[Workshops] Move W-04 to Tuesday?

[Paul Ramsey]

Paolo,
That's very generous of you! I think Oscar would prefer I go ahead on
Monday with some back-up teachers in place, since there are already
registrations in place, and the registration system is already set-up
on this schedule. I'll make the best of it :)
Paul

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Paolo Zatelli
<paolo.zatelli at ing.unitn.it> wrote:
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> Dear Paul and Oscar,
> we are in charge of the W14 - Practical introduction to GRASS, which is
> scheduled for Tuesday morning. Coming from Italy, it is not a problem
> for us to swap place with the PostGIS workshop, moving our workshop to
> Monday.
> I have no idea whether anybody is already registered for the workshop,
> or if this possibility can be problematic in any way.
>
> Regards,                Paolo
>
> Paul Ramsey wrote:
> | Yes, having some helper instructors would be good. I may have some
> help from OpenGeo. I'm not sure if Mark Leslie is coming. And perhaps
> some folks from the PostGIS team (Mark, Regina) will be in town and can
> help. I can't recall if the workshop teacher discount is for one teacher
> or two?
> |
> | P
> |
> | On Mar 15, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Oscar Fonts wrote:
> |
> |> Paul,
> |>
> |> Been at FOSS4G 2007 and I know it is a long trip from Victoria. And a
> 9 hours jet lag is not the best situation to face a workshop. But
> changing the timetable now could affect many people: already subscripted
> attendee's plans, changing the application form on the fly, correction
> announcements, etc. Let me see how much of a mess is it, but I'd rather
> take the risk of having you half asleep...
> |>
> |> I suggest another alternative, applicable to all workshops, that will
> ensure a better overall quality: Try to set up a team of 2 or 3
> instructors per workshop. Can you think of any other PostGIS guru(s)
> around the world willing to help you with it? It would avoid trouble to
> third parties, increase workshop quality, and ammend the risks you
> mention in case (sh)it happens. Do you agree this could be a good solution?
> |>
> |> Regards,
> |>
> |> Oscar.
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |> 2010/3/15 Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
> |> I'm having trouble booking travel right now, as a family holiday ends
> |> on Saturday evening, and departing Victoria first thing Sunday morning
> |> gets me into BCN at 7:30AM Monday. In time for my Monday afternoon
> |> workshop, but ... tight? If you're OK taking that risk, we can leave
> |> it on Monday afternoon, but we're trusting the airlines at that point
> |> (and me not falling over and passing out after traveling all
> |> day/night).
> |>
> |> P.
> |>
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