[Conference-europe] draft call for venue FOSS4GE 2025

Wed Jul 24 07:12:33 PDT 2024

Hi Gert-Jan,

good point. However, it should be possible to organise a conference with a smal(ler) number of attendees, say 300 (Paris) or even 200 (Guimarães). I would rather ask what is the expected limit of attendees in the call

@Tõnis: we are still cooking here, Winter still feels very far away ;)

Cheers.

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On Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 at 2:08 PM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden via Conference-Europe <conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> 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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