[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2007 - whats in a name?

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

I prefer FOSS4G also because it has started
to become widely used.

OSGeo being a legal body having one of its goals
to organize an Intenational Conference, I think
it is better to use a different name for the
conference. This will avoid people form confusing
between Open Source Geospatial Foundation and
the conference itself.

"FOSS4G 2007 Organized by OSGeo" sounds less confusing
to me.

FOSS4G = Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics

I prefer Geoinformatics over Geomatics because it
is more widely used and understood.

Venka

Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
> Helena Mitasova wrote:
>> I vote for FOSS4G
>> - we have used it twice already (so lets say
>> it is becoming a tradition)
>> - you are right that it adds Free that we are missing
>> - it also indicates that this conference includes
>>   not only osgeo projects but a wider community
> 
> I vote for FOSS4G and totallay agree with what
> Helena has to say.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Venka
>>
>> Helena
>>
>> On Sep 30, 2006, at 5:40 PM, Arnulf Christl wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>> while waiting for things to happen (the RFP is there and waiting) we 
>>> might
>>> as well find out what the name of next year's conference will be. We all
>>> know that names are really important and I guess that there will be
>>> several opinions to this one. The roots of this conference all had
>>> different names: MUM, OSG, FOSS4G, GRASS, EOGEO and Joint Conference (I
>>> wonder about that "joint" though).
>>>
>>> 1. We might choose to continue with this traditionn and choose yet 
>>> another
>>> name. This will also make sure that only people who really care about it
>>> will come and we don't get into troule with the size. Lets call it
>>> GeoBonkers' Meeting.
>>> 2. Alternatively the name could be changed to "OSGeo [year]" (as in the
>>> Wiki currently is the case).
>>> 3. On the other hand I like FOSS4G a lot because it adds the Free we are
>>> missing in OSGeo and it would make a lot of sense to not change yet 
>>> again.
>>> Before I change it everywhere we can talk this over.
>>>
>>> With all the roots, joints and grass we could add a pinch of 
>>> psychedelic.
>>>
>>> What do other people feel (or hallucinate) about this?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Arnulf