[Conference-europe] when and where

Thu Aug 21 01:50:36 PDT 2014

OK guys,

let's move forward, proposal for call for venue parameters:

150-200 attendees
Low cost especially for students
2+ days talks with parallel academic track (of course according to
submitted proposals)
at least 1 day for code sprint and/or hackathon
preferably July (but with good reason any other month)
possibly not overlapping with major european events
(partly) join with other event if possible

Ok?

Jachym

2014-08-21 5:38 GMT+02:00 Karel Charvat <charvat at ccss.cz>:
> I think, better not organise European konference, when International wil be
> in Europe
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> Karel
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> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli [mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 9:45 PM
> To: Jachym Cepicky; Karel Charvat
> Cc: foss4g-europe; Peter Baumann
> Subject: RE: [Conference-europe] when and where
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> In my opinion when International FOSS4G is in Europe it is better to help
> the local european organizers. In case it is required we can have a special
> european track where to discuss our items.
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> My 2 cents.
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> Maria
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> Da: Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepicky at gmail.com>
> Inviato: mercoledì 20 agosto 2014 06.09
> A: Karel Charvat
> Cc: foss4g-europe; Maria Antonia Brovelli; Peter Baumann
> Oggetto: Re: [Conference-europe] when and where
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> OK,
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> My feeling from this discussion is to stick with early July and possibly not
> to overlap with Inspire conference.
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> I still hear Karel's voice and understand his concerns. Anybody else would
> prefer earlier in the year?
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> @Stephan: I still see valid option to think about having less talks and more
> doing during foss4g. Sprinting, hacking, getting teams together.
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> @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?
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> Otherwise, I suggest July, since it had most support so far.
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> Jachym
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> On Aug 20, 2014 4:50 AM, "Karel Charvat" <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
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: 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
> Subject: Re: [Conference-europe] when and where
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> 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
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> 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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>>
>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Vice Rector for Como Campus - Politecnico di Milano
>>
>> Public Participation GIS: a FOSS architecture enabling field-data
> collection
>>
>> http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17538947.2014.887150#.UwPV
>> uIVnibF
>>
>> ISPRS WG IV/5 "Web and Cloud Based Geospatial Services and
>> Applications" - Co-chair - OSGeo Charter Member - ICA - OSGeo Advisory
>> Board Member - SIFET Scientific Commitee Member
>>
>> Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 COMO (ITALIA) Tel. +39-031-3327336 - Mob.
>> +39-328-0023867 - fax. +39-031-3327321
>> e-mail1: maria.brovelli at polimi.it
>> e-mail2: prorettrice at como.polimi.it
>>
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>> Da: conference-europe-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> <conference-europe-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto di Karel Charvat
>> <charvat at ccss.cz>
>> Inviato: martedì 19 agosto 2014 04.15
>> A: 'Stephan Meißl'; 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
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 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
>> Subject: Re: [Conference-europe] when and where
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>> 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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