[Conference-europe] draft call for venue FOSS4GE 2025

[Gert-Jan van der Weijden]

Hi all,

  After reading the 2025 call-for-venue [1] AND the manifesto [2] I 
notice some different expectations regarding the size of the event.
The manifesto states "FOSS4G-Europe should rather be small than big",
whereas the call-for-venue asks "how to accommodate 500+ 
participants"and "expect 400-500 attendees". (but then again, also 
states "we prefer modest costs for attendees")

Often there's a "tipping point" around 400 attendees, where the rules of 
"economy of scale" (larger = cheaper per attendee) don't apply anymore,
but instead things get more expensive per attendee.

I would encourage potential host cities to mark this tipping point in 
their proposal; at what point is the optimum between size and costs for 
attendees.


Kind regards,

Gert-Jan


[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference-Europe-2025

[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Manifesto#FOSS4G_Europe_Manifesto




On 24-7-2024 12:06, Besfort Guri via Conference-Europe wrote:
> Looking good,
>
> Also, Luis's comments are valid.
>
> If you need anything ping me.
>
> Best wishes,
> Besfort
>
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 9:00 PM Tõnis Kärdi via Conference-Europe 
> <conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>     Luis had some comments but looks like they came in in-person reply-to
>     not the list. But essentially
>
>     On 23.07.24 09:44, Luí s Moreira de Sousa wrote:
>      > As a general comment, I see the 1st of September a bit short
>     notice, as
>      > many folk will be on holidays during August. I suggest pushing the
>      > deadline to either the end or the middle of September.
>      >
>      > A couple of items also worth referring:
>      > - B2B session/space
>      > - Academic track
>      > - GeoChicas
>
>
>     I can take care of the last "items worth referring" tomorrow morning.
>     And essentially I would have no problem with the deadline
>     extension to
>     mid-September (+ 2 weeks from the drafted deadline). Objections?
>
>     As a northener I have the "Winter is coming" mood already upon me
>     so the
>     concept of a summer-vacation in August still strikes me as odd
>     sometimes... but here we are. :D
>
>
>     t;
>
>
>     On 23.07.24 21:04, Jáchym wrote:
>     > Looking good,
>     >
>     > we can fire it by tomorrow - I have no problem with that.
>     >
>     > Many thanks for putting it together. Do you have anything to
>     help with ?
>     >
>     > J
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > ---- On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:22:14 +0200 *Tõnis Kärdi via
>     > Conference-Europe <conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org>* wrote ---
>     >
>     >     Hi all,
>     >
>     >     a draft for the FOSS4G Europe 2025 call-for-venue is at [1].
>     Any (or
>     >     all? :D) feedback is much appreciated.
>     >
>     >     The timeline there is roughly sketched as:
>     >
>     >     call for venue: 5.08 (Mon) - 1.09 (Sun)
>     >     selection period 2.09 (Mon) - 15.09 (Sun)
>     >     venue announced: September
>     >
>     >     and the rest roughly based on Tartu experience.
>     >
>     >     After a thought I feel we don't really need a call to go
>     over the
>     >     details for the "call for venue", we can do it in writing
>     here or on
>     >     the
>     >     wiki page too. Is that ok?
>     >
>     >     All the best,
>     >     t;
>     >
>     >
>     >     [1] - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference-Europe-2025
>     >     <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference-Europe-2025>
>     >
>     >
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