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

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Arnulf Christl wrote:

> Good point. Otoh this must have been discussed extensively by last years's
> organization committee resulting in the name FOSS4G. Anybody involved in
> that discussion give us advice?

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I reproduce my last reply, which
was the last-but-one thread in that
discussion.

> FOSS4G 2006 would be a good abbreviated title
> 
>> I agree that it would be best to indicate in the name which communities are taking place and making this their (bi)annual event. How best to do this? Some permutations I like:
>>
>> * FOSS4G 2006 - GRASS/MUM/EOGEO User Conference
>> * FOSS4G 2006 - GRASS/MUM/EOGEO User Conferences  (my favourite)
>> * FOSS4G - 2006 GRASS/MUM/EOGEO User Conference
>> * FOSS4G - 2006 GRASS/MUM/EOGEO User Conferences
>> * FOSS4G - GRASS/MUM/EOGEO User Conference 2006
>> * FOSS4G - GRASS/MUM/EOGEO User Conferences 2006
> 
> Perhaps FOSS4G 2006 - GRASS/MUM/EOGEO Joint Conference
> could be considered since
> 
> a) MUM already includes "User"
> b) Considering that we will be having active participation
>    from developers too, it may be OK to omit the "User" part.
> 
> Venka