-Europe is not that
> >> big (and maybe it will remain rather small), that we can still fit
> >> into small venues. I liked the organization of Vienna Code Sprint -
> >> it was done in cooperation with city of Vienna and we fit in
> comfortably.
> > I think running a Code Sprint and running a FOSS4G-Europe are two
> > completely different things in terms of effort but also in
> requirements
> for the venue.
> > Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that FOSS4G-Europe
> would fit
> > into the Vienna code sprint venue.
> >
> >> I do not think Europe Code Sprint has to timely overlap with the
> >> (next
> >> year) U.S.-based C tribe, but March-April is IMHO better, then
> later.
> >> But it was nice, that we could join events like NASA World Wind
> >> Challenge and possibly others as well, not sure, how possible this
> >> should be, if we move FOSS4G-Europe to march/april then.
> > Although there is a fairly small overlap I'd appreciate if the Code
> > Sprint and FOSS4G-Europe don't overlap ;) I don't like the idea of
> > separate US and European code sprints as I find it important to have
> > one global OSGeo Code Sprint per year. In my opinion this
> argument is
> > even stronger for the Code Sprint than for the global FOSS4G.
> >
> > If the Code Sprint returns to Europe in 2016 I could image that it
> > makes sense to run both events back-to-back although this would
> result
> > in a quite long event as both are almost running for a week.
> >
> > cu
> > Stephan
> >
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